Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that there is no reduction in MGNREGA fund allocation in the Union Budget 2023, and the provision may increase with growing...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to send a team of officials along with police personnel to Varanasi as part of investigation into the sale, supply and distribution of spurious...

Bhubaneswar: With BJD clamouring for the dismissal of Jayanarayan Mishra as Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Odisha Assembly over his alleged scuffle with a woman cop, senior BJP leader...

Bhubaneswar: Amid a raging controversy over his alleged scuffle with a woman police officer, BJP stalwart and Odisha’s Leader of Opposition Jayanarayan Mishra on Thursday alleged that there was a...

Bhubaneswar: The Grid Corporation of Odisha Ltd (Gridco) has proposed a 22 per cent hike in bulk supply price (BSP) of power for 2023-24, evoking stiff opposition from consumer groups...

Bhubaneswar: The trend of switching parties ahead of 2024 is gaining pace in Odisha. Sikta Pati, daughter of late bureaucrat-turned-politician Pyarimohan Mohapatra, joined Congress on Wednesday. Following her induction, the Odisha...

New Delhi: Teams from Income Tax department conducted surveys at BBC offices in the national Capital and Mumbai for the second straight day. According to Kanchan Gupta, Senior Advisor at...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced Rs 3 lakh compensation each to the kin of three young girls, who died after an SUV ploughed into wedding revellers at...

Bhubaneswar: Even as legislator Jaynarayan Mishra grabbed headlines for allegedly pushing a woman police officer during a BJP protest in Sambalpur, the ruling BJD on Wednesday sought an apology from...

Puri: Product innovation and diversification are keys to developing the tourism sector in Odisha," Tourism ACS Tourism Surendra Kumar said on Day 2 of Senior Officers’ Conference at Eco Retreat,...