Tag: Peetha Scheme

Nayagarh: The sarpanch of Laxmiprasad panchayat, Soumya Ranjan Pradhan, has received death threats after the former lodged an FIR against MLA Arun Sahoo. A parcel and three letters were found in front of Pradhan’s house on Saturday stating that the village head will have to face dire consequences if he doesn’t seek apology and withdraw […]

Bhubaneswar: While the State Government is busy organising camps in various gram panchayats across the State as part of its Peoples Empowerment – Enabling Transparency and Accountability of Odisha Initiatives (PEETHA scheme), the Opposition parties have slammed the programme by terming it as a political stunt of the ruling-BJD to woo the rural voters. Many […]

Bhubaneswar: With the BJD celebrating its 21st foundation day today, the Odisha unit of Congress observed the day as ‘Black Day’ accusing the ruling party of trampling the rights of panchayat samitis through schemes like PEETHA & Ama Gaon Ama Bikas. Party’s state unit chief Niranjan Patnaik sharpened his attack on Chief Minister and BJD […]