Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: The state Assembly, which reconvened after a 19-day break for second phase of the Odisha budget, was adjourned till 4 pm on Tuesday amid pandemonium over students' union election...

Bhubaneswar: People of Odisha who have been affected by natural calamities will soon be getting houses under the Antodaya Gruha Yojana scheme. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Panchayati Raj and...

Bhubaneswar: Labour & Employees State Insurance Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia on Monday said the workers from Odisha who were left behind in Bangladesh, which is steering through tumultuous times, will...

Bhubaneswar: Making an explosive statement, veteran Congress leader and former Minister Panchanan Kanungo on Sunday raised serious questions over the formation of a steering committee for Odisha by the AICC....

Bhubaneswar: As many as 9 people were killed and many injured in lightning strikes across Odisha on Saturday. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed deep sorrow and announced an ex-gratia...

Bhubaneswar: A one-day review-cum-sensitisation workshop on Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) & Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP) was held at Lok Seva Bhavan here on Saturday. Charing the workshop, Chief Secretary Manoj...

Bhubaneswar: Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) Asit Tripathy has resigned from his post. On Saturday, the state government issued an order which stated that Tripathy's resignation has been...

Bhubaneswar: Two Odisha-cadre IAS officers, Chandra Sekhar Kumar and Ashok Meena, have been given new postings in the central government. These are among the several postings approved by Appointments Committee...

Bhubaneswar: The State Government has decided to set up a Centre For Environment Monitoring & Data Analytics which will operate under the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OPSCB). The decision...

Bhubaneswar: Amid efforts by the Congress to rejuvenate the organisation its debacle in the recent elections, senior leader and former bureaucrat Bijay Patnaik resigned from the party on Friday. As...