Policy & Politics

New Delhi: In an all-out effort to appease the Rajbonshi community of North Bengal ahead of the Assembly polls in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday announced...

New Delhi: The Centre may arrest Twitter's top executives in India stating that its list of accounts sought to be censured over “inflammatory content” was not negotiable. The government added...

New Delhi: Parliament on Wednesday passed the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020, will now go to President Ram Nath Kovind for his assent. The bill, moved by Minister of State...

Bhubaneswar: The term for the Vice-Chancellor of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) will now be four years instead of the current five years as per the proposed amendment to...

New Delhi: The government has informed that there is no proposal to raise the excise duty on cigarettes, bidis and smokeless tobacco. In a written reply to a question in...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra on Tuesday urged Odisha government to move the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal for the release of the non-monsoon water of Mahanadi from the upper...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra on Tuesday demanded an investigation into the notification on heritage bylaws for Jagannath temple in Puri. Briefing mediapersons, he said it is a matter...

New Delhi: The Central government has drafted in 21 new sports disciplines including ‘Mallakhamb’ and ‘Sepak Takraw’ in the list of sports disciplines which qualify for recruitment of meritorious sports...

Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was shown black flags during her visit to Mumbai on Sunday. The protesters, most of whom were learnt to be Congress workers, were vocal...

Bhubaneswar: President of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), Niranjan Patnaik has expressed his keenness to adopt seven schools in Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts under the Mo School Abhiyan. In a...