How did a man, spending his early days on Delhi’s cocktail circuit, defy stereotypes to script an enviable success story that has few parallels in the history of modern Indian politics? What led Naveen Patnaik, who had nothing to do with politics for the first fifty years of his life, become[Read More…]
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BJD revealed its stand by walking out before no-trust vote
The ruling BJD in Odisha revealed its stand on the no-confidence motion against the NDA-led Centre on the floor of the Parliament. In the last 14 years, Odisha has witnessed both a NDA and a UPA regimes have done injustice to the people of Odisha, said The Biju Janata Dal[Read More…]
Odisha CM urges Modi to frame national policy on loan waiver for farmers
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has proposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that a national policy on loan waivers be formulated in order to relieve the farmers from the agrarian distress. In order to relieve the farmers from the agrarian distress, we should have a National Policy on Loan[Read More…]
Odisha, Tata Trust sign MoU to set up cancer hospital
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday signed a MoU with Tata Trusts, Mumbai to set up a state-of-the-art Cancer Treatment and Research Hospital in Bhubaneswar. The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan N. Tata. As part of the MoU, Tata[Read More…]
Shah’s claim of 120+ in Odisha polls is ‘exaggeration’: Patnaik
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said BJP President Amit Shah is exaggerating that his party would win more than 120 seats in the 2019 assembly elections. “I think that is very exaggerating,” Patnaik told reporters here. Odisha, which will face general and assembly elections in 2019, has[Read More…]
BJP is sinking fast, says Naveen Patnaik
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sinking fast in the country. “The BJP is sinking quite fast,” Patnaik told reporters here, citing the defeat of the BJP in the by-poll to two parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD)[Read More…]
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urges PM to form tribunal on Mahanadi
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set up a tribunal, as directed by the Supreme Court, to resolve the Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh. He also requested Modi to direct the Union Water Resources Ministry to instruct the Chhattisgarh government to stop construction[Read More…]
Odisha CM to address students on TV on Children’s Day
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will deliver his maiden address to schoolchildren on television on Children’s Day on November 14, a Minister said on Tuesday. The 45-minute speech meant for more than 6,60,000 students from around 62,000 schools across the state will be aired on Doordarshan from 11.15 a.m. to[Read More…]
Odisha government announce drought package for farmers
The Odisha government on Wednesday announced a drought package for the Kharif season for farmers. Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik said agriculture input subsidy will be provided to small and marginal farmers who have sustained crop loss of 33 per cent and above. He added that Rs 6,800 per hectare of[Read More…]
BJP & BJD should join hands for welfare of people: Baba Ramdev
Yoga guru, Baba Ramdev, on Wednesday suggested that prime minister, Narendra Modi, and Odisha chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, should join hands and work together for the welfare of the people of the state. While attending a convention of Patanjali distributors in Bhubaneswar, the yoga guru pitched for an alliance between[Read More…]
Odisha CM inaugurates biggest integrated steel plant of the state
In a proud moment for Odisha, Chef Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the state’s biggest integrated steel plant and made it operational on Saturday. Inaugurating the state of the art six mtpa steel plant of JSPL, Patnaik said that it would provide direct employment to around 30,000 people and indirect jobs[Read More…]
Odisha Cabinet reshuffle: 12 ministers take oath
‘Odisha will examine farm loan waiver’
Former Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra dies at 77
Former Rajya Sabha MP and president of Odisha Janamorcha party Pyari Mohan Mohapatra died in Mumbai after a prolonged illness on Sunday at the age of 77. Mohapatra passed away at 9.48 pm at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. He was also called ‘Chanakya of Odisha politics.’ Odisha chief minister Naveen[Read More…]