Tag: Odisha Cm

Bhubaneswar/Sambalpur: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been urged to preserve Assamese litterateur Lakshminath Bezbaroa’s heritage residence in Sambalpur. In a letter to Patnaik on Friday, Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal requested his counterpart not to demolish Bezbaroa’s residence. Sonowal also talked to Patnaik over phone and sought his intervention for taking a proactive step for […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to empower women entrepreneurs and Self Help Groups (SHGs) with digital marketing skills, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a Facebook workshop here on Thursday. During the inauguration ceremony, the CM said he had earlier stressed the use of three Ts- technology, teamwork and transparency to bring about transformation in the lives […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Saturday, felicitated four freedom fighters who have been nominated from Odisha to attend the ‘At Home’ function at Rastapati Bhavan in New Delhi on August 9. Patnaik offered flowers and citations to Sahadev Behera (94), Chakradhar Parida (88), Dadhichi Sahoo (91) and Gandharba Acharya (96). While Behera and Parida […]

Bhubaneswar: RTI activist Subhas Mohapatra has alleged discrepancies in the data on 2014 election expenditure submitted by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik before the Election Commission. The news came to fore after an English News channel ‘Times Now’ aired a report titled ‘#NaveenHawalaGhotala.” According to sources, Subhas, questioning the irregularities in election funding data, has moved […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday raised concern over alleged encroachment of Odisha Bhawan land at New Delhi by a petrol pump. In a letter to Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Patnaik has urged for restoring the land adjoining Odisha Bhawan, originally allotted to Odisha Government and subsequently leased out to a petrol pump. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today directed the collectors of Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Cuttack districts to assess the damage caused by floods and submit a preliminary report within seven days. In a review meeting here on Monday, CM Naveen also directed the officials of different departments to work in coordination to tackle the […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the flash flood situation in Kalyansinghpur in Rayagada district remains grim, Odisha Government on Sunday urged Centre to provide four helicopters to intensify relief and rescue operations. However, the situation is being closely monitored by senior officials and ODRAF, CRPF and fire services units have been rushed in to expedite rescue operations, […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi against further disinvestment of the Nalco. He also urged to issue instructions to the Ministry of Mines in this regard. “Nalco has been a symbol of Odisha’s pride. There is discontentment among the people of Odisha and the employees of the company after […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today assured, a delegation of Nalco employees, who have been agitating against the Centre’s decision to disinvest 9.1 per cent of government share from the Navratna company, to take up the issue related to Nalco’s disinvestment with the Centre. While thanking Patnaik for allocating the Potangi mines in favour […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik today asked Energy and Police departments to make extensive use of social media – Twitter & Facebook – to serve people better and address their grievances. As people in Odisha are grappling with power disruption amid severe heat wave conditions, Naveen asked the Energy department to resolve the complaints and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who in November last year laid the foundation stone of proposed government Medical College in Keonjhar district, directed officials today to ensure its completion in two years. The proposed medical college was a long standing demand of locals in the district. The 100-seat medial college project, entailing investment of […]

Bhubaneswar:  A day after his ‘removal’ from Parliamentary party spokesperson post, Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda on Saturday said it was BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik’s prerogative and he respects it if the decision was taken in the interest of the party. ”I have been tirelessly working for improvement of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for the past […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today approved the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Bill after the cabinet gave its nod for implementation in state across all goods except six. Among the 6 goods which have been kept out of the ambit of the State GST, 5 are petroleum products and the sixth one is alcohol. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the exit of two leaders – Amar Nayak of Barchana yesterday and former Koraput MP Jayram Pangi today – from BJD, party MP Baijayant Panda once again took to twitter today saying he had warned of such moves by some leaders who are becoming targets of conspiracy within the party, but was criticised […]

Bhubaneswar: Putting an end to speculations about a reshuffle in the Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik led Cabinet, ten ministers have tendered their resignation here on Saturday. As per latest information, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma, Panchayatiraj & Law Minister Arun Sahoo, Higher Education Minister Pradeep Panigrahi, Housing & Urban Development Minister Pushpendra […]