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Bhubaneswar:  A police complaint was filed against Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Sports secretary Vishal Dev today at the Capital Police Station alleging mass irregularities and black-marketing of Hockey World Cup tickets. As per the complaint, the tickets which cost Rs 100 were sold at the rate of Rs 1000 and ticket priced at […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the 7th annual National Tribal Craft Mela 2018 at Tribal Museum Complex here on Saturday. More than 200 artisans from 14 states across the country participated in the fair which aims at promoting traditional tribal art, culture and handicrafts in the country. The mela is scheduled to continue […]

Ganjam: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a slew of projects in Ganjam district during his visit to Sheragada block. The Chief Minister paid floral tributes to Biju Patnaik and then laid the foundation stones of different development projects after arriving at Shergada block in his own Hinjili Assembly constituency. According to sources, the CM inaugurated […]

Bhubaneswar: The BJD Parliamentary party today decided to press for the special category state status for Odisha during the upcoming winter session of Parliament which is scheduled to start from December 11. During the monsoon session, the party will raise nine different issues including rights of farmers. Besides, it will table the proposal of 33 […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik on Tuesday trained his guns on the State government alleging that the ruling BJD is indulged in vote-bank politics and its own food security scheme is a political move to woo voters. Speaking on the sidelines of the 150th Gandhi Jayanti celebrations at Swaraj Ashram in […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid mounting protests for establishment of High Court benches in southern and western parts of the state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today requested Union Law and Justice Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad to expedite the formal process for setting up the HC benches. In a letter to Prasad, the CM said that to mitigate […]

Bhubaneswar: With general elections approaching, political parties in Odisha have braced themselves to leave no stone unturned to woo voters. The case in point being ruling-BJD’s plans to celebrate Nuakhai- an agricultural festival of Western Odisha – in a grand manner. BJD has decided to celebrate ‘Nuakhai Juhar Bhetghat’ with great fervour from September 20 […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated as many as 34 Wayside Amenities Centres at different parts of the state through video conferencing. These amenities centres that have come up along the national and state highways will offer toilet, cafeteria and parking facilities for long distance travellers especially tourists and women travellers, informed Patnaik during […]

Malkangiri: Putting an end to years of wait and changing deadlines, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today dedicated the Gurupriya bridge to thousands of tribals in cut off areas of the district who until now were dependent on the waterways for transportation and communication. Inaugurating the project, CM Naveen called upon the Maoists to join mainstream […]

Bhubaneswar: Former Congress MLA Dusmanta Naik on Friday joined the ruling-BJD in presence of party president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar. Naik, the ex-MLA of Bhawanipatna Assembly Constituency resigned from Congress on July 11 and joined the BJD today with some of his supporters. “I discussed with everyone from ward to samiti […]

Bhubaneswar: With 2019 elections round the corner, political parties here are leaving no stones unturned to woo the voters with Odisha Congress and BJP recently announcing waiver of farm loans if voted to power. This announcement of the Opposition has put the ruling-BJD in a dilemma as any decision in this regard will have a […]

Puri: The fourth and final Rath Yatra Coordination Committee meeting concluded. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik chaired the meeting and took stock of preparedness for the annual festival. Patnaik also reviewed the ongoing road works, drinking water facilities, drainage and law and order for Rath Yatra. “I have just reviewed the Rath Yatra arrangements. With the […]

Bhubaneswar/Malkangiri: Barely a week ago when Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted a picture of Gurupriya Bridge, it brought cheers to people of the cut-off areas of Malkangiri district as they thought that the much awaited bridge would be inaugurated soon. However, uncertainty still looms large over the inauguration of the bridge that will act […]

Bhubaneswar: After the proposal of the Centre to use District Mineral Fund (DMF) for the development of the eight identified ‘aspirational districts’ from Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday lashed out at the BJP-led Central government accusing it of maintaining double standards in its much hyped ‘aspirational districts’ programme. Targeting NITI Aayog and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for simultaneous elections in the country. Speaking to media, Patnaik said that his government has decided to extend support because it is in the very interest of the people and the country at large. “Elections are essential in a […]