Tag: Odisha Cm

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s grievance cell will reopen from July 1, an official release issued by the CMO said on Monday. The release also said that the grievance cells of Chief Secretary, departmental secretaries and district collectors will also resume functioning from July 1. The Chief Minister’s grievance and all other grievance cells […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday said his government plans to undertake plantation of six crore saplings during this monsoon as 22 lakh trees were damaged in cyclone Fani that hit the state. Patnaik said while four crore saplings will be distributed among institutions, organisations and public, two crore trees would be planted by […]

Bhubaneswar: Several State Ministers submitted their first monthly report cards of their respective departments to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today. Earlier on June 5, Patnaik had directed his ministers to submit monthly report cards mentioning steps taken by their departments for implementing promises made in BJD’s election manifesto.The ministers were told to submit their monthly […]

Bhubaneswar: Following a brainstorming session with the top officials of the State Government including the Chief Secretary, DGP and ACS, Principal Secretary & Secretaries of all Departments, Districts Collectors and SPs, CM Naveen Patnaik on Monday asked the officials to focus on implementing the 5Ts- technology, transparency, teamwork, time limit and transformation to bring about transformational […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday released a short documentary film on the good work done by police personnel during cyclone Fani which hit the state on May 3 this year. Patnaik said the documentary film will be useful in future for disaster mitigation activities. Sixty four people lost their lives in cyclone Fani […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday released the vision document ‘Economic Possibilities for Odisha – towards a One Trillion Dollar Economy’. The document has been jointly prepared by the JSW Group and PwC India. Releasing the report the Chief Minister said Odisha, having huge natural resources, is on its way to achieve this […]

Bhubaneswar: Is education system in Odisha built with a bias? Intended or unintended, there are umpteen loopholes which question the poor education system in the State victimising many students. One such instance allegedly drove a youth to attempt suicide today in front of Naveen Niwas, the official residence of Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik after being […]

Bhubaneswar: Already under attack from opposition for mining and chit fund scams, the Naveen Patnaik government is now facing a new controversy after the data submitted by two State government departments exposed massive differences in the fund released for the Odisha government’s much-advertised ‘Aahar’ scheme. The Aahar scheme was launched by the Naveen government to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition parties- BJP & Congress today grilled the State government over the latter’s failure to address the rising unemployment issue in Odisha. Leader of Opposition & senior BJP MLA Pradipta Naik presented a report in the assembly claiming that in 2007-08, Odisha had 1.14 crore migrant labourers, out of which around 10 lakh […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite defeating his friend-turned-foe Bijay Mohapatra in the Patkura Assembly election yesterday, the BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held a brainstorming session today with all the party leaders in-charge of the poll to eke out the reasons behind the decline in vote share of the party. BJD candidate Sabitri Agarwalla won […]

New Delhi: Former information commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu has said that the chief ministers of Odisha, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh should explain why they support the RTI amendment bill which, according to him, “destroys the independence of information commissioners” and “encroaches upon the sovereign rights of states”. In an open letter, Acharyulu said all the three […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minster Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday emphasised on timely supply of oxygen and essential medicines to needy patients while reviewing the Covid-19 situation in the State. “The oxygen…

Bhubaneswar: BJD leader S R Patnaik on Thursday strongly opposed a proposal by the ISKCON Ludhiana unit to organise the annual Rath Yatra on a different date, and urged the Odisha chief minister to take up the matter with his Punjab counterpart. The issue was raised by Patnaik in the assembly, who cited reports that […]

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD)’s decision to support the NDA government’s resolution to scrap Article 370 was guided by the opinion of party supremo and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, a party MP said on Monday. Rajya Sabha MP Prasanna Acharya said Jammu and Kashmir in real sense has now become an integral part […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Modi government’s decision to scrap article 370 conferring special status on Jammu and Kashmir and to split the state into union territories, one with a legislature and another without one, has evoked a flood of contrasting reactions across the country. The J&K itself seems to be in a ferment with the […]