Tag: Secretariat

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to streamline the functioning of Directorates and speed up the process of decision making, the state government has decided to integrate the different Directorates with their respective Administrative departments to function as composite departments with immediate effect. As per the conditions mentioned in the resolution, the integrated department shall function in […]