Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: After several Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders blamed VK Pandian for the regional party’s defeat in the last elections in Odisha, a former MLA on Friday targeted party president...

Mumbai: The Congress-National Conference (NC) alliance which formed the government in Jammu & Kashmir after winning last month’s elections, passed a resolution in the state Assembly demanding restoration of Article 370....

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Amid statewide outrage over alleged gang-rape of a girl college student in Odisha's Cuttack city, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan on Friday assured of strictest punishment in women-related crimes. Speaking...

Srinagar: For the third day in a row, the Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Friday witnessed continued disruptions as BJP MLAs raised slogans against Article 370 and special status resolution....

New Delhi: Members of royal families across India have condemned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for insulting their ancestors in his recently published editorial and termed the accusations “baseless” and “unacceptable”....

Bhubaneswar: To curb distress migration, the Mohan Majhi government has directed collectors of 11 vulnerable districts in Odisha to implement convergence mode employment programmes guaranteeing 200 to 300 workdays annually....

Srinagar: The opposition People’s Democratic Party moves a fresh resolution in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to seek restoration of Articles 370 and 35A. “This House strongly condemns the unconstitutional and...

Bhubaneswar: The Mohan Majhi government has sought report from collectors of four districts in Odisha on upgrading six notified area councils (NACs) to municipalities, announced by the previous BJD regime...

Bhubaneswar: Around Rs 423 crore will be released in online mode by this evening to the districts affected by Cyclone Dana and subsequent floods, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari...

Who has the advantage in Jharkhand - the NDA or the INDIA bloc? For a state that has never given a clear mandate to a single party since 2000, the...