Policy & Politics

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...

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...