Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reviewed the expenditure of various departments and stressed the need to utilise at least 85 per cent of the budget by the end...

Bhubaneswar: Taking exception to party leaders speaking out without authorisation, Odisha Congress on Thursday virtually issued a gag order asking them to refrain from airing their views through the media...

Chennai: Amid the language row, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin claimed on Thursday that more than 25 north Indian native languages have been destroyed by the invasion of hegemonic...

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved changes to the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Bill, according to reports. The Cabinet accepted 14 of the 23 changes proposed by a joint parliamentary committee -...

New Delhi: The Education Ministry fact-checked Indian Overseas Congress chairperson Sam Pitroda after he claimed that his virtual session with students of "IIT Ranchi" was disrupted by hackers who played...

New Delhi: Should politicians who are convicted be allowed to make a comeback? What should be their punishment? The long-standing debate is now in the country’s top court, which is...

New Delhi: A war of words has broken out between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the latter’s decision to field Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora from...

Bhadrak: The Odisha government announced Rs 10 crore for development of Baba Akhandalamani Temple at Aradi in Bhadrak district on Wednesday, coinciding with the Maha Shivratri celebrations. Deputy Chief Minister...

New Delhi: National convenor of BJP IT Cell Amit Malviya on Wednesday lashed out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim for scrapping Vishwakarma Puja...

Bhubaneswar: The State Vaccine Store of Odisha has become the first in the country to receive the ISO 9001:2015 certification for quality management under the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP). This...