Policy & Politics

New Delhi: India has avoided about 1 million deaths of children under age five since 2005, owing to significant reductions in mortality from pneumonia, diarrhoea, neonatal infections and birth asphyxia/trauma,...

New Delhi: The Union Government on Tuesday decided to reduce the basic excise duty rate on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre with effect from Wednesday. This decision...

Bhubaneswar: Family members of late Congress MLA Subal Sahu of Bijepur in Bargarh district joined the ruling BJD on Saturday. Sahu’s wife Rita Sahu, son Sumit and hundreds of their...

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday assigned three senior IAS officers the task of assessing damage in three flood-hit districts of the state. Home secretary Asit Tripathy will tour...

Pension is a dignified means of sustenance for at least 44 lakh families in Odisha. If not absolute sustenance, it certainly adds to the livelihoods of as many individuals who...

Bhubaneswar: Decrying the Centre’s refusal to enhance Odisha’s kerosene quota, BJD youth activists here on Monday took out a bike rally demanding immediate hike in the fossil fuel’s allocation for the...