Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: Why Kantabanji? Naveen Patnaik’s decision to contest from this assembly seat in Balangir district, alongside his home turf Hinjili in Ganjam district, is seemingly a well-calibrated move considering that...

Bhubaneswar: Taking a dig at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for contesting from two Assembly seats, senior BJP leader Samir Mohanty on Wednesday said if the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Wednesday formed a election management committee headed by former Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Prasad Harichandan, for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha....

New Delhi: Pakistan’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that it had ordered for blocking social media platform X in February over national security concerns. According to Reuters, the ministry, in...

Bhubaneswar: Hitting out at Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for deciding to contest from Kantabanji Assembly seat, veteran Congress leader and MLA Narasingha Mishra on Wednesday accused him of adopting a...

Bhubaneswar: With its fifth list of nine MLA candidates, the BJD on Wednesday played the Naveen card again in western Odisha, dropped four sitting MLAs and rewarded as many turncoats....

Chennai: Days after Tamil Nadu’s opposition All India Anna Dravida Munetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) accused ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) of tapping their party leaders' phone, DMK has accused federal agencies...

Bhubaneswar: Saravana Vivek M, a 2015-batch Odisha-cadre IPS officer, on Wednesday took charge as SP Vigilance. Saravana was among the six IPS officers who were transferred to non-election related posts...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik will contest from two assembly constituencies in the upcoming polls in Odisha. Announcing the fifth list of BJD candidates, Naveen on Wednesday...

Bhubaneswar: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is likely to campaign in coastal constituency in Odisha in the last week of April. He may visit the birthplace of Madhusudan Das, an...