Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: A total of 35 large-scale industries in Odisha are lying defunct, Industries Minister Sampad Swain informed the state Assembly on Friday. Swain's response came after a question in this...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has directed secretaries, directors and district collectors to set up breastfeeding cabins at all government and private offices and public places.  The move, initiated by the...

Bhubaneswar: The Mohan Majhi government has discontinued Nutana Unnata Abhilasha (NUA) Odisha (Nua-O) scholarship, financial assistance scheme for UG, PG students introduced by the previous BJD regime earlier this year,...

In Indian politics, like it or not, the caste card has always been and will always be a robust rebuff to the Hindu card. It digs out the deep fault...

New Delhi: Union Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Retired Sportspersons Empowerment Training (RESET) programme on National Sports Day which is celebrated every August 29 to mark the birthday of...

New Delhi: Pakistan has extended an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting which will be held in Islamabad...

Bhubaneswar: The previous BJD government spent Rs 452.96 crore from the state exchequer for advertisements in the last five years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, who also holds the Information...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said that necessary steps have been taken to fill the posts of Revenue Inspector, Assistant Revenue Inspector and Amin lying vacant in the State....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly witnessed acrimonious scenes on Thursday as BJD members accused the Mohan Majhi government of stalling development works at 314 blocks of the state. The Opposition trooped...

New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to set aside a sexual harassment case against former wrestling body chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The court has asked Singh's lawyer...