Tag: Cm Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Everyone is bound to follow the rule of Law and there would be utter chaos without Constitutional Sovereignty, said Chief Justice of India (CJI), Dipak Misra while addressing the 46th All Odisha Lawyers’ Conference here on Friday. “Be it judiciary, executive or legislative, we have to think that we are under Constitutional sovereignty and […]

Puri: In a clear message for party workers ahead of 2019 elections, BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged them to serve people of Odisha with all humility. While addressing his party members on the occasion of BJD’s 20th Foundation Day, Patnaik recalled the contribution of his late father and former CM Biju Patnaik, […]

Bhubaneswar: Be it the second Bramhani bridge or highway expansion projects, various developmental works are either being stalled or moving at snail’s pace owing to want of several clearances from forest and environment department. In a bid to resolve such issues, the forest department is contemplating to create ‘land bank’ under various divisions and reserve […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Monday urged the Centre for immediate release of the commemorative postage stamp on Paika Rebellion. In a letter to Union Minister of Communications, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sought urgent measures for the release of the postage stamp. “As Odisha is celebrating the bi-centenary of Paika Rebellion in a grand manner, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched a Social Media Grievance Handling Mechanism, including a mobile app and a web portal, for grievance redressal and management. Launching the grievance redressal mechanism, Patnaik said he would personally monitor the performance of officers in attending the grievances of people on social media. Under the new mechanism, […]

Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra who attended the meeting emphasized on the vaccination of teachers and school staff.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday sent a strong message to the Centre over construction of second bridge on Brahmani River in Rourkela. Speaking to media, Patniak said Odisha govt would hold talks with the Centre on second bridge over Brahmani river issue and if the latter fails to begin the work, the […]

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday suspended two police officials for dereliction of duty in connection with acid attack on Pramodini Roul in Jagatsinghpur in 2009.

Bhubaneswar: As expected, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today demanded for immediate stoppage of all construction activities taken up by Chhattisgarh on Mahanadi basin during the 12th Standing Committee meeting of the Inter-State Council held at New Delhi on Saturday. Patnaik also demand for constitution of a Tribunal for resolving the Mahanadi dispute at the […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) came out with a notification for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2018, the Odisha Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) on Friday urged the Odisha government to not participate in it till the proposed ‘One Country One Examination’ concept is implemented. OPECA members on Friday […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Thursday hiked the Dearness Allowance (DA) to 5% from 4% for state government employees. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the release of 1% DA for state government employees and pensioners which will be retrospectively applicable from July 2017. Official sources said, now the DA for the employees will be 5% while […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Thursday cancelled Saturday and Sunday holidays of employees and other field functionaries of Agriculture and Revenue departments amid increased likelihood of more rain as predicted by the Indian Meteorological Department. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after holding a high level meeting through video-conferencing directed Collectors of 15 districts to closely monitor the […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as BJD president and Chief Minister has reposed faith on returning to power without forging any kind of alliance in 2019 elections, the road ahead doesn’t seem rosy enough keeping in view the growing dissidence and infighting within the party. Be it Khallikote, Aska, Daspalla or Brajrajnagar, there have been reports of infighting […]

Bhubaneswar: A multi-purpose recreational harbor at Satpada in Chilika lake has been made operational by Odisha Government as part its ongoing efforts to boost tourism. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had inaugurated the recreational harbor through video-conferencing at Bhubaneswar yesterday. Official sources said that, the multi-purpose facility has been built at an estimated cost of Rs […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday demanded for a new Rajdhani Express instead of diversion of the existing one via Sambalpur. In a letter to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, Patnaik expressed displeasure over East Coast Railway’s (ECoR) plan to divert the existing Rajdhani Express and run the same via Sambalpur from February, […]