Tag: Cm Naveen

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today played the ‘Odia card’ to counter the allegations of the Congress over the recent Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election following which political slugfest took the centre stage in Odisha politics. Following a slew of questions and allegations being made by the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik […]

Bhubaneswar: Status of elementary education continues to be poor in Odisha despite the fact that the State government is striving to improve the quality of education by announcing several programmes. According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), less than 21% of students in Class 3 in Odisha could read words. While most of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today approved four investment proposals worth Rs 348.5 crore which will help create employment opportunities for about 6000 people, officials said. The proposals were approved at the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) meeting held under the chairmanship of chief secretary A P Padhi. The proposals approved today belonged to sectors […]

Bhubaneswar: The two-day long stalemate over the appointment of Lokayukta in Odisha Assembly ended today after the State government agreed to clarify on the controversy relating to submission of alleged fake affidavit in the Supreme Court. The proceedings of the House were affected for two consecutive days as the Opposition Congress and BJP accused the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to leave on a five-day visit to the national capital tomorrow, his second visit to Delhi in a month, amid speculation of non-BJP parties planning to field a united candidate for the ensuing presidential elections. Sources said Patnaik is scheduled to attend a meeting of the NITI […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today laid the foundation stone for the first Odia University at ‘Bakula Bana’ under Satyabadi block of Puri district to commemorate the 141st birth anniversary of Utkalmani  Pandit Gopabandhu Das while paying tributes  to the ‘Pancha Sakha’ . The varsity is being constructed at the same place where ‘Pancha Sakha’ […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when Odisha government is patting its own back for organising a magnificent opening ceremony for the men’s Hockey World Cup, BJP’s Lekhashree Samantsinghar today accused Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik of spending crores of public money just for taking selfie with Bollywood stars and his own promotion. In a tweet, Samantsinghar criticised […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the BJD and BJP are vying for credit for inauguration of new medical colleges in Odisha, various numbers on State-Centre funding are adding to the clamour. There is a lack of coherence in the statements and figures given by Chief Minister’s Office, Odisha Health Minister and the Centre over allocation […]

Bhubaneswar: Terming the interim rail budget as a “big disappointment” for Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today asked the people of the state to give a befitting response to the UPA government at the earliest opportunity. “This is a big disappointment. We had requested the Ministry of Railways to allocate Rs 4,000 crore for various […]

Bhubaneswar: With BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik hinting at extending support to the proposed Third Front in the 2014 general elections, leaders of the ruling party today claimed the Odisha Chief Minister would play a key role in government formation at the Centre. “BJD will play a key role in government formation at the Centre after […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Miinister Naveen Patnaik today reiterated Odisha’s demands for special category status and criticised the Centre for not listening to its pleas. When the BJD and BJP were in alliance from 2000 to 2009 we had combinedly fought for the special category status to the state. But after splitting the alliance in 2009 we had […]

The decks have been cleared. With senior BJD leader Dr. Damodar Rout himself publicly saying today that he is no more with the BJD, it is only a matter of time before he finds himself formally out of the party. Just about the only point of interest at this stage is whether he, like Baijayant […]

The Opposition attack on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his lack of knowledge of Odia is getting a little too repetitive for comfort. In the 20 years since the formation of the BJD, the supremo has made it abundantly clear that he has absolutely no intention of learning Odia – at least in this lifetime. […]

By Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s rather frugal standards, this is going to be a marathon speech, lasting not less than 45 minutes. Since he would be addressing students – and more importantly their parents – of government and government aided schools across the state, one presumes he would speak (read out, to be more precise) […]

Bhubaneswar: It seems Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik, after taking charge as the OPCC chief, has taken a liking to tweeting like many other national leaders and has clearly emerged a pro as far as his engagement on the micro blogging site is concerned. Recently after Harivansh Narayan Singh won the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election, […]