Ashutosh Mishra

The sudden turn of events in Bihar seems to have galvanised anti-BJP forces in the country. With Nitish Kumar, whose U-turns could soon become part of India’s political folklore, taking oath…

Every crisis is an opportunity for someone. The sudden spurt in Maoist violence in Chhattisgarh, a state that shares a long border with Odisha, seems to have been helped to a great extent by…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing awkward questions about the money spent on the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat in London following allegations from his former chief…

For a brief while recently Odisha’s capital city found itself in unwanted focus after a national TV channel reported an alleged chat of Rhea Chakraborty, the much-maligned girlfriend of…

Why Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who takes to Twitter to comment on almost every important development in the country, has chosen to keep quiet on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…

A former chief minister of Odisha once famously described journalists as drain inspectors. Politicians of various hues have  bestowed upon them many unflattering epithets in the past. Kanshi…

The Odisha government recently declared five districts free from the threat of Maoist radicals. The districts of Angul, Boudh, Sambalpur, Deogarh and Nayagarh will no more require support…

Irrespective of what becomes of Sachin Pilot, who was sacked both as Deputy Chief Minister and Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president following his revolt, the political drama…

The political storm over the encounter killing of Vikas Dubey, a history-sheeter from Kanpur whose notoriety acquired almost diabolical dimensions following the massacre of eight UP police…

As COVID-19 positive cases shoot up in Odisha the government is clearly struggling to contain the spread of the virus. While the number of positive cases has crossed the 100 mark…