Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: The Congress steering committee for Odisha formed by the AICC is scheduled to hold its first meeting on August 21. A day after the 14-member panel was announced, its...

Bhubaneswar: After being denied a place in the steering committee formed by the Congress for Odisha, veteran leader Narasingha Mishra said it seems that the party does not need him...

Cuttack: Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on Thursday announced one-day paid menstrual leave for state government and private sector employees. She made the announcement during district-level Independence Day celebration...

Bhubaneswar: Days after dissolving the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), the AICC on Wednesday formed a Steering Committee for the state. The newly-formed 14-member Steering Committee is headed by AICC...

Kolkata: With protests spiralling against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, and the Opposition calling for the head of West...

Bhubaneswar: Hitting out at the Bhratiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Odisha over ‘Odia Asmita’, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday said tall claims made by the saffron party on...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar:  The formal notification for election to the one vacant Rajya Sabha seat in Odisha was issued on Wednesday, marking the beginning of the process for filing of nomination....

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday appointed Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja as Working Chairman of Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee. The 1990-batch IAS officer has been assigned the responsibility in...

Bhubaneswar: The Mohan Majhi government will reopen the year-and-a-half-old murder case of Health Minister in previous BJD government, Naba Kishore Das, and a few more heinous past crimes in Odisha....

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided to launch an awareness campaign against the BJP government from August 16 to highlight alleged “betrayal” regarding the old-age pension scheme. In...