Tag: Prime Minister

Bhubaneswar: A day after an English TV channel aired a speculative report on Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda joining BJP, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today said the party welcomes people into its fold who repose faith in the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah. Replying to a media query […]

Bhubaneswar: The House Committee today met to discuss the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of paddy. Agriculture minister Damodar Rout said the state government will meet Prime Minister Modi by June 30 to discuss the MSP. During the meeting of the House Committee on paddy MSP, Rout said that the government will again try to get […]

New Delhi: A team from Odisha BJP led by Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan met Home Minister Rajnath Singh here today and submitted a memorandum seeking his intervention to protect Parbati Sasmal of Kalikuda in Jagatsinghpur, who was allegedly attacked by BJD supporters for handing over a letter to Prime Minister during a road show in […]

Bhubaneswar: A memorandum demanding increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy will soon be submitted to the Prime Minister, informed Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy after the House Committee meeting held here today. He said the House panel, in the upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will urge him to fix the MSP  at […]

Bhubaneswar: After assuming office as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visited the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar for the first time amidst tight security arrangements and paid obeisance to the deities at the sacred shrine. With chanting of slokas and hymns, Modi performed abhisekh and also offered bel leaves and flowers to the deity at the main temple for nearly […]

Bhubaneswar: A day before the BJP national executive meeting kick-starts in Bhubaneswar, the saffron party has proposed renaming the Janata Maidan, its venue for the two-day national executive meet, as the Santha Kabi Bhima Bhoi ground in honour of the legendary saint-poet of Odisha. The proposal came from the Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Odisha to grace the two day BJP National Executive Meeting, party President Amit Shah will reach the capital city here today. Party sources said, the leader is scheduled to reach the city at around 1.10 pm and thereafter he will garland the statue of B R […]

Bhubaneswar: To ensure full-proof security arrangement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day Bhubaneswar visit starting from April 15, a total of 100 platoons of police and two companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will be deployed. This was informed by Odisha DGP KB Singh here today. Apart from this, four IG rank officers […]

Cuttack: Tributes poured in for former Lok Sabha Speaker Rabi Ray with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Governor S.C. Jamir, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and other eminent political leaders expressing condolences on his tragic demise. Ray passed away at SCB Medical College and Hospital at Cuttack here today at the age of 91. Also Read: […]

Bhubaneswar: After the ruling-BJD and Congress in Odisha, slammed PM Narendra Modi’s comments on poverty in Odisha, Union Petroleum minister defended the remarks citing Nagada malnourishment deaths, Dana Majhi episode and Japanese Encephalitis deaths as examples. Are not these issues are proof of the level of poverty in Odisha? The union minister asked while addressing […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Odisha poverty remark made at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh yesterday, Congress legislators on Saturday stalled the proceedings of the House while shouting slogans whereas BJD members staged a dharna in the State Assembly premises. As soon as the House assembled for today’s […]

Bhubaneswar/Kannauj: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today conveyed his heartfelt gratitude to the people of Odisha for their unstinting and unprecedented support to the BJP in the ongoing five-phase Panchayat elections in the state. Addressing a massive election rally in Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, Modi said despite the fact that the BJP organisation in Odisha is […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention for inclusion of Odia language as a medium of examination in the prestigious National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for medical courses. In a letter to the Prime Minister, Patnaik urged to include Odia language in the NEET for the larger interest of […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note of the difficulties in crop loan dispensation, payment of paddy procurement proceeds and day-to-day functioning of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) in the state due to demonetisation, the Odisha government has urged the Prime Minister for his urgent intervention. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, chief minister Naveen Patnaik […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today. Patnaik is scheduled to meet Modi in Parliament at 11pm and discuss on the demonetization move of the latter. Patnaik would discuss on various problems faced by the common people due to demonetisation. Earlier, he had written to the Prime […]