Tag: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan

Konark: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the ‘Nua Odisha Nirmana Abhijan’on the auspicious occasion of Utkal Dibasa at Chandrabhaga sea beach in Konark in Puri on Sunday. The event is organized under the banner of Prachi Trust, a social organization. As a part of the programme, thousands of youths gathered at the Chandrabhaga sea […]

New Delhi: Subsidized cooking gas (LPG) price was on Friday raised by over Rs 7 per cylinder, in line with the government’s decision to hike prices every month so that all subsidies are eliminated by this fiscal-end. A subsidized 14.2-kg LPG cylinder now costs Rs 487.18 in Delhi as against Rs 479.77 previously, according to […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today suggested the Odisha government to cut down taxes on fuel in order to bring its prices under control across the State. Apart from this, he slammed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for allegedly adopting casual attitude towards various corruption charges against his party members. Putting the ball on Naveen-led […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday sought the intervention of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar for the release of 10 Odia workers stranded in Dubai. The victims had released a video on social media seeking help from the Centre. “I came across an OTV news report dated 30.05.2019 regarding some Odia people who […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged Railways Minister Piyush Goyal to run two independent trains Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar & Bhubaneswar-Junagarh-Bhubaneswar for the convenience of the people in Kalahandi. In a letter released to the media on Friday, Pradhan sought the personal intervention of Goyal into the demands of the people of Kalahandi […]

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged his cabinet colleague Ram Vilas Paswan not to proceed with the proposed merger of Bhubaneswar Central Warehouse Corporation (CWC) with Patna region. Pradhan wrote a letter to Paswan the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and sought his personal intervention and […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan sought the personal intervention of Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri for introduction of a direct flight between Jharsuguda and Mumbai. “There is a strong demand from commuters for a direct flight between Jharsuguda and Mumbai,” Pradhan wrote in a letter to the Union Civil […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday Odisha was ready for the next level of industrial development in the post-COVID-19 scenario. Holding a review meeting of state and central government officials through video link, Pradhan said Odisha had taken remarkable initiatives for making the state an investment destination. “The successful management of cyclone […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the political pot in Odisha over MSP has attained the boiling point on Friday when BJD RS MP Sasmit Patra took pot-shots at BJP for not implementing the Swaminathan Commission report recommendations in Toto, Patra hit the rhetoric crescendo on the floor of the Upper House. Speaking loud and clear he claimed […]