Defections have been plenty this season, causing one to wonder whether ideology still had a place in politics.

Family ties seem important in south Odisha, too, as the baton of BJD MP Jhina Hikaka has been transferred to wife Kausalya.

He criticised the NDA government for funding a project that would lead to submergence of houses and agricultural field of tribals in Malkan...

Protesting against the method used for candidate selection by the party, Biswal announced he would not contest polls.