Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: The whirlwind tours of different parts of Odisha being undertaken by 5T Secretary V K Pandian has triggered a fierce war of words between the opposition political parties and...

Puri: After two factions of Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) locked horns in Ganjam, similar infighting in the regional party came to the fore in Puri. The factional fight...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to reimburse entire course fees of eligible ST and SC students, studying medical and engineering ((BTech and MTech) at various government-run institutions, under the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has issued an advisory, warning people about a fake e-challan scam, and adding that such alerts will never come from a mobile number. “Beware of fake...

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Friday expelled Bipin Chandra Pradhan, a Zilla Parisad (ZP) member of Digapahandi in Odisha's Ganjam district for anti-party activities. This came...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran Congress leader and Odisha MLA Suresh Routray’s elder son Sidharth Routray, who is a well-known mountaineer, is likely to take a plunge into politics very soon. After scaling...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday expressed concern over noted columnist Natabar Khuntia’s Facebook post, in which the latter compared the current political situation in Odisha with the reign...

Bhubaneswar: The election to Speaker post will be held on September 21 and the monsoon session of Odisha Assembly commence the following day (September 22), official sources said on Thursday....

Baripada: Odisha unit vice president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Prahallad Purty has resigned from the primary membership of the party due to "differences with the party's state leadership". In...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) is planning a ‘mishran parba’ (joining ceremony) on September 5 here to induct several prominent personalities, including former chief minister Giridhar Gamang, former...