Tag: Odisha Cm Naveen Patnaik

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Waterlogging threat to Konark Sun Temple: CM seeks Centre's intervention

Bhubaneswar: Initiating measures to save the pride of Odisha’s culture and heritage, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday shot a letter to Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma urging an immediate intervention into the water drainage problem at the Sun Temple of Konark. In his letter, Patnaik stated that the flooding problem in Konark Temple poses a […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Naveen asks officials to be alert to tackle any natural disasters

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday directed the Agriculture department to closely observe the situation that could arise due to intense heat wave conditions and make necessary contingency plan if required to protect the interests of the farmers in the State. While addressing the state-level Natural Calamity Committee Meeting, Patnaik stated that despite early […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Will MP Jay Panda's resignation cost BJD dear?

Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda quitting the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) amid simmering discontentment surprised many. Now, discussions are on about the ramifications that Panda’s resignation will have on Odisha’s political landscape and especially, BJD. The articulate and well-networked leader’s decision has rattled the ruling party and speculations are on if dissatisfied BJD leaders […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Will there be bypoll after MP Jay Panda's resignation?

Bhubaneswar: With the resignation of Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda from the Lok Sabha today, discussions are on whether there will be a bypoll in the constituency or not. While announcing his decision today to dissociate from the BJD, Panda also said that he would separately convey his decision formally to the Lok Sabha Speaker […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Jay Panda-BJD fall apart, Naveen could not hold

Bhubaneswar: Amid simmering discontentment, Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda, one of the founding members of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) tendered his resignation from the party on Monday. The Parliamentarian announced his decision to dissociate from the party after submitting his resignation to BJD supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a three-page letter. […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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We're not fighting for just water, we are fighting for life of Mahanadi: CM

Paradip: In a show of strength ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Odisha visit tomorrow, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik criticized Central government’s silence on the ongoing Mahanadi dispute with Chhattisgarh at the valedictory programme of Mahanadi Suraksha Abhiyan at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district here on Friday. It is unfortunate the way the BJP-led government […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Secular forces must unite to stop BJP: Sitaram Yechury

Bhubaneswar: Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI (M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury on Friday gave a clarion to all secular parties to unite against BJP. Yechury, who arrived in Bhubaneswar on a two-day Odisha visit, stated that though CPM will not share the same platform with Congress, it will urge all anti-BJP forces to […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Pradhan lauds Ratan Tata; seeks intervention to end IMFA impasse

Bhubaneswar: Emphasising the importance of industrialisation for development, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday urged noted industrialist and Chairman of Tata Trusts, Ratan Tata to impress upon Odisha Chief Minister to end the two-week long impasse at the Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys (IMFA) plant at Therubali, Rayagada. The sponsored protests that are being carried […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Telangana CM KCR to meet Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the regional forces are coming together to check the Modi wave in the country, the news of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao meeting Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the first week of May has stoked speculations. However, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik downplayed the reports and said that KCR […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Wedding gift blast: Reema’s emotional appeal to CM Naveen

Cuttack: Wife of deceased Soumyasekhar, Reema who is now undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital made an emotional appeal to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today seeking justice in the wedding gift blast case in which two persons including her husband were killed and she was seriously injured. Reema urged Patnaik to take […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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BJD announces candidates for Rajya Sabha

Bhubaneswar: Clearing the air, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday announced its candidates for Rajya Sabha. As expected, Ama Odisha chief Soumya Ranjan Patnaik along with founder of KIIT and KISS Achyuta Samanta and party spokesperson Prashanta Nanada were given the tickets. The names of three candidates were announced by Odisha Chief Minister […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
HEALTH CARE
172 posts of doctors lying vacant in health centres in Ganjam

Berhampur: As many as 172 of the 328 sanctioned posts of doctors in Ganjam district, which recently saw an outbreak of diarrhoea, are lying vacant in health centres, an official said here on Monday. “We have apprised the government of the status of doctors in the district and requested that vacant posts be filled up […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Patnaik congratulates Odisha Police over Malkangiri encounter

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today congratulated the Odisha Police, a day after 24 Maoists, including their top leaders, were killed in a fierce gun-battle with security forces in Malkangiri district, giving a major blow to the ultras. Patnaik, who earlier on the day called up Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra and congratulated him, also hailed […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Federal front equation: Is Naveen groping for leverage ahead of 2019 elections?

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seemingly cozying up to the idea of a federal front after a meeting with Telangana Chief Minister and TRS chief K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), speculations are rife over such a move by the BJD supremo, who had been quite vocal about his party’s equidistant policy and alliance-neutrality. Be […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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Dama Rout slams BJD’s push for women’s reservation

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is going all guns blazing to garner support of major national and regional parties for its proposal of 33% reservation for women in Parliament & State Assemblies , senior leader Damodar Rout today termed such attempts of the ruling party as mere ‘political gimmick.’ […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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