Tag: Cm Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government on Monday constituted an ‘Oversight Committee’ for successful implementation of ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ against corruption in social and welfare schemes in the State. The Committee headed by Chief Secretary will oversee the ongoing pre-emptive drives being launched against corruption, basically collection of percentage commission (PC). At a high level meeting held on […]

Bhubaneswar: Sparking a fresh debate over ‘cross-voting’, BJD’s Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda on Tuesday alleged that few MP’s allegedly voted against party’s decision in the Presidential Election held yesterday. Panda has questioned as to why political parties take stand during President and Vice President Election as there is no provision for party whip. ‘Why do […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday handed over cash awards to the five students who had turned the star attraction by dressing up as the mascot Olly of the recently concluded 22nd Asian Athletics Championships here in the city. The five students who wore the costume of the Olly mascot worked hard during the […]

Cuttack: Success has come knocking on the doors of Srinivas Nandi, a student from Maniabandh in Cuttack district, who has now cracked IIT. Coming from a modest background with his father being a weaver, Srinivas scored nearly 88 percent in the Plus II Science but pursuing higher education emerged as a major hurdle for him. […]

Bhubaneswar: Over 28 BJD leaders including Kalahandi district president Pushpendra Singh Deo today submitted a memorandum to BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik objecting the joining of former Congress MLA Dusmanta Naik in the party. While joining of Congress spokesperson Sulochana Das had prompted reactions from some party members like veteran leader Damodar Rout, the speculations of Naik […]

Rayagada/Bhubaneswar: The absence of chief minister Naveen Patnaik in the inaugural function of mega food park in Rayagada today sparked off a controversy with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) terming it a breach of protocol. The BJP, however, rejected the charge and accused the CM of being apathetic towards people of Rayagada. “In a federal […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the increase in foreign tourist arrivals in the state after the recent international connectivity with Air Asia, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today wrote a letter to External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj requesting her to set up a Visa on Arrival station at the Bhubaneswar airport here. In the letter, Patnaik stated […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government on Wednesday felicitated students belonging to the Dongria Kondh tribal community in Rayagada for successfully clearing the matriculation examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha. Chief Minisiter Naveen Patnaik today felicitated 34 students including 25 girls for their extraordinary achievement keeping in view their socio-economic conditions. Patnaik congratulated the […]

New Delhi /Bhubaneswar: The state government today urged the centre for provision of two more battalions of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) to tackle the Maoist menace, informed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik after attending the Anti-naxal meeting held in New Delhi today. Briefing mediapersons, Patnaik said, “I urged upon the Home Minister to provide two […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday expressed hope that the ministry reshuffle will attribute towards the growth and development of people of Odisha besides strengthening the party. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of his meeting with elected members of various panchayatiraj institutions of Kendrapara and Malkangiri, Patnaik today expressed gratitude towards ministers […]

Bhubaneswar: Continuing with its trend to promote entrepreneurship the high-tech way, Odisha government has launched a webportal for the startups here on Monday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the portal that aims at “promoting ease of doing business for budding entrepreneurs and creating an ecosystem for startups in the state.” The startup portal will act […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his New Delhi residence on Monday. “I was a minister in Vajpayee’s cabinet and it was a courtesy visit just to inquire about his health,” said Patnaik after meeting the former prime minister. Patnaik further said that people of Odisha […]

Waking up to broadsheets splashed with photographs of chief minister Naveen Patnaik with a catch line “Odisha is proud of its transformative leader,” was a bit difficult to digest on a day like this. The newspapers never seemed so abhorrent like today. Because it was not even 24 hours that the much talked about and […]

Bhubaneswar: Praising the commendable efforts of famous woman farmer Kamala Pujari in the field of conserving landraces of rice, chief minister Naveen Patnaik today named the newly-built women’s hostel of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) after her name. While attending the event organised by OUAT to lay the foundation stone of several research […]

Bhubaneswar: After Posco-India’s exit from Odisha, the lands in Jagatsinghpur districts acquired by the State for the single largest FDI have become centre of attraction for many. Question arises that who will take this lands and for what purpose? After the steel major pulled out, speculation started doing rounds on the fate of these lands […]