Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister will begin his campaign in Pipili constituency for his party candidate on April 13 for the ensuing bypoll scheduled on April 17. Briefing...

Bhubaneswar: With Pipili Assembly Constituency all set for a fierce electoral battle on April 17, the BJD on Wednesday informed that Chief Minister and party president Naveen Patnaik will hold...

Bhubaneswar: Congress leader Smrutirekha Pahi on Tuesday tendered her resignation from the primary membership of the party. In a letter to the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president, Pahi cited...

New Delhi: Even as states are urging the central government to lower the age limit for COVID-19 vaccination to enable more people to get inoculated, the Union Health Ministry on...

New Delhi: The Central Government has asked all its employees who are 45 years and above to get themselves vaccinated to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19. As per an...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers on Thursday to discuss the COVID-19 situation and the ongoing vaccination drive, news agency PTI quoted sources said Monday....

Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh resigned on Monday  citing “moral grounds”. The resignation came hours after the Bombay High Court ordered the CBI to carry out a preliminary probe...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik will campaign for his party candidate Rudra Pratap Maharathy for the ensuing bypoll to Pipili constituency scheduled on April 17. A decision...

New Delhi: The government won’t permit fresh registration for COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare and frontline workers. Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to the state chief secretaries that the Health...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed central teams to visit Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh, the three worst-affected states vis-à-vis the tremendous surge in COVID-19 cases in the country....