Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: While elections in Odisha are almost a year away, discussion over the likelihood of early Assembly polls appears to have cropped up again. Senior ruling BJD leader and former...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved 9 posts for the newly formed Integrated Tribal Development Agency (ITDA) at Jharsuguda. Extending his approval to the ITDA, which has been formed by...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to prohibit the use of Ganja at Shiva shrines across the state. In a letter dated May 10, Odia Language, Literature & Culture Department...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will provide free crop insurance cover to all the farmers in the state for next three years. This was announced by Cooperation Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The NDA is hopeful of making up the number deficit in Rajya Sabha with the support of the ruling party of Odisha, BJD, and YSR Congress amid Delhi...

Bhubaneswar: After Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inducted three new Ministers into his cabinet on Monday, questions are being raised in political circles over the exclusion of Susanta Singh, a BJD...

Bhubaneswar: With an eye on 2024 twin polls, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik rejigged his Council of Ministers, the second in as many years, by inducting MLAs Bikram Keshari Arukha, Sudam...

Bhubaneswar: Soon after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik undertook a minor cabinet rejig on Monday, opposition BJP raised a number of questions over the reshuffle carried out ahead of the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to provide social security pension to beneficiaries of Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY) in cash, some even at their doorsteps, instead of direct benefit...

Bhubaneswar: After being inducted in the Naveen Patnaik Cabinet in a minor rejig ahead of 2024 twin polls, senior BJD leader Bikram Keshari Arukha was assigned the Finance portfolio on...