Tag: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: A meeting of the State Cabinet is scheduled to be held Monday evening. The meeting, which will be held via video conferencing at around 5 PM, will be chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The CM would be attending the virtual meeting from his residence, Naveen Niwas, while ministers of all departments are likely […]

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition Pradipta Naik has written a letter to CM Naveen Patnaik requesting him to consider the ‘genuine’ demands of the health workers who were engaged in the Covid Care Homes (CCH) in the State, and now have been disengaged from the services. The LoP urged Patnaik to reconsider the decision of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved a stimulus package of Rs 289.42 crore for MSMEs in the state that have been facing stiff challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, official sources said. The package includes assistance measures such as interest subvention, top-up subsidy, reimbursement of state GST and waiver of annual institutional maintenance […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the massive public outrage over the alleged lackadaisical investigation into the abduction and subsequent murder of 5-year-old girl ‘Pari’ in Nayagarh district, a seven-year-old girl from the Capital City has jumped on the bandwagon as well. Seeking justice for the family of the deceased, little girl Ashwini and her friend rode bicycles from […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday urged the Prime Minister to provide shelter to all eligible households in the State under Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY). In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, Patnaik demanded 7.87 lakh pucca houses in 14 districts which were battered by extremely severe cyclone ‘Fani’ in May 2019. […]

Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has once again slammed BJP and Congress by raking up the issue of Special Category State status for Odisha. Addressing a conference of Biju Yuva Janata Dal (BYJD), party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that Odisha has a distinct identity and it is for this individuality […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik raised his old slogan-central negligence, the State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday lashed out at the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president, terming his statements as a ploy to divert public attention from various sensitive issues that have tarnished the face of State government […]

By Sandeep Sahu “When in trouble, rant against the Centre!” It is a policy that has served the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) extremely well over the years, especially when an election is round the corner. And true to form, BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has invoked this time-tested formula – twice in […]

Bhubaneswar: Coming down hard on the Odisha government and the ruling Biju Janata Dal, the Bharatiya Janata Party State President, Sameer Mohanty on Sunday said that development still eludes Odisha despite staying under the regime of a single party (BJD) for 20 straight years. CM Naveen has been lying to the public to undermine Centre’s […]