Tag: Chief Minister

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Governor SC Jamir paid floral tributes to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the premises of the state Assembly on Gandhi Jayanti here today. Assembly speaker Pradeep Amat and other leaders also paid floral tributes to the leader’s statue. The CM said, “On this day, all of us should […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today appointed 11 new spokespersons including two former ministers Arun Kumar Sahoo and Debi Prasad Mishra and newly joined Sulochana Das. The 11-member team of party spokespersons includes two MPs Prasanna Acharya, Pratap Keshari Deb and five MLAs including Samir Ranjan Dash, Amar Prasad Satapathy and Debashish […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday conferred the Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence-2016 to Prof Digambar Behera. Behera is senior professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh. Prasanta Mohapatra working as a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of […]

Bhubaneswar: In a change in tactics to reach and connect with voters, BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has decided to start ward-level visits from August 31. The Chief Minister’s ward-level visit is considered as a game plan by BJD to woo voters and counter the ‘Mo Booth Sabuthu Majboot’ (My Booth Strongest) campaign […]

Bhubaneswar: In a series of tragic incidents, at least 16 people were killed and nine others got injured after being struck by lightning in different parts of Odisha today, taking the death toll to 34 in two days. As per reports, maximum number of four deaths was reported from Cuttack district, while there were three […]