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Odisha CM reiterates demand for special category status

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reiterated the demand for special category status to the State during a meeting with NITI Aayog vice chairman Rajiv Kumar at the Secretariat in Bhubaneswar. Patnaik also requested NITI Aayog to consider opening more bank branches in 4,376 unbanked panchayats in the State. Besides, he urged relaxation of […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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CM Naveen meets PM Modi, gifts book on Biju Babu

New Delhi: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik called on Prime Minster Narendra Modi at the latter’s residence near the Lok Kalayan Marg in New Delhi on Wednesday. The meeting continued for 20 minutes, but the Chief Minister did not reveal much detail about the discussion. Patnaik termed the meeting a courtesy call. “It was a courtesy […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Will win Bijepur bypoll by huge margin: Naveen

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the ensuing bypoll to the Bijepur Assembly constituency on February 24, BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today expressed confidence that his party will win the seat by a huge margin. “Our development works and several welfare schemes will work for us and the ruling party will win the Bijepur bypoll […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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CM, bureaucrats condemn attack on Pandian’s residence

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik strongly condemned the attack on the official residence of his private secretary V. Karthikeyan Pandian by BJP activists in Bhubaneswar today. “It’s an absolutely shocking incident particularly as some members of a national party have agreed that they took part in it. It’s truly shocking,” Patnaik said while responding to […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Allegations mount against IAS officer VK Pandian

Bhubaneswar: After politicians, government employees have also started raising their voice against VK Pandian, the private secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Agitating school and college staff today expressed their resentment over Pandian’s interference in the decision-making of the State government. The teachers who have launched a mass agitation against the State government protesting mandatory […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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CM meets senior leaders over resentment within BJD

Bhubaneswar: BJD’s conscience suddenly seems both shaken and stirred. Even as the party has been in news for allegations that the shots are not being called by party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik but his PS VK Pandian,  two senior leaders met the supremo to discuss concerns regarding party affairs. Former MP Baishnab Charan […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Resentment brews in BJD over growing interference of IAS officer

Bhubaneswar: Resentment over alleged meddling of V Karthikeyan Pandian, private secretary to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, in affairs of BJD is growing day by day. After Baijayant Panda, Rama Ranjan Baliarsingh and Baishnab Charan Parida, another senior leader of BJD Nabin Nanda has expressed his displeasure over the way BJD is functioning. He alleged suggestions […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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CM reviews welfare schemes: Secretaries submit report for 3 districts

Bhubaneswar: As per the recent decision of the State government to supervise high priority schemes, three secretaries have submitted a review report on the progress of various ongoing developmental works in Malkangiri, Nuapada and Bhadrak districts. At a meeting held at the Secretariat here on Friday, assigned secretaries Vishal Gagan, Deoranjan Kumar Singh and Chitra […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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House committee to meet PM to demand for tribunal on Mahanadi dispute

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution to form an all-party House Committee which will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pressurise the Centre for formation of a tribunal to sort out Mahanadi water dispute. The Committee led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will seek appointment for a meeting with the Prime […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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CM Naveen in New Delhi on 3-day visit; to attend inter-state council meet

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday began his three-day New Delhi visit to discuss important issues related to Odisha. On Saturday, Patnaik is scheduled to attend the 12th Standing Committee meeting of the Inter-State Council (ISC) to be chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at around 11 am at Vigyan Bhawan in New […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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Odisha CM has won people’s trust, respect: Dalai Lama

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has won people’s trust and respect and has been one of the longest serving chief ministers which makes him admirable, said Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama today. The 82-year-old Buddhist monk who arrived in Odisha on Monday on a two-day tour met Naveen at his residence. “Unlike the Zimbabwean leader […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Odisha CM urges Union IT Minister for C-DAC regional centre in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has requested Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad to establish a C-DAC regional centre in Bhubaneswar. In a letter to Prasad, the chief minister stated, “Setting up of a C-DAC regional centre will accelerate research in high performance computing and data analytics and its application in […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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CM launches ‘GO SWIFT’ online investor facilitation portal

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched a portal named as ‘GO SWIFT’ to help investors get single window investor facilitation and tracking mechanism online. Speaking at the 75th State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting here, Patnaik said, “All necessary support required by an industrial unit during investment life cycle of a project […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Odisha CM urges PM to expedite formation of Mahanadi tribunal

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged Prime Minster Narendra Modi to expedite the process for formation of a tribunal to resolve the ongoing Mahanadi river water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. In a letter to the PM on Tuesday, Patnaik stated, “The delay in constituting the tribunal has been proving to be an advantage for […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Pest menace: State may declare financial package for farmers today

Bhubaneswar: A compensation package for farmers suffering crop loss due to pest attack is likely to be announced by the State government today. The Agriculture Cabinet, which is scheduled to meet this afternoon under chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, is likely to make the announcement. Besides, the meeting will also discuss in detail about […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
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