Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Tuesday notified 'bhang' (the leaves and flower tops of cannabis) as an intoxicant. The Excise department made the declaration under clause (t) of Section 2...

Bhubaneswar: The SOP for Subhadra Yojana, which is slated to be launched on September 17, will be released in a few days, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said on Tuesday....

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has written to Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi requesting him to rectify discrepancies in the Odisha University (Amendment) Act 2020 as per the legal...

Bhubaneswar: National president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J P Nadda is slated to undertake a visit to Odisha on August 18 to attend a training session for the...

New Delhi: Bollywood actress and BJP’s Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut unleashed an all-out attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday. Kangana described the Leader of Opposition in Lok...

Bhubaneswar: Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of having failed to fulfil its poll promises in Odisha, opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has decided to launch a public awareness...

Bhubaneswar: Besides stepping up vigil along its 480-km coastline to prevent influx of people from turmoil-hit Bangladesh, the Odisha government has also intensified verification of Bangladeshi immigrants living in the...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday spoke to his Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee, urging her her to normalise potato supply to Odisha. According to the CMO, Majhi mentioned...

Washington: Celine Dion has taken strong exception to Donald Trump’s team using a song she wrote and sang for ‘Titanic’, at an election rally. A video of Dion performing the song...

Bhubaneswar: A political storm is brewing over use of chopper by bureaucrat-turned-politcian V K Pandian, who withdrew from active politics after BJD's drubbing in Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, during...