Tag: Naveenpatnaik

Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress have taken a dig at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik following announcement regarding the abolishment of the contractual recruitment system.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has sought a study on students from Left-Wing Extremism-affected areas appearing for national level examinations like NEET, IIT JEE.

In order to boost the number of international flights from Bhubaneswar, Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia wrote to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik for 100 percent Viability Gap Fund (VGF) support.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated 9 ECMO machines in SCB medical college and Hospital, Cuttack on Friday.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has introduced BSKY Smart Health Cards that will be distributed to around 96 lakh families in the state. The CM made this announcement while addressing the state-level Independence Day celebrations in Bhubaneswar.

Bhubaneswar: With elections on the horizon, it is all the more likely that Odisha government will continue to depend on market borrowings to finance its welfare schemes. Experts predict that amid lack of new revenue sources, the debt burden of the State will be a problem in the long run. In fact, Odisha is already […]

Jagatsinghpur: Demanding a super specialty hospital, a 15-member team of ‘Jagatsinghpur Vikash Manch’ reached Bhubaneswar from Jagatsinghpur today on foot to meet Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. “We started walking on July 5 from Bhatana of Jagatsinghpur and we are on our way to meet CM Naveen Patnaik at his residence. We would urge CM to […]

Bhubaneswar: Amidst the controversy stirred by a letter from Odisha government seeking clarification on Governor’s chopper expenses, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president, Niranjan Patnaik sought an explanation from the Chief Minister on his Rs 26.55 crore expenditure pertaining to helicopter rides by him and his party members in last 3 years. Niranjan took to […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday wrote a letter to the Union government requesting immediate discontinuation of construction work on the Polavaram irrigation project till the issues pertaining to the state are not resolved. In a letter to Union Environment and Forest Minister, Harsh Vardhan, the Chief Minister said Odisha is not being […]

  Jajpur: A silent rally was taken out today by the employees of IMFA’s (Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd) Sukinda and Mahagiri mines in Jajpur to pay tributes to late Dr. Bansidhar Panda, company’s founder and chairman Emeritus. The event was attended by IMFA’s Mining Business Unit chief, Sanjeev Das, Senior General Manager, Sudhansu […]

  Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to senior BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra on health grounds. Mishra was arrested on March 15 in connection with the Sohela Banabira firing case in which brother of Labour Minister of Sushant Singh was injured while his driver was killed. Soon after his arrest, the […]

Bhubaneswar: The State government will soon refund the money to small depositors duped in the multi-crore chit fund scam in state, informed Odisha Finance Minister, Sashi Bhushan Behera today. “The process of identification of small depositors has started and very soon they will get their money back,” the minister assured. There are 1,16,504 small depositors […]

Vaccine allocation for state should be in 95:05 ratio for government and private hospitals. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik put forth this demand before Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a virtual meeting on Friday, which discussed the Covid situation in six states.

The Odisha Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced creation of 220 new OAS posts in the state. The Chief Minister approved 11 different proposals including restructuring of the OAS Cadre.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday (June 8) announced a financial package for the street-vendors who have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. The street vendors have been adversely affected by the frequent shutdowns and lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of Coronavirus.