Tag: Planning Board

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday appointed former Rajya Sabha member Bhupinder Singh as chairman of State Housing Board while former deputy Speaker Ramachandra Panda was appointed as State Planning Board member. Singh will get all facilities at par with a Cabinet Minister while Panda has been given the position of a Minister of […]

Bhubaneswar: Two days after being appointed as the vice-chairman of the State Planning Board, BJD leader and former minister Bishnu Das has resigned as Rajya Sabha member. He has tendered his resignation to the chairman of the Upper House. “Ï have tendered my letter of resignation to Rajya Sabha chairman Md Hamid Ansari last night. […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik’s surprise move of appointing Rajya Sabha member Bishnu Das as deputy chairman of State Planning Board has sparked fresh speculation over the replacement of Das in the Upper House. Talks are doing round on several party aspirants who may fill up the vacant seat while Patnaik’s sister Gita Meheta is […]