Berhampur: Taking a dig at Odisha Food Supplies Minister Surjya Narayan Patro, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today alleged that Patro and his son were grilled by the CBI in connection with their involvement in chit fund scam. Pradhan’s statement came during a ‘Jan Paramarsh Yatra’ in Digapahandi area of Ganjam district. Further responding to the […]
Bhubaneswar: An invitation card on India Skills East 2018 regional competition tweeted by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday triggered a controversy after mistakes were pointed out in the Odia script of the invite. A few words in the card were misspelt inviting criticism from the twitterati. “In the invitation card tweeted by the Union […]
Bhubaneswar: The ongoing IOCL row between the BJP and the ruling BJD intensified today after a BJP delegation met Director General of Police KB Singh here and demanded immediate release of 13 party workers who were arrested by the police. Apart from this, the delegation also demanded action against two BJD leaders— Cuttack-Barabati MLA Debasis […]
Bhubaneswar: As the elections to the State Assembly and Lok Sabha draw near, the ruling-BJD is rigorously raking up the issue of Central neglect. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today rapped the Centre that it has not released pending funds worth Rs 6,400 crore to the state with only a month left to the completion […]
Bhubaneswar: Chief Miinister Naveen Patnaik today reiterated Odisha’s demands for special category status and criticised the Centre for not listening to its pleas. When the BJD and BJP were in alliance from 2000 to 2009 we had combinedly fought for the special category status to the state. But after splitting the alliance in 2009 we had […]
Bhubaneswar: Amid unrelenting agitation that has affected functioning of courts and government offices over establishment of a permanent High Court bench in the State, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today blamed the State government for dilly-dallying over the issue by trying to pass the buck to the Centre. Pradhan said, “The State government had constituted […]
Bhubaneswar: A day after the BJP announced several poll sops including provision of land records (pattas), jobs to youths and pucca houses while urging people to vote for the party in the upcoming polls, senior BJD leader Sanjay Das Burma today came down heavily on the saffron party and said that their promises are the […]
By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Chief minister, Naveen Patnaik’s decision to support BJP candidate and former IAS officer, Ashwini Vaishnav for the third Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha has taken many by surprise. After all, only about a month and a half ago the Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and BJP were at each other’s throats. […]
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