Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: Two youths, claiming to be BJP workers, were arrested for threatening BJP state president Basanta Panda with toy guns at the party headquarters here on Monday. The duo, identified...

When he was a high school student in Rayagada, Harishchandra Buxipatra gathered his friends and performed 'shuddhi kriya' (rituals observed on death of near and dear ones which includes tonsuring...

Bhubaneswar: India’s petrochemicals sector is going through a golden period, with growth rates of 14-15% per annum, said Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan after...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday ordered cancellation of Saturday and Sunday holidays of the field officers of agriculture and revenue departments working in 15 rain-hit districts of the state. Reviewing the rain...

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, is organising a first-of-its-kind Petrochemical Investors Conclave here on November 16. The theme of the conclave...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to provide agriculture input subsidy to actual farmers, including share croppers and lessees and accordingly, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi on Thursday issued a set of guidelines...

Bhubaneswar: The state Government on Tuesday felicitated Omkar Hota, the doctor rushed to a remote village in Malkangiri to help a woman delivery her baby and later carried her on...

New Delhi: A financing agreement for IBRD loan of US $ 119 million (equivalent) for the 'Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence & Equity (OHEPEE) Project' was signed with the...

Balasore: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) achieved yet another feat on Tuesday with the successful test flight of ‘Nirbhay’ - India’s first indigenously designed and developed Long Range...

Bhubaneswar: Crops over 1,78,937 hectares of agricultural land in 20 blocks, 19 urban local bodies of nine districts have been affected due to pest attack in the state, revealed Special...