Tag: Bjp Government

Imphal: Manipur Governor Najma Hepetullah is likely to invite the BJP leaders on Monday in Manipur to form the government. The BJP legislators and their supporters numbering 32 in the 60 member house called on the governor on Sunday to formally stake claim. Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam Gangmei said: “Being the single largest party the Congress […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing lawyers’ strike over alleged thrashing of an advocate by the Odisha police, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today sought Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s intervention to end the stalemate in the interest of the people of the State. In a Facebook post (video), Pradhan expressed concerns over the problems people are facing […]

Bhubaneswar/Prabhas: Baahubali, the magnum opus by ace Telugu director SS Rajamouli changed the face of Indian film industry by making waves at the box office and shattering all records. The movie has set the standard high for the movies to come. But the point here is the way the movie made its lead actors a […]

Sambalpur: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said that work for the Rs 1,000 crore ethanol plant in Bargarh is likely to take off soon. The Union minister for petroleum and natural gas said that the project was delayed as the Odisha government allegedly failed to provide land on time. However, the problem has already […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The Centre has approved construction of 1.5 lakh houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), taking to 47.52 lakh the tally of houses under the programme so far, the Housing and Urban Affairs (HUA) Ministry said today. The latest approval entails an investment of Rs 7,227 crore with central […]

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government at the Centre, which has been highly vocal about women security and empowerment, has failed to spend even half of the Nirbhaya Fund since 2015, government data revealed. As per the data, the corpus transferred to the Public Account for the Nirbhaya Fund up to 2018-19 was Rs 3,600 crore […]

Dehradun: Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prakash Pant, who was battling with cancer for some time, passed away in Texas in the US on Wednesday. He was 59. He had recently gone to the US for treatment. Born in Pithoragarh, Pant later became an MLA from the district. He was also a pharmacist by profession. In February, […]

Hyderabad: The BJP-led NDA government at the Centre will bring in tough legislations to check attacks on women and children, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said Saturday. The Centre would engage with the respective governments for implementation of the legislations in the states, he said. “In the matter of attacks on […]

Bhubaneswar: Rejecting the BJD’s allegation that Odisha received less central assistance from the Narendra Modi government, opposition BJP Wednesday claimed that funding from the Centre actually increased manifold during the NDA regime. The central grant to Odisha in the last fiscal of the UPA government in 2013-14 was only Rs 10,965 crore, while it is […]

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government 2.0 will complete its first 100 days in office on Saturday. While grand celebrations are expected on the occasion, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to flag the achievements of these 100 days in a manner that would not be seen as aggressive but as highlighting achievements of […]

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked the BJP government in the centre to follow its “rajdharma” and protect farmers’ interest who, she said, were being forced to sell their produce in various ‘mandis’ at a price 22.5 percent lower than the MSP and are heading to suffer a loss of Rs 50,000 […]