'Unemployment is a major cause of resentment in India'

'The biggest challenge and the one that needs immediate attention is massive shortcoming of jobs, leading to rampant migration from the state (almost 4 million Odias migrated!).'This forces them to......

The MP who wants cannabis legalised in India

The Biju Janata Dal MP from Dhenkanal says crime will come down if cannabis is legalised. Nikita Puri reports. Even on the phone, Tathagata Satpathy comes across as confident and candid. When I......

Why Kejriwal can dent Modi's campaign

'AAP's real value must be measured not by the number of Lok Sabha seats it wins in the election -- which may not exceed 10 or 15 -- and not even by the number of votes it takes from the BJP, but by......

Former Odisha minister arrested in dowry torture case

Former Odisha minister Raghunath Mohanty and his wife were arrested from neighbouring West Bengal in a dowry torture case slapped by their daughter-in-law, police said on Saturday. "Mohanty and his......

Saradha scam: Orissa MP's home searched by CBI

Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday carried out search operations at 30 locations, including house of a sitting Biju Janata Dal member of Parliament and two other politicians from Odisha in......

Can govt make India slum free in 5 years?

The UPA government is aggresively pursuing its flagship housing project for slum dwellers, the Rajiv Awas Yojna, to bring in the second phase of urban reforms.The Centre is holding talks with state......

Posco matter in Orissa govt's court: Minister

Rejecting the ruling Biju Janata Dal's allegation of discrimination against Orissa, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday the matter relating to Posco steel project was in the......

Posco project: High expectations on Gupta report

With the four-member central team set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) delaying submission of its report on Posco's proposed steel project by one week, BJD heavyweights were......

Dilip Tirkey feels, love for hockey will drive votes towards BJD

'The Odisha government has changed the image of the state by making it a sporting hub of the country with high performance centres, state-of-the-art training facilities and hosting big tournaments.......