Tag: Raj Bhavan

With 13 big and small chambers, adequate lighting and other facilities, it was earlier used by the British rulers as a secret storage depot for arms and ammunition.

Bhubaneswar: Mounting pressure on the Centre to rein in rising price of fuel and cooking gas, activists of ruling-BJD today staged a protest meeting in front of the Raj Bhavan here today and later submitted a memorandum to the Governor Ganeshi Lal addressing the President of India. Leaders of the ruling party accompanied by members […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding immediate filling up of vacant chairperson post of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC), human rights activists on Monday sat on dharna in front of Raj Bhavan on Monday. Under the banner of the ‘Manabadhikar Karmi and Sangathan Samuha’, human rights activists staged the protest and demanded that a retired High Court judge […]

Puri: During his two-day Odisha visit, President Ram Nath Kovind will stay at Special Circuit House instead of the Raj Bhavan in Puri which is in a dilapidated condition. Though Raj Bhavan which was constructed in 1913-14 is a heritage site, it is in a precarious condition which is why the circuit house has been […]

Bhubaneswar: Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD), the women wing of the ruling-BJD today staged a dharna in front of Raj Bhavan protesting the recent hike in price of LPG by the Centre and demanded immediate rollback of the decision. The women activists of the regional party raised slogans against the Centre terming the move as […]

Bhubaneswar: Scores of women members of the Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) staged demonstration in front of the Raj Bhavan here today against the Centre’s decision to withdraw subsidy on LPG cylinders. Later in the day they submitted a memorandum to Governor SC Jamir addressing the President of India. “We submitted the memorandum to Governor. […]

Bhubaneswar: Opposition leader and Congress MLA Narasingha Mishra alleged that the protocol was not duly followed during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected ministers in Naveen Patnaik’s cabinet held at Raj Bhavan here on Sunday. Besides, Mishra also lashed out at the Odisha government for neglecting backward districts of the state as no leaders […]

Jeypore: With the whereabouts of the grandson of freedom fighter Laxmi Indira Panda, Babula Panda, who is missing since April 16 still unknown, the family members today staged a protest demanding expeditious search operation. The family members staged a dharna in front of the residence of Jeypore Sub-Collector demanding immediate measures on part of district […]

Bhubaneswar: Criticising the BJD government for the attack on the convoy of Union Textiles minister Santosh Gangwar during his visit to Bargarh last month, the BJP on Saturday said it is all set to set to stage a protest in front of Raj Bhavan here on Monday. At a press conference here in the city, […]

Intensifying its opposition to the Polavaram project, the Biju Janta Dal (BJD) will stage a protest in front of the Raj Bhavan here and observe a hartal in undivided Koraput district tomorrow

Taking strong exception to the move of the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government to fast track the Polavaram project displacing tribals from some parts of Malkangiri and Rayagada districts, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday announced that it would stage a mass agitation and dharna in undivided Koraput district and in front of Raj Bhawan in the Odisha capital on January 7

Chennai: AIADMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister by Governor C.Vidyasagar Rao at the Raj Bhavan. Panneerselvam has been allocated the portfolios of Finance, Housing, Rural Housing, Housing Development, Slum Clearance Board, Town Planning, Urban Development, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and Accommodation Control. Former Minister K.Pandiarajan […]

Bhubaneswar: The visitors can have glimps of the beautiful rose gardens, musical fountain and others inisde the Raj Bhavan here as the Odisha Governor’s House has decided to open the facility to public from January 5 to 22, 2017. The gardens will be re-opened in the second phase from February 1 to 10, 2017, an […]

Intensifying its stir against the Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha over the attack on the convoy of two Union Ministers at Bargarh allegedly by BJD workers, BJP today said it would stage a demonstration near Raj Bhavan tomorrow

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday laid the foundation stone of a building that would provide free accommodation daily to 4,000 pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. To add additional facilities for meeting the accommodation needs of the pilgrims who visit the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, the Governor laid the […]