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Following a meeting with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Naveen Nivas here on Saturday, Union Railway minister Suresh Prabhu today said a joint working group would be formed to take a decision on the proposed rail wagon factory at Sitallapalli in Ganjam district and the wagon repair factory at Narla in Kalahandi district

New Delhi: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention on several issues related to the interests of the State. During a meeting with Modi at his residence at 7, Race course Road here, Patnaik requested him to intervene in ensuring coal block to OMC, coal linkage to OPGC, bidding for […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence in New Delhi on Tuesday. Official sources said Patnaik, who is on a five-day visit to the national capital, .met the Prime Minister at his official residence at 7, Race Course Road at 10.30 AM. According to reliable sources, the chief […]

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence in New Delhi tomorrow

Cuttack: In a visible anguish over the meeting of four young ministers with chief minister Naveen Patnaik, senior BJD leader and minister Damodar Rout today commented on the young guns that they are considered as most seniors in the cabinet now-a-days. On the sidelines of a programme here in the city, the Excise minister said […]

Berhampur: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated an Adarsha Vidyalaya, a school established on the patterns of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) to the students of backward regions in Odisha, at a function in his constituency Hinjli. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, the Chief Minister said, “The government is planning to open Adarsha Vidyalayas in […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to impart education on the patterns of Kendriya Vidyalays (KV) to the students of backward regions in Odisha, 100 model schools started functioning in 14 districts from Tuesday. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to inaugurate one such school at a function in his constituency Hinjli today. Christened as Adarsha Vidyalayas, […]

Bhubaneswar: The state government will appoint 1500 to 1800 candidates in various posts of Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) in the coming two to three years, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday. While handing over appointment letters to the 258 technical workers of OPTCL at Jayadev Bhawan here, the Chief Minister said besides […]

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday informed the State Assembly that three former ministers and six former MLAs have not vacated government quarters while several leaders including the Deputy Speaker, Leader of the Opposition, government Chief Whip and four ministers have occupied more than one government quarters

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Sunday advised his party men to use social media as a key medium to strengthen public relations. Gracing the workshop of the BJD at Pantha Nivas in the city here, Patnaik told his party MLAs and MPs to become media savvy and use social media like […]

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday inaugurated the Biju Patnaik Institute for Training of Trainers (BPITOT) here

Bhubaneswar: As part of the birth centenary celebrations of former chief minister Biju Patnaik, Governor SC Jamir and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday released special commemorative coins of Rs 5 and Rs 100 denomination with the freedom fighter’s image at a function organised by Information and Public Relation (I&PR) department at Jayadev Bhavan here. […]

In a bid to woo rural Odisha ahead of panchayat election in 2017, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced a slew of sops on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Divas

Bhubaneswar: After showering praise for Rail Budget; the ruling BJD today said it will protest the cut in tax devolution to States in the Parliament. Citing that Odisha stands to lose around Rs 4600 crore due the announced provisions of the budget, the BJD has trained its guns at the Central government and said that […]

Terming the 3.5% cut in tax devolution to the States in the revised estimate in the Union Budget for 2016-17, presented by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha on Monday, as ‘unfair’, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said the finances of Odisha will be overtaxed on account of less than anticipated transfer of resources from the Centre