Tag: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today flagged off specially-designed vehicles named ‘Paree Express’ as part of a 15-day awareness campaign ‘Paree Pain Katha Tiye’ against child sexual abuse. The 15 specially-designed vehicles will roll across the State and spread awareness on rising incidents of sexual assaults against minor girls and women. The logo and theme […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after hundreds of Congress and BJP supporters from Kendrapara district joined the BJD; the Odisha unit of the saffron party today alleged that the ruling party president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is inducting members without proper scrutiny.  BJP spokesperson Sajjan Sharma today alleged that CM Naveen is busy inducting people […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD’s Kendrapara district unit president Dhruba Charan Sahu met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at Naveen Niwas today seeking dismissal of Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda from the primary membership of the party. Sahu alleged that Panda received Rs 12 crore as salary from Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Limited (IMFA) which he did not mention […]

Cuttack: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took salute of a ceremonial parade organised to mark the 83rd Formation Day of Odisha Police in Cuttack today. During the ocassion, Patnaik awarded cash prizes to police personnel for their exceptional services and also felicitated some retired officers. “As the 83rd Odisha Police Formation Day is celebrated along with  […]

Bhubaneswar: RTI activist Subash Mohapatra today issued an ultimatum to the Election Commission of India (ECI) and demanded that the commission should tender an apology to Supreme Court for not expediting inquiry into alleged anomaly in the poll expenses data furnished by Hinjlikatu MLA and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Speaking to OTV, Mohapatra said Election […]

Cuttack: Safety of women has again come under scanner after a girl student was allegedly molested on a moving train in Odisha. The victim, a law student was travelling to Kharagpur from Cuttack railway station in Jan Shatabdi Express on March 25 when a middle-aged man tried to touch her ‘inappropriately.’ As per sources, the […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD’s parliamentary party leader Bhartruhari Mahtab is innocent; he is just following orders of  Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s private secretary VK Pandian, tweeted Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda today. His tweet was in response to one of his followers, who had expressed displeasure over Mahtab writing to the Lok Sabha speaker seeking removal of Panda […]

Bhubaneswar: Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter Tara Gandhi met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today to promote Gandhism among the youth of the State. “I was very happy to meet Chief Minister. He is liked by his people and also doing a lot for the state. For him the people of Odisha are very important. On the […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday felicitated four budding tennis players from Odisha during the inauguration ceremony of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) US $ 15,000 tournament at Kalinga Stadium here. The four players – Abhishek Mohapatra, Rutuparna Choudhury, Ameek Kiran Batth and Kabir Hans – received a cash prize of Rs 50,000 each […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will spend the night in Bijepur during his two-day campaigning tour for the upcoming Bijepur by-election to prevent unnecessary burden on the state exchequer, said BJD leader and Panchayati Raj Minister Pradeep Maharathy today. “To and fro journey will put extra burden on the state exchequer as the place is […]

Bhubaneswar: The United Nations is ready to cooperate with the Odisha government to strengthen institutionalised monitoring framework for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), informed a team of delegates from various agencies after meeting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat on Saturday. Patnaik had a discussion with the delegates on various models of partnership […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today assured appropriate action in connection with the attack on the official residence of his private secretary V. Karthikeyan Pandian. The response of Patnaik came after a delegation of State government employees, including members of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) associations […]

Rayagada: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today faced a fresh warning of rebellion within the party in Gunupur of Rayagada district after leader Hema Gamang called for a revolt against party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik accusing him of allowing his private secretary VK Pandian to call the shots. “He (Naveen Patnaik) does […]

Bhubaneswar: After the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) decided to depute a team of experts for investigation into Kunduli incident, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today directed to expand the terms of reference for the judicial inquiry into the case. A statement issued by the CMO said “The circumstances leading to alleged committing of suicide by […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, being drunk with power is totally blind to the agony of the people of Odisha and he will be cursed for that, said senior BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday while targeting the former over the Kunduli gang rape incident. Addressing the public during a broadcast event […]