Politics

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday advised the party leaders to focus on the achievements of the state government during campaigning for the panchayat elections. Addressing...

Kolkata: Describing the Centre’s proposed changes to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre rules as ‘draconian’, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

New Delhi: Colonel (retd) Vijay Rawat, brother of late Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, joined the BJP on Wednesday in the presence of Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party on Monday constituted an election management  committee for the upcoming urban and panchayat elections in Odisha. The 20-member committee is headed by Congress Legislature Party (CLP)...

Bhubaneswar: Former BJP legislator of Mayurbhanj district Laxman Soren and his wife Deola Soren joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Sunday. Soren and his wife were welcomed to the BJD...

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Saturday came down heavily on the state government for 'police brutality' on betel growers at the proposed plant site of JSW in Dhinkia of Jagatsinghpur district....

Bhubaneswar: Former Indian Navy officer of Bari Assembly constituency in Jajpur district Kabir Das and state president of Kesariya Hindu Vahini Rabindra Satpathy on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party...

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its tirade against the state government for depriving the OBCs of participating in panchayat elections by not taking any step for their reservation, the BJP has decided to...

Jharsuguda: Veteran politician and BJD legislator Kishore Mohanty passed away due to cardiac arrest on Thursday. He was 63. According to sources, Mohanty, who represented Brajarajnagar constituency, fell sick in...

Vijayawada: Politicians are known to make promises to woo voters in election season. It’s another matter that most of them are not fulfilled. Here’s one more promise, this time from...