Tag: Secretariat

Bhubaneswar: The State Agriculture Cabinet meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at 11.30 am today at the State Secretariat here. Agenda of the meeting of the State Agriculture Cabinet comprising 11 members has not been known till the filing of the report. While the Chief Minister is the chairperson […]

Bhubaneswar: Taking note that the people in rural areas are facing difficulties in getting new notes in exchange of the old notes, the Odisha government has decided to provide banking services in panchayat offices very soon. A decision to this effect was taken at a high level meeting presided over by chief secretary Aditya Prasad […]

Bhubaneswar: All Odisha Private Medical Establishment Forum (AOPMEF) today declared to put on hold its strike call from tomorrow for a month. AOPMEF president Ajay Mishra informed the reporters regarding the decision of the forum after a meeting. The office bearers of the private hospitals’ body took the decision after meeting with Health secretary Arti […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated 100 urban piped drinking water supply projects through a video conferencing at a special function at the Secretariat here today. Patnaik also laid foundation stones for a hundred more drinking water supply projects on the occasion. Besides, he launched two systems- online Smart Water Information Management and e-Building Pass. […]

Bhubaneswar: With the capital city all set to organise a two-day Make in Odisha Conclave beginning at the Janata Maidan on December 1, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik presided over a preparatory meeting to this effect at the State Secretariat here today. “We will inform those who are associated with the industrial sector. The venue has […]

Bhubaneswar: Four proposals, including the Odisha Start-up Policy- 2016, are likely to be approved at the cabinet meeting scheduled to take place at the Secretariat here today, officials said. The policy would seek to promote entrepreneurship in the state through provision of incentives to start-up ventures. The policy would chart a roadmap to place Odisha […]

The State Cabinet is likely to approve 14 proposals at its meeting scheduled at the State Secretariat here tomorrow

Bhubaneswar: The first meeting of the Search Committee for the setting up of Food Commission in the state was held at Secretariat here on Thursday. The meeting, which was held under the chairmanship of chief secretary Aditya Padhi, revealed that as many as 27 persons have applied for post of chairman of the commission. According […]

The Odisha government on Saturday effected a minor reshuffle in the IAS cadre

Bhubaneswar: Fire broke out at the Home department of Secretariat today morning. Source said the blaze started at the store room of the Home department and important files might have been gutted in the accident. The spread of fire came to be known when a mechanic of air conditioners spotted smoke rising out of the […]

Bengaluru: Heightened security and extra vigil have turned Karnataka’s secretariat, which houses the state legislature, into a fortress on Saturday for the crucial floor test of BJP Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa in the hung assembly. “Elaborate security arrangements have been made at the secretariat and the nearby legislators’ home to facilitate smooth conduct of the […]

Chandigarh: A minor fire in the Haryana secretariat building here on Thursday led to a scare among people. Three fire engines were rushed to the spot to extinguish the fire. No casualty was reported in the incident, police said. The fire was noticed on the second floor of the building in the morning before the […]

Bhubaneswar: CPI(M) today suggested that the Odisha government take all stakeholders into confidence on the Mahanadi issue as Chhattishgarh constructed several projects on the upstream “causing harm” to the state. “The chief minister must shun ego and take all the stakeholders into confidence to launch Odisha’s protest over the Mahanadi issue,” Janadran Pati, the CPI(M) […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today assured Nivedita Mallick, widow of a martyr, to facilitate her in paying tribute to her husband Sachhidananda Mallick at the Kargil War Memorial in Jammu and Kashmir. Patnaik gave the assurance to Nivedita, who met him at the state secretariat here. Earlier, Patnaik had invited Nivedita to the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today approved a new Special Economic Zone (SEZ) policy which allowed developers to sub-let land to other industries. “Under the new SEZ policy, the developer can sublet leased land to other industries,” said Chief Secretary G C Pati after the state cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved […]