Politics

New Delhi: It was coming. The formal seal was stamped on Saturday. In a major setback for Uddhav Thackeray, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla approved the merger of six rebel...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former Odisha minister Prafulla Samal was hospitalised here on Friday in a serious condition. The 78-year-old Samal was admitted to the intensive...

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four others in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma...

Bhubaneswar: Senior leader and former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA Pravat Ranjan Biswal joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with a large number of supporters in Bhubaneswar on...

Bhubaneswar: Amid the rapidly changing political configurations in Odisha, speculation is now rife over the possible entry of former Cuttack-Choudwar MLA Pravat Biswal into the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)....

New Delhi: As Narendra Modi concluded his three-nation tour with a two-day visit to New Zealand, an Indian diplomat was asked during a media interaction why the Indian Prime Minister didn’t...

Bhubaneswar: The Panchayat elections in Odisha are likely to be delayed and the State Election Commission (SEC) is planning to issue the poll notification only after completion of the 2027...

Bhubaneswar: With elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) in Odisha set to be held in 2027, the State Election Commission (SEC) has started preparations for...

Kolkata: The BJP continues to count its gains in West Bengal. On Thursday, former Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MPs Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik joined...

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a memorable Bollywood twist to diplomacy during his address in Jakarta on Wednesday by referencing Shah Rukh Khan's iconic film ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’....