Tag: Odisha Cm

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: A team of BJP including Union Minister Piyush Goyal, party’s national vice president Baijayant Panda and spokesperson Sambit Patra met the Election Commission of India today alleging conspiracy by BJD president and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to stop Patkura Assembly polls. After meeting the EC, Sambit Patra said that the BJP wants a […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sanction 5 lakh pucca houses for the cyclone-affected people in the state. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Patnaik requested him to consider sanctioning 5 lakh Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (G) special houses initially for the state. He also sought […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: As the counting day nears there is growing anxiety among ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leaders. The question uppermost in their minds is what happens if the party fails to reach the magic figure in the state assembly. On the face of it this a purely hypothetical question but it is […]

Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is set to retain power for an unprecedented fifth consecutive term in Odisha as the regional party on Thursday completely decimated the opposition in the state Assembly. The BJD was comfortably leading in more than 115 seats out of a total 146 in the state Assembly. Patnaik […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K.Chandrashekhar Rao on Thursday congratulated his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik on his victory in the Assembly elections. According to a statement from the Chief Minister’s office, he conveyed his greetings to Patnaik on the fifth consecutive victory of the Biju Janata Dal in the state polls.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday thanked the people of the state for the fifth consecutive victory in the Assembly polls. “I would like to express my deep gratitude to the people of our state, who have showered their blessings time and again,” he said. Patnaik, who is also the Biju Janata Dal […]

By Sandeep Sahu There are two kinds of Odias. The first, clearly in a majority, think he is the best thing that has happened to Odisha since independence. That he is the ‘outsider’ who has made Odisha his home and has done what none of the ‘insiders’ who preceded him could; he is honest to […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik may not have set his succession process in motion owing to which he blatantly rejected the possibility of any member of his family joining politics on Monday, but the possibility of his nephew Arun Patnaik replacing the five-time Odisha CM cannot be ruled out. For the last few months, speculations […]

Bhubaneswar: President of Biju Janata Dal, Naveen Patnaik, sworn in as the Odisha Chief Minister after he was re-elected with a decisive majority in the Assembly elections. Patnaik was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Ganeshi Lal in a grand ceremony at the Idco Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar. The BJD, which won […]

Bhubaneswar:  As the fifth term of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik begins today, a younger looking council of ministers have taken oath along with the CM. But the ministerial council mirrors a skewed outlook as a high of 13 districts have no representatives in the Council of Ministers. Moreover, the CM seems not to have given […]

Bhubaneswar: Acting on its pre-poll promise, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)-led Odisha Government today announced inclusion of an additional 33 lakh farmer families as beneficiaries under the Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme. The decision was taken at the first meeting of the new Cabinet today that was chaired by CM Naveen […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Ruling Biju Janata Dal’s lacklustre Lok Sabha performance in western Odisha seems to have rattled chief minister, Naveen Patnaik. The clever politician that he is he has taken immediate corrective measures, one of these being the inclusion of as many as six leaders from the region in his new ministry. Among […]

Bhubaneswar: After being sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the fifth term in a row, BJD president Naveen Patnaik, who had contested from Hinjili and Bijepur Assembly seats and won both, will have to vacate one constituency. While Naveen is yet to decide which segment to retain, a debate is already raging. Party […]

Bhubaneswar/Bargarh: Amid speculations of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik vacating the Bijepur Assembly seat and retaining Hinjili Assembly constituency, the CM today announced a slew of projects for the people of Bijepur. As per the announcement, about 34,000 eligible households having ‘kutcha’ houses in Bijepur Assembly constituency will be provided with ‘pucca’ houses and two […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh for the next of kin of Army jawan Naik Ajit Kumar Sahoo, who was martyred in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The Chief Minister also expressed grief over the death of the Odia jawan. Patnaik said the assistance will be […]