Tag: Ministers

Bhubaneswar: With legislators cutting across the political parties demanding higher pay and additional funds under LAD, the Odisha Cabinet today increased salaries and pensions of MLAs, ministers, chief minister, leader of opposition, speaker, deputy speaker, government chief whip and deputy government chief whip. The sub-panel of the amenities committee today decided to increase the monthly […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday inducted a 12 member team including six new cabinet ministers and four ministers of states to his cabinet as part of the strategy to strengthen governance and Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in the biggest reshuffle this fourth term in the State. Here is a quick look at […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the outgoing ministers rejected the reasoning of any pressure from party chief to resign and averred that they have done so on their own to strengthen party organisation, dismal performance in panchayat elections and some other controversies, that often put party in trouble, are stated to be the reasons behind their ouster […]

Bhubaneswar:  The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today attached the properties of Ignis Technology Solutions Private Limited, a Bengaluru-based IT company having expertise in aerospace engineering, on the charge of defrauding Rs 30 crore from the United Bank of India (UBI) and registered a case against Nihar Samantara, an Odia entrepreneur and one of the directors of […]

Bhubaneswar: With the three-tier Panchayat polls in Odisha scheduled in mid-February this year, the ruling BJD has revved up its preparations in full swing. As part of the process, the meetings of the BJD organisational districts began at the residence of the party supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas here today. On […]

Malkangiri: In a fresh development to the Japanese Encephalitis issue in Malkangiri, an FIR was registered against the BJD Supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Malkangiri police station today. One Ure Madi of Koimetla village in the district also filed a complaint against the Health Minister, the Women and Child Development Minister, the […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the 70th Independence Day celebration, chief minister Naveen Patnaik today announced the names of the ministers who will unfurl the tricolour at district level functions. While the chief minister will attend the I-day celebration in Bhubaneswar, the following is the list of ministers who would unfurl the Tri-colour in 18 district headquarters. […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding the arrest of Panchayati Raj and Law minister Arun Sahu and Housing and Urban Development minister Pushpendra Singhdeo for their alleged nexus with tainted doctor Motilal Gouda, arrested for a fraud worth lakhs when he was assistant director of Factories and Boilers, Students Congress activists scuffled with the police here today. Hundreds of […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today asked his ministers to improve the use of social media in every sphere of governance.

Bhubaneswar: After the allocation of portfolios, the newly inducted ministers, both at the centre and here in Odisha, have been given stern deadlines by their taskmasters Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Naveen Patnaik, respectively. Odisha CM Naveen recently directed all his ministers to submit monthly status report on the implementation of manifesto promises every […]

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla along with Union Ministers and Members of Parliament will participate in the Swachhata Abhiyan (cleanliness drive) in Parliament House Estate on Saturday, a Lok Sabha Secretariat advisory said on Friday. Other dignitaries will also take part in the cleanliness drive which is scheduled to start at 9 a.m., […]

Bhubaneswar: Expressing concerns about the safety of Lord Jagannath’s Ratna Bhandar inside Puri Srimandir and failure of the administration to trace keys of the inner chamber, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Pradipta Kumar Naik urged the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to open the treasure trove and conduct an audit of the same to match it […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday appealed two Union Ministers from the state, judges of Orissa High Court, all MPs and MLAs to adopt government schools under the ‘Mo School Abhiyan’ to give a boost to the government initiative. The CM’s appeal comes days after the Odisha bureaucrats adopted as many as 30 government […]