Tag: Chief Secretary

Bhubaneswar: In a big breather to the landless slum dwellers in urban areas, the Odisha Cabinet today cleared promulgation of two ordinances for assigning land rights or property rights for re-development, rehabilitation and upgradation of slums. “We have taken a historic decision today to grant land rights to the slum dwellers living in municipal councils […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet today approved the proposal to begin work on 100-seat based government medical college in Keonjhar. “The tender for a 100-seater medical college and teaching hospital in Keonjhar was approved today. The funding will be done through the district mineral foundation. The cabinet has approved the lowest tender of Tata Projects for […]

Bhubaneswar: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has written to the Chief Secretary to initiate probe into the 2015 incident of an IAS officer allegedly sending obscene videos to a woman OAS officer. The OAS officer had recorded her statement before the Odisha State Commission for Women on July 10. As per the letter from PMO, […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the BJD attacked BJP for turning ‘Bhumi Pujan’ ceremony of Dhamra LNG terminal into a mere political programme, Chief Secretary AP Padhi today praised Centre’s move  to a set up the mega project in the State. Agriculture minister Damodar Rout has criticised Padhi for this move. In a letter to IOCL […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to set the stage rolling for industrialisation with focus on employment generation, Odisha government has cleared investment proposals of three projects worth Rs 1,188 crore. The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) chaired by Chief Secretary approved the projects here on Friday. With approval from the government, Emami Paper Mills […]

Bhubaneswar: Funds would no longer be hindrance in carrying out development of Simlipal biosphere reserve as Rs 64 crores have been earmarked to be spent in the next 5 years. The proposal was cleared at the Biosphere Reserve Management Council meeting headed by Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi here on Saturday. A comprehensive management action plan […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on the state chief secretary for the government’s failure to file an affidavit despite the court’s repeated reminders since 2015 in a matter pending before it. A bench of justices Sanju Panda and Sujit Narayan Prasad imposed the fine on the chief secretary […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government on Thursday approved 53 additional projects under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme. The new projects would be carried out in nine cities including Bhubaneswar, Puri, Baripada, Cuttack, Balasore, Bhadrak, Berhampur, Rourkela, Baripada and Sambalpur. Now the total projects to be carried under Amrut scheme has reached 148 […]

Bhubaneswar: Jindal Steel and Power Plant’s (JSPL) which increased the capacity of its steel plant in Angul in Odisha to six million tonne per annum (mtpa) from 2 mtpa would commission it by the end of May, informed JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal. He said the sinter plant has already been commissioned and the blast furnace […]

Bhubaneswar: The process of identification of actual investors duped in the chit-fund scam in the State will be over by the end of June, said Chief Secretary AP Padhi after a review meeting at the Secretariat here. Talking to newsmen, Padhi stated, “A three-member team has been formed at block-level to undertake field verification and […]

Bhubaneswar: A high-level meeting will be held at the State Secretariat here today under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi to discuss the State’s plans to tackle naxal menace, ahead of the anti-Maoist strategy meeting of affected states called by Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on May 8. Anti-Maoist operations, demand for […]

Bhubaneswar: A preparatory meeting for the Asian Athletics Championships scheduled to be held here from July 6 to 9, was held here today with Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi, Sports Secretary Vishal Kumar Dev and Secretary of Athletics Federation of India (AFI) chalking out strategies for smooth functioning of the event. Padhi informed, the championship […]

By Kasturi Ray Our bureaucrats seemed disturbed, worried and a harried lot. They felt threatened after what Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said to one of the senior officers at the NIC event on Monday. So much so that in a show of strength they gathered at the Secretariat the next day to apprise the Chief Minister. […]

Bhubaneswar: The unified command of Odisha met today to discuss the prevalent Maoist situation in the state and review various underlying coordination issues between various agencies involved in anti-Naxal operations. Chief Secretary AP Padhi who chaired this first meeting of the year said discussions were held on coordination issues between the state and central agencies. […]

Bhubaneswar: Human Rights activist Subash Mohapatra filed a caveat before the Supreme Court today requesting to get informed beforehand of any hearing against the instruction of National Green Tribunal (NGT) to remove Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) from forest land. Notably, NGT Eastern Zone, situated at Kolkata, […]