Growing Power
State BJP circles are abuzz with the talk of union petroleum and natural gas minister, Dharmendra Pradhan’s vice-like grip on the party and his...
Jena’s Challenge
Health minister, Pratap Jena recently tweeted that Odisha had defeated the dreaded Japanese Encephalitis (JE) which had claimed 103 lives in the backward Malkangiri...
Right Moves
The young Bolangir MP, Kalikesh Singh Deo has been making all the right moves and noises. While he staged a dharna recently at the...
A Year of Tumultous Political developments
The political highlight of the year 2017 was the intensified rivalry between ruling Biju Janata Dal and BJP while the Congress found itself mired...
Practical Oram
Union tribal affairs minister, Jual Oram, one of the tallest tribal leaders of BJP in the country and party’s only Lok Sabha member from Odisha,...
Slogan Revived
State Congress president, Prasad Harichandan, who seems to have got a reprieve with AICC president, Rahul Gandhi’s decision to continue with the present chiefs...
Low Profile
Former minister, Jayaram Pangi has been maintaining a low profile since joining the BJP in May last year. Pangi, a four time MLA who...
Soured Relations
If sources are to be believed, relations between Bhubaneswar mayor, Ananta Narayan Jena and municipal commissioner, Krishan Kumar have been soured following a misunderstanding...
Stage Set For Dolphin Census
The annual monitoring and enumeration of Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) will be conducted in the Chilika lake on February 8 and 9. As many as 134...
Race For Rajya Sabha Begins
The biennial poll assumes significance as some BJD leaders, who are unsure of getting a party ticket in the next assembly election, would be...