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New Delhi: The government is likely to table the Bill to ban Triple Talaq for discussion and passage in Lok Sabha on Thursday. The proposed law criminalises instant divorce by Muslim men and seeks jail term for the guilty. The ruling BJP…

Kendrapara: The BJD took an unassailable lead in the Patkura Assembly seat, the counting for which began on Wednesday. By the end of the 16th round of counting, BJD candidate Sabitri Agarwalla polled 89,389 votes while BJP candidate Bijoy…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will introduce a new sports policy very soon, Sports & Youth Services Minister Tusharkanti Behera informed the Assembly on Friday. The new policy is now being drafted as per the guidelines of the…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Thursday witnessed an amusing session during the question hour when the ruling BJD member Prafulla Samal put a weird question to the Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi. Samal wanted…

Bhubaneswar: With only three days left for the Assembly election in Patkura in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, the BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will take up the poll campaign for his party candidate Sabitri Agarwalla on…

New Delhi: The growing bonhomie between BJP and BJD again came to the fore on Monday as the central government tabled the National Investigation Agency (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which gives more teeth to the investigative agency. The…

Bhubaneswar: After remaining tight-lipped for nearly three weeks, senior BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra on Friday expressed his anguish for not being picked as leader of the Opposition. “All my party MLAs had told me that they have proposed…

Bhubaneswar: BJD and BJP, the political Big B's of Odisha, on Thursday announced the star campaigners for the Patkura Assembly election scheduled on July 20. The ruling party heavyweights to hit the campaign trail are: Naveen Patnaik,…

Bhubaneswar: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing July 20 as the date for elections for the Patkura Assembly seat in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, the ruling BJD and the Opposition BJP and Congress have revved up campaign…

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Sunday claimed Bijoy Mahapatra, the BJP nominee for the forthcoming Patkura Assembly poll, was a 'guinea pig' candidate. “The fact is that BJD and BJP are contesting a friendly match in Patkura and it is fixed.…