Odisha: BJD emerges winner in Athgarh assembly by-poll

The ruling Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranendra Pratap Swain on Wednesday defeated his nearest Congress candidate Suresh Chandra Mohapatra by 47,390 votes in the by-election for Athgarh assembly seat......

Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for 5th straight term

Naveen Patnaik, who led his Biju Janata Dal to a landslide victory in the assembly elections, took oath as the chief minister of Odisha for a record fifth consecutive term on Wednesday. Patnaik......

Is 2012 witnessing the birth of the Fourth Front?

Make no mistake, that nightmare is inching closer to reality. What should concern the BJP, CPI-M, and Congress is the manner in which they are losing -- often coming third -- and the states in......