Tag: Chief Minister

Asking the Niti Aayog to declare Odisha as a special category state through a special dispensation, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday claimed the state would face a net loss of Rs 1776 crore in Central fund flow in 2015-16 despite increase in tax devolution

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated the first edition of Tata Steel Bhubaneswar Literary Meet at Lalitkala Akademi, Regional Centre here

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday dubbed Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik and prime minister Narendra Modi as the two sides of a coin

Bhubaneswar: Congress denied eggs were hurled by its youth wing members at the chief minister’s convoy, while accepting its involvement in a protest by showing black flags at the CM who was on his way to Utkal University to attend an event here yesterday. Speaking during a programme on Odisha Television (OTV) yesterday, Congress leader […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday requested Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal to re-introduce the Shatabdi Express between Bhubaneswar and Rourkela via Jharsuguda. In a letter to Goyal, the Chief Minister said the connectivity with Bhubaneswar through Shatabdi would serve the genuine transportation demand of the people of these two cities. “As Jharsuguda […]

New Delhi: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday attacked the opposition, saying they were coming together fearing defeat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “Fearing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, they all are coming together after looking at the massive support towards Modi,” Chouhan said […]

Kolkata: Accusing the BJP of using money power to destabilise his government by poaching Congress legislators, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday questioned Prime minister Narendra Modi’s claims of fighting corruption. Speaking to media persons on his arrival here to attend the mega anti-BJP political parties’ rally convened by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata […]

New Delhi: Amid ‘severe’ air pollution quality in Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the city government will implement the odd-even scheme “whenever required”. Speaking to the media, he said the Delhi government was doing its part, but everyone should contribute to reducing the air pollution. “People should also think about their […]

Visakhapatnam: Telangana Chief Minister and TRS President K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday embarked on a mission to cobble up a Federal Front, halting at this port city in Andhra Pradesh to worship at a temple and seek blessings of a seer. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, along with his family members left Hyderabad in […]

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday lashed out at the Centre for its order to give central agencies and the Delhi Police sweeping powers to intercept computers, saying India has been living in a state of “undeclared emergency” ever since the BJP government came to power. “India has been under undeclared emergency […]

Raipur: State Congress President Bhupesh Baghel was on Sunday picked the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, where the party crushed the BJP in Assembly elections to end its 15-year rule, and will take oath on Monday evening. Shortly after he was elected the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader by the MLAs at the party office […]

Aizawl: The Mizo National Front (MNF) government led by Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Saturday assumed office in Mizoram, ending the Congress’ 10-year rule in the state. Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Zoramthanga and his 11 Council of Ministers at a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan here. Zoramthanga, 74, took […]

Hyderabad: K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana for a second term in a row. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan. Mohammed Mahmood Ali, a member of Telangana Legislative Council, also […]

Jaipur: Veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot appears to have pipped Sachin Pilot in the race for Chief Minister in Rajasthan. The name of 67-year-old Gehlot, a two-time Chief Minister, will be announced by the party in Delhi on Thursday evening after Congress President Rahul Gandhi completes discussions with senior party leaders, party sources said. Gehlot […]

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday tendered his resignation to the Governor and decided that the BJP will not stake claim to form a government in the state as they have not secured a majority. “As we have not got the majority in the state so we are not going to […]