Policy & Politics

New Delhi: From January 1, 2021, callers will have to add '0' to make a call from a landline to a mobile phone in the country. The telecom department has...

Bhubaneswar: Speaker of the Odisha Assembly Surjya Narayan Patro on Tuesday directed the Minister of State for Home Dibya Shankar Mishra to make a statement in the House on the...

Bhubaneswar: In a significant step towards promoting healthy living among people across all age groups, Minister for Sports and Youth Services Tusharkanti Behera on Tuesday launched  ‘Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols’...

Bhubaneswar: A complaint officer will soon deal with the grievances of transgenders. A decision in this regard was taken by the Odisha government with an aim to put an end...

Bhubaneswar: Taking disciplinary action, the Odisha government on Tuesday suspended Cuttack deputy collector (revenue) and former tehsildar of Begunia Bibekananda Parida. "In exercise of his powers, Governor Ganeshi Lal put...

Bhubaneswar: BJP national president JP Nadda might visit Odisha either in December this year or in January 2021 as part of his 120-day nationwide tour to strengthen the party’s organisational...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has thanked his Jharkhand counterpart Hemanta Soren for taking up construction work of the Ichha dam over river Kharkai, one of the major tributaries of...

Bhubaneswar: The alleged custodial deaths in Puri and Biramitrapur in Sundargarh district triggered an uproar in the Odisha Assembly on Saturday. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, BJP member and...

New Delhi: Regular flight operations in the country, like in pre-COVID times, should resume by the end of December 2020 or January 2021. That’s the view of Union Civil Aviation...

Bhubaneswar: The first State Steering Committee meeting to devise innovative strategies for monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine coverage is scheduled to be held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy...