Tag: Chief Minister

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the families of 18 persons who were killed by lightning in different parts of the state on Sunday. The announcement was made through a tweet from the Chief Minister’s official handle. CM @Naveen_Odisha expressed grief at death of 18 persons […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today directed his party leaders and grassroots level activists to caution people about the Opposition’s campaign to dishonour BJD. Addressing a training session of block level workers for successful implementation of Ama Gaan, Ama Bikash programme, the CM asked the party observers to take to the social […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday directed senior IAS officers to make arrangements for quick restoration of victims ravaged during floods in Rayagada and Bhadrak district. Patnaik held a review meeting with Additional Chief Secretary Home Affairs Asit Tripathy and Forests and Environment department Secretary Suresh Mohapatra on the flood situation and asked them […]

Bhubaneswar:While the BJP moved the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking a probe into dubious poll funding charges against CM Naveen Patnaik, his party BJD today claimed the allegations as baseless and sought an apology from BJP. “BJP has jumped onto the bandwagon which is unfortunate. I hope that the BJP has the good grace to issue […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Demanding disqualification of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as a legislator for allegedly filing false poll affidavit, a delegation of BJP including party national spokesperson Sambit Patra today met the Election Commission of India and presented documents to substantiate their claims. Talking to media after the meeting, Patra alleged, “Naveen has filed a […]