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Mao-preparatory meet
High-level talks on tackling naxal menace in Odisha today

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 […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Asian Athletics Championships
Odisha braces up to host Asian Athletics Championships

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 […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Dharmendra Pradhan IAS association row
Storm in a tea cup! Do Babus need to be schooled in resilience?

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. […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
anti-naxal ops
Odisha Unified Command discusses coordination issues in anti-Naxal ops

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. […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Subash Mohapatra
Rights activist files caveat at SC over NGT’s instruction against KIIT, KISS

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, […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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NGT directs Odisha govt to evict KIIT, KISS from forest land

Bhubaneswar: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Odisha government to evict Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences from the 18 acre of encroached forest land at Pathargadia area of Bhubaneswar and bring it under its possession. Hearing a PIL filed by Human Rights activist Subash Mohaptra, the […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Chief Secretary - Aditya Padhi
Bhubaneswar: Flyover to come up at Khandagiri Square

Bhubaneswar:  A step that could see improvement in traffic movement in accident prone Khandagri Square of Bhubaneswar, Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi informed today that a decision has been taken to build a flyover bridge at the spot. The Chief Secretary informed about the decision following a meeting with the Union Transport secretary. Moreover, another […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Aditya Prasad Padhi
Odisha to appoint water observers in each district

Bhubaneswar: There are four lakh bore wells and piped water facilities are provided to 38 thousand habitations in Odisha. In view of the coming rising mercury level, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi yesterday instructed all District Collectors to ensure that all the bore wells and pipeline facilities function properly. Padhi, heading a review meeting here, […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
CS Aditya Prasad Padhi
March 31 deadline for shifting of 1712 liquor shops along NH, SH: CS Padhi

Bhubaneswar: Acting on the orders of the Supreme Court, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi today announced that all liquor shops along the National and State Highways will be shifted within March 31. Padhi instructed all District Collectors that if the 1712 liquor shops along the National and State Highways are not shifted within the given […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Naveen has rejected Negotiation Committee due to vested political interest: BJP

Bhubaneswar: The BJP today came down heavily on the double standards of Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Mahanadi issue. Criticising the chief minister, who in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday had urged him to withdraw the formation of Negotiation Committee formed by the Water Resources ministry to resolve the Mahanadi […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
finance
Fiscal deficit of Odisha well within limits: Chief Secy

Bhubaneswar: Chief  Secretary Aditya Padhi today said the fiscal deficit of Odisha is well within the limits. “The fiscal deficit is well within the permissible limit of 3.5 percent of GSDP. The present level of fiscal deficit is around 2 percent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). The debt and GSDP ratio of the State […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Chief Secretary - Aditya Padhi
Revenue from mining royalty declines in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: On account of demonetization, revenue collection in the form of mining royalty and stamp registration fee declined this year as compared to the previous year, informed Odisha Finance secretary Tuhinkant Pandey following a review meeting of the department which was chaired by Chief Secretary, Aditya Padhi at the State Secretariat here today. Also Read: […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Aditya Padhi - Chief Secretary
Odisha aims to complete Gurupriya Bridge by June

Bhubaneswar: Construction of the Gurupriya Bridge in the cut-off areas of Chitrakonda block in Malkangiri district is 67% complete till now and work on the bridge is targeted to be completed by June this year, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said today. Padhi who was chairing a review meeting of the Works department also took […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Liquor shops within 500 mtrs from NH, SH to be shifted by Apr 1

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to shift all liquor shops which have come up within 500 metres from the National Highways and State Highways, by April 1 this year. A decision to this effect was taken at a high level review meeting presided over by Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi at the State Secretariat […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Six proposals get Cabinet nod; LI projects to be named after Parbati Giri

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here today approved six proposals. Talking to media persons after the meeting, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said the Cabinet decided to name all Lift Irrigation (LI) projects after eminent female freedom fighter Parbati Giri, nicknamed as Mother Teresa […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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