Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: After staging a nightlong dharna on the Odisha Assembly premises, BJP MLAs on Sunday withdrew the agitation following a request by the party’s Odisha Saha Prabhari, Vijay Pal Singh...

Bhubaneswar: Total 10 candidates will contest the byelection to Pipili Assembly constituency, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sushil Kumar Lohani on Saturday. Briefing the media, here, Lohani said after scrutiny...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra and 5T Secretary V K Pandian and Works Secretary Dr Krishan Kumar visited Kandhamal on Friday to review the progress in the construction of...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Thursday urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to direct Odisha government to remove Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sushil Kumar Lohani from his post with immediate...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the bypoll to Pipili Assembly constituency, BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday gave the charge of two blocks and the Pipili Notified Area Council...

New Delhi: The Union Finance ministry has slashed the interest rates of small saving schemes, including public provident fund (PPF) and senior citizen savings scheme (SCSS), from April 1, 2021....

Bhubaneswar: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare minister Ranendra Pratap Swain on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that the steep hike in the price of edible oil in Odisha is due...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP on Tuesday released the list of its star campaigners for Pipili bypoll slated for April 17. Odisha state unit president Samir Mohanty, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, national...

Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development minister Pratap Jena on Tuesday informed the State Assembly that there is no possibility of initiating the metro railway project between the Twin Cities of...

Bhubaneswar: After BJP and BJD, the Congress on Sunday finalised its candidate for the bypoll to Pipili assembly constituency. Ajit Mangaraj, who had lost his deposit in the 2019 assembly...