Naveen Patnaik

The decision, greenlit by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, comes in response to recommendations by 5T chairman VK Pandian after thorough discussions with various stakeholders.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Union Sports minister Anurag Thakur along with officials and players attend the grand opening ceremony

In a major push for the BJP in Odisha, its candidate Suryabanshi Suraj wins the Dhamnagar bye-election with a margin of 6755 votes.

NEW DELHI: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Draupadi Murmu is poised to become the 15th President of India, experts said as the voting concluded on Monday evening. Murmu, the former Governor of Jharkhand, will become the first tribal President of India if she manages to beat Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, which is, in all likelihood, […]

NEW DELHI: The BJP-led NDA government’s Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi today. She went on to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah later in the day. At the airport, Murmu was received by Union minister of tourism G Kishan Reddy, Union minister of […]

CUTTACK: There is an old maxim, “A week is a long time in politics,” which signifies the uncertain and dynamic character of the field. However, at least on the face of it, the political firmament of Odisha seems frozen in time ever since Biju Janata Dal’s Naveen Patnaik became the chief minister of the state […]

ACT I: October 31, 1999 The 95 km drive from Bhubaneswar to Ersama couldn’t have taken more than two-and-a-half hours—even if one tallies in the slow pace of life in this coastal Odisha district of palm-fronded villages, simple fisher-folk out to sea in the morning and bringing in their catch before sundown, or farmers and […]