An anti-corruption plank was key to Narendra Modi’s 2014 campaign, but the delay in appointing a Lokpal has given short shrift to it.

The bench, which said it would hear the issue raised by J&K, also told Upadhyay that he could do a comparative study of what the Lokayukta ...

Odisha had been the first to announce a state act, after the UPA II’s Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, but it never appointed a Lokayukta.

BJP's state unit chief K V Singh Deo also blamed Patnaik, who is in charge of water resources department, for poor irrigation facilities.

Justice Shah has in the past headed the commission on illegal mining that uncovered largescale irregularities in Goa and Odisha.

Narendra Modi will chair a high-level meeting here tomorrow to decide on a successor to CBI chief Ranjit Sinha, who will be also demitting ...

Sources said the bills were shortlisted on Tuesday at a meeting, chaired by finance minister Arun Jaitley, where representatives from all m...

Opposition Congress today strongly criticised the Odisha Government over its claim of being the first state in the country to pass the Loka...

Meeting the three-month deadline set by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the State Assembly today passed the Odisha Lokayukta Bill.

Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik today said the anti-corruption vigilance wing of Odisha should be brought under the purview of the legisla...

With tenure of 14th Odisha Legislative Assembly left a few months, India Against Corrpution asked state government to convene a special ses...

Proposed move could further impact the iron ore industry and drag down mining growth in the country.

The government plans to blacklist errant miners, signalling hardening of stance against rampant illegal mining.

Naveen Patnaik today said his government was committed to amending the existing law to make an effective Lokayukta in the state.

Lok Sabha today made minor amendments to the Orissa (the Alteration of Name) Bill and the Constitution Amendment Bill.