Tag: Chief Minister

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today directed secretaries of all departments to visit the districts at least for four days in the first week of every month to review implementation of various welfare programmes and schemes. Addressing a meeting of all Collectors, Patnaik instructed the secretaries to visit districts that come under their supervision for […]

Bargarh: Percentage Commission (PC) activities have been going on during execution of different projects in Bijepur though Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a discontinuation of the practice, alleged BJP leader and Padampur legislator Pradip Purohit on Sunday. Purohit told mediapersons, “A probe should be initiated by the State government into allegations from different quarters […]

Sundergarh: Ahead of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s visit to Sundergarh tomorrow, slogans of protest were found scribbled on walls in Rajgangpur area on Saturday. The red coloured graffiti read ‘Go Back Naveen’ and similar slogans against the CM making the district police jittery a day before his visit for launching various projects. Which group has […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Jual Oram today wrote to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeking his intervention for speedy electrification of 347 un-electrified villages in the State. Oram requested the Chief Minister to issue required instructions to concerned departments to ensure electrification of the un-electrified villages. “A total of 2,986 villages in the country are yet to […]

Bhubaneswar: Lambasting the Odisha government, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today alleged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is rebranding Central schemes and telling everyone that the development projects are being launched by the State government. Javadekar, who is on a two-day visit to the State, told media persons upon his arrival, “The Naveen government […]