Tag: Chief Minister

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced party spokesperson Pratap Deb as the party nominee for Rajya Sabha while former Finance Minister Pradip Amat will be the speaker of the State Assembly. Election of Pratap Deb during the RS by-poll on May 25 is a mere formality as BJD has a thumping majority in […]

Bhubaneswar: Brushing aside speculation, Union minister Jual Oram on Wednesday said he was not interested in the post of Chief Minister of Odisha. Oram told this on the sidelines of attending the working committee meet at Panposh in Sundergarh district. Responding to media queries, Oram said, “I am not interested in CM post. Tomorrow if […]

Bhubaneswar: Keeping the lids on, Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today once again intensified the buzz over ministry reshuffle in Odisha. Replying to a query on expansion or reshuffle of ministry after review of Bolangir and Nayagarh PRI representatives today at the party office here, Patnaik said, “Be patient. You will know about this very shortly.” […]

Bhubaneswar: The probability of estranged members, who were expelled or had left the BJD  at some point in time, coming back to the party has increased with Chief Minister and party supremo Naveen Patnaik hinting that a decision can be taken on a case-to-case basis. Patnaik was speaking to mediapersons after meeting elected PRI representatives […]

Bhubaneswar:  Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today exhorted the elected Panchayat representatives of Jharsuguda and Nabarangpur districts to work hard for development of the people and the villages. After reviewing the BJD’s panchayat poll performance in both the districts at a meeting here, the Chief Minister advised the elected representatives to remain with the people and […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has appealed people of Odisha to vote for the Odia singing sensation Satyajeet Jena, who is in the top 10 list in the singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs on Zee TV. Patnaik took to Twitter and asked the people of Odisha to vote for the […]

Bhubaneswar: After twitter and Facebook, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today joined Instagram to connect with the citizens particularly with the youth. Patnaik can be followed on Instagram account @Naveen_Odisha, a statement of the chief minister’s office said. The first Instagram post of the chief minister on the auspicious occasion of Akshya Tritiya hailed Lord […]

Bhubaneswar/Moscow: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik of Puri won the Jury Prize Gold medal at the 10th World Sand Sculpture Championship Moscow 2017 today. Pattnaik secured the gold for his sand sculpture of Lord Ganesh with message ‘Go Green’ at the Championship held between April 22nd and 28th at Kolomenskoye, Moscow in Russia. The event’s […]

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Agrarian festival ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ was celebrated across Odisha today when farming community worshipped the Mother Earth for a good harvest and performed ‘Muthi Anukula’. The farmers wore new clothes and sowed paddy seeds after ploughing, called as ‘Muthi Anukula’, on the occasion of the ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ and started agricultural work. Like the previous years, Chief […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday left for New Delhi, to attend Niti Aayog’s Governing Council meet at the national capital tomorrow. The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Before leaving on a five-day tour, Patnaik said he will raise the issue of Special Status tag for Odisha at the meeting. […]

Bhubaneswar: The 20th death anniversary of brave son of the soil and former chief minister Biju Patnaik, also known as the architect of modern Odisha, was observed across the state today. Political leaders cutting across party lines and people from all walks of life paid rich tributes to the leader on the occasion. Chief Minister […]

Puri: Senior BJP leaders Union Minister  Uma Bharati and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje visited Puri and paid obeisance to deities at the Srimandir ahead of the two-day BJP national executive meet that began at the Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. Uma Bharati reached the pilgrim town by train and went to the Govardhan […]

Bhubaneswar: As per the directions of the Odisha Government, Bhadrak district administration will today submit its preliminary assessment report on damages caused during the unrest witnessed in the town following posting of some objectionable posts of the social media. The chief minister had earlier asked the Bhadrak administration on Wednesday last to submit a report […]

Bhadrak: As the situation in violence-hit Bhadrak is returning to normalcy, curfew has been relaxed from morning 7 am till 5 pm today. The prohibitory orders had been relaxed from morning 7 am till 4 pm yesterday. Bus services which had resumed yesterday are also running normally today. Meanwhile, the Cyber Cell of the Crime […]

Bhubaneswar: Reacting to the issue of infighting in the party, Chief Minister and BJD Supremo Naveen Patnaik, stated that he will look into it. Patnaik said this after attending a review meeting with newly elected BJD panchayat-level representatives of Cuttack district. ”I do not think there is any truth in this. But if there is […]