Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: Congress on Sunday announced its candidate for Nilgiri Assembly seat and changed party nominees for five other Assembly constituencies for the upcoming elections in Odisha. The party has nominated...

Bhubaneswar: With BJP heavyweights already making whirlwind tours of Odisha, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are slated to visit the state to bolster the party’s...

Bhubaneswar: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India will wait for the Canadian police to share more information about the three men arrested and charged with the murder...

Bhubaneswar: Congress has named Jay Narayan Patnaik as its candidate for Puri Lok Sabha seat in Odisha after Sucharita Mohanty pulled out of the race on Saturday, citing lack of...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader of Odisha's Kalahandi district Rabindra Kumar Pattjoshi along with his supporters joined the BJD on Saturday. Pattjoshi, who was also the BJP candidate for Dharamgarh Assembly...

Bhubaneswar: Seven of the 37 candidates (19 per cent) in fray for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Odisha have declared criminal cases pending against them. Six (16%)...

Bhubaneswar: Santrupt Misra (58) of BJD is the richest while Pramila Pujari (25) of Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) is the poorest among the candidates who have so far...

Bhubaneswar: More than 4,000 voters have opted for "home voting" in first phase of dual elections in Odisha scheduled on May 13. For the first time in the history of...

New Delhi: Days after stepping down as the Delhi Congress chief, Arvinder Singh Lovely on Saturday joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This will be Lovely’s second stint in the saffron...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Saturday released its list of star campaigners for first phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly elections to be held in Odisha on May 13. Besides Congress...