Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: Hours after former MP Pradeep Majhi resigned from the Congress,  Jeypore MLA Tara Prasad Bahinipati dropped a bombshell saying that he quit the party to avoid the blot of suspension....

Bhubaneswar: Agriculture Production Commissioner Raj Kumar Sharma will continue as Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, a government notification said on Monday. The order came two days after his predecessor...

Bhubaneswar: Former Women and Child Development Minister in BJD government Anjali Behera joined the BJP on Monday. She joined the saffron party during Mishran Parva held at the party office...

Bhubaneswar: Naveen Patnaik, one of the longest-serving Chief Ministers in the country, turned 75 on Saturday. One that stood out among the numerous birthday wishes for the CM was that...

Port Blair: Union Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday justified the renaming of Ross Island in Andaman and Nicobar archipelago after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Shah, who is on a...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on issues relating to paddy procurement from Odisha during the upcoming Kharif marketing season. The letter stressed on non-lifting of...

New Delhi: There has been a lot of debate and controversy over the new Parliament building, which is being constructed under the Central Vista redevelopment plan at a cost of...

Bhubaneswar: To extend more financial benefits to its employees in case of death while in service, the Odisha government has effected changes in the Group Insurance Scheme (GIS). Under the...

Bhubaneswar: Three leaders from Odisha figure in the newly-appointed 80-member National Executive of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Thursday. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior leaders Lal...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP put up a creditable performance in the just-concluded Pipili byelection, but that wasn't enough to upset the BJD applecart. Can being second at best fulfil the saffron...