Policy & Politics

Bhubaneswar: In a major reshuffle in IPS cadre, the Odisha government on Wednesday announced the transfer and posting of senior officers involving key departments such as the Anti-Naxal Operations and...

New Delhi: India is witnessing perhaps its 22nd nationwide general strike since the 1991 economic liberalisation, as over 25 crore workers across the country launched a massive Bharat Bandh today...

Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer Satya Priya Rath was given additional charge as the Managing Director of Grid Corporation of Odisha Ltd (GRIDCO) by the state government. Rath is currently serving...

Mumbai: Maharashtra Transport minister Pratap Baburao Sarnaik, who happens to be a senior leader of Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, dared police to arrest him after distancing himself from his own...

Bhubaneswar: The re-election of Manmohan Samal as president of the Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the second consecutive term was a mere formality. It was an...

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee is furious after a farmer from West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, close to the Assam border, received a notice asking him to submit valid documents to prove...

Bhubaneswar: Congress in Odisha is gearing up for the upcoming visit of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi visit to the state on July 11 as part...

Bhubaneswar: Manmohan Samal was formally anointed as the president of BJP's Odisha unit on Tuesday. The 65-year-old veteran leader was the unanimous choice, being the only candidate to have filed...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has released guidelines for implementing ‘Rah-Veer’ scheme, an initiative of the central government for Good Samaritans, who rush road accident victims to hospitals within the crucial golden...

Mumbai: In the latest political clash amid the language controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nishikant Dubey on Monday slammed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray for his “hit below...