Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention to constitute an inter-state tribunal to settle the Mahanadi water dispute. In his letter, the Chief...

Chitrakonda: Former sarpanch of Panasput panchayat of Malkangiri, Arjun Hental and his two associates were brutally thrashed in a Praja Court by Maoists on Sunday night. A group of armed ultras belonging...

Chitrakonda: Normal life was paralysed in Chitrakonda area of Malkangiri district on Tuesday owing to a 12-hour bandh called by district congress demanding immediate issuance of land pattas to the tribal people....

Balasore: A young Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre officer has taken up the cudgels to curb corruption at the grassroots level by attempting to make the monitoring mechanism more effective....

Bhubaneswar: Activists of BJP Krushak Morcha staged a dharna under the statue of Gangadhar Meher at Nalco Square on Saturday over lack of budgetary provision for the Gaisilat lift irrigation project. "The...

Bhubaneswar: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with the government of Odisha is all set to organise the four-day flagship event Enterprise Odisha 2017 at IDCO Exhibition Ground here...

Bhubaneswar: Two days after the Centre submitted an affidavit before the Supreme Court denying formation of an inter-state tribunal to resolve Mahanadi dispute, Odisha government filed a counter affidavit before...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday blamed the Centre for not sanctioning central forces to tackle Maoism in the state. "The people of Odisha do not support violent activities and the...

Vijayawada: Important aspects of public distribution system (PDS) reforms like seamless working of the online systems, strategy for grievance redressal, enhancing the outreach of the system to the deprived segments of the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to form a House committee to resolve the water-sharing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh governments, informed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Thursday. Following...