Tag: Chief Minister

Bhubaneswar: Questioning why no action has been taken yet against Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) mayor Ananta Narayan Jena for his alleged involvement in the sex tape, Congress on Tuesday targeted chief minister Naveen Patnaik and threatened to hurl eggs at him. Alleging slow pace of investigation into the sex slur allegation against the BMC mayor, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police, which is investigating into the much-talked-about death of Asutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student, today said that they might call BMC Mayor Anant Narayan Jena for interrogation. Sources in the Commissionerate Police said that on the basis of the allegations by the Student Congress, statement by three friends of Rishi […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik today blew the bugle at the party’s 19th foundation day for the ensuing Panchayat polls in Odisha scheduled in February next year. “All the grassroots workers of BJD including its president are the servants of the people and with this mindset we will go to the people with a message […]

Malkangiri: The families of the children died of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) will get Rs 3 lakh and a pucca house each, announced chief minister Naveen Patnaik here today conveying his condolences to the bereaved families. Patnaik landed at DNK ground in the district headquarters town and addressed a public meeting on the sidelines of inaugurating […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the second unit of the Care Hospitals, a unit of the Hyderabad-based Care Group of Hospitals, at Chandrasekharpur here today. The 400-bed hospital, developed over an area of three acre, is constructed at a cost of Rs 150 crore. In the first phase, 260 beds would be made […]

Jeypore: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated and laid foundation stone of several projects during his one-day visit to Koraput district today. After arriving in Jeypore in a helicopter, Patnaik laid foundation stone of 12 projects including Mother and Childcare Centre, a bridge over Kamta river and a new stadium at Ambaguda. Later, addressing a public […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention for inclusion of Odia language as a medium of examination in the prestigious National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medical courses. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Patnaik urged to include Odia language in the NEET for the larger interest of […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today directed the Works department to convert the main road in all sub-divisional headquarters to four-lane. The directive of the chief minister came during a review meeting on the performance of the Works department at the State Secretariat here. It was revealed that barring Malkangiri, main road in the remaining […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging the complicity of BMC Mayor Anant Narayan Jena in the death of Ashutosh Mohanty alias Rishi, an engineering student, the BJP today gave a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk Bhubaneswar bandh call on Wednesday. Announcing the decision at a press briefing here, Bhubaneswar District BJP President Harekrushna Khuntia said no vehicles in the city will be […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today underscored the need to expedite the process for capital investments in Odisha. Reviewing the status of investment in the industrial sector as per the promises made by the companies at the recent Make In Odisha Conclave at the State Secretariat here, the chief minister directed the concerned departments to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government increased the dearness allowance (DA) by 7% for its staff with retrospective effect from July 1, 2016. The State government’s decision was announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today evening in Bhubaneswar. The Odsiha government pensioners will get Dearness Relief (TI) at 7%, the Chief Minister added. Approximately four lakh State […]

Cuttack: The Sports and Youth Affairs department of Odisha will organise an air show at the vast stretch Kathjodi river bed in Khannagar of Cuttack on December 23 to mark the birth centenary of legendary leader and former chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik. This was informed by Cuttack Collector Nirmal Chandra Mishra today here. […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today felicitated 20 winners of the 10th edition of Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) Programme-2016-17, at a function here which was organized by Tata Steel in collaboration with Pathani Samanta Planetarium on the occasion of the birth anniversary of legendary astronomer Pathani Samanta. Tata Steel will take these 20 winners […]

Nimapada/ Nayagarh: The BJP and Congress activists today protested CM Naveen Patnaik’s visit to Nimapada and Nayagarh for inauguration of a number of welfare projects. Some activists of the saffron party were detained by police while showing blag flag to the chief minister at a public rally at PTS ground in Nayagarh. BJP women wing […]

Sundargarh: Taking note of the inordinate delay in the investigation into the pulling of stoles from women at a recent meeting held in the Sundargarh town on December 4 in presence of the chief minister, the Sundargarh District Congress Committee (DCC) in association with the Rourkela Congress Organisational District has given a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh […]