Tag: Chief Minister

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today awarded gallantry medals to 16 police personnel for their exemplary services on the occasion of Independence Day

A total of 64 troupes will participate in the state level parade to mark the 70th Independence Day in the capital city on Monday

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a hundred new godowns through video conference at the Secretariat here today. The godowns constructed at the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS) level by the Cooperation Department for conservation of fertilizers, seeds and harvested paddy have a cumulative capacity of 41,425 MT. The CM also distributed mobile phones to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Congress today alleged that the Odisha government is doing petty politics on the Mahanadi issue. Briefing media persons here today, leader of the Opposition Narasingh Mishra said all political parties in Odisha, except the ruling BJD, are strongly opposed to the construction of projects in the upper reaches of Mahanadi by the Chhattisgarh […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the 70th Independence Day celebration, chief minister Naveen Patnaik today announced the names of the ministers who will unfurl the tricolour at district level functions. While the chief minister will attend the I-day celebration in Bhubaneswar, the following is the list of ministers who would unfurl the Tri-colour in 18 district headquarters. […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Chairman PK Singh to set up a medical college and hospital in Rourkela. During a meeting with the SAIL chief at the state secretariat here, the Chief Minister also proposed setting up of a cement industry at Purunapani in Sundargarh district and […]

On the occasion of National Handloom Day, the Odisha government today launched a special scheme to provide financial assistance to senior and skilled weavers of the state

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched a newly web portal of the Home department at the State Secretariat here. Designed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the portal has been developed with accessibility guidelines so as to enable the differently-abled persons to see and hear the website. This is a bilingual website available in […]

Even as Odisha and Chhattisgarh are yet to resolve the controversy surrounding the the projects on the upstream of Mahanadi river, Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has directed concerned officials to expedite the under-construction projects on Mahanadi and other rivers

The Utkal University campus turned into a virtual fortress for the visit of Chief minister Naveen Patnaik to inaugurate the Biju Patnaik Sports Complex and two newly constructed hostels in its premises on Monday

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated 50 urban drinking water projects and dedicated Bhubaneswar One, a web based GIS Map portal, at a state level function held at the State Secretariat conference hall here. Besides, a tripartite MoU for energy efficient street lighting in five municipal corporations of the state was also signed in […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the announcement by the Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh that his government will go ahead with the construction of projects despite the stiff resistance put up by the Odisha government, chief minister Naveen Patnaik today said the statement of his Chhattisgarh counterpart is ‘grossly unfortunate’. “The statement of the chief minister […]

Drawing a similarity between the Prime Minister and the Odisha chief minister, senior Congress leader and former Union minister Jairam Ramesh today said both of them behave like the Mouni Babas (silent monks) when there is an incident of atrocity on the dalit and tribal communities

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday directed the concerned officials of School and Mass Education and Higher Education departments to make text books available for the students within a week. While reviewing the progress in text book distribution in the state, the Chief Minister emphasised timely distribution of text books in both the departments. […]

Bhubaneswar: Voicing serious concern over the malnutrition deaths in Nagada village in Jajpur district, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the state government had formed a Special Task Force (STF) to look into the issue. Talking to newsmen, Patnaik said, “The task force will also see that such incidents do not recur.” Meanwhile, Agriculture […]