Rs 4000 cr 'Ama Odisha, Nabin Odisha' scheme aims to protect places of worship, develop rural infrastructure & preserve local heritage & has been termed 'poll gimmick' by the Opposition.
TMC has skipped all meetings of Opposition parties called by Congress during ongoing Budget session of Parliament, choosing instead to hold its own protests on various issues.
Political observers say it’s a mix of a careful narrative built around Patnaik and the welfare politics that has made him click with the masses despite over 22 years at the helm.
BJD leading in Padampur by margin of 38,252 votes. If trends hold, this win will come as relief to party which last month saw its 1st bypoll loss since 2009 when BJP won Dhamnagar.
Riding high after a bypoll win in October, BJP is going all out to wrest Padampur assembly seat in a by-election necessitated by sitting MLA’s death. The BJD is fighting back.
BJD, usually a friendly party to the BJP in Parliament, joined other Opposition parties in raising a red flag over the issue. It urged the Centre to 'revisit' the proposal immediately.
Move will ‘purify electoral rolls’ says Law Minister Rijiju. But Opposition parties as well as BJD & YSRCP, which have backed govt legislation before, ask why the ‘tearing hurry'.
BJD's move came three days after a delegation of its MPs met Home Minister Amit Shah & submitted a memorandum seeking legislation to raise quota for OBCs in the state.
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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