Bhubaneswar: The Raghuram Rajan panel report submitted to the central government on criteria for special category status Thursday triggered a blame game in Odisha.The state's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) said it was not satisfied
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday urged the central government to temporarily suspend exports of onion from the country to increase its availability in the domestic market.In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
Kendrapara (Odisha), Jul 25: A couple of days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sanctioned Rs 30,000 for 82-year-old Mandodari Nayak, widow of late Raghunath Nayak, the opposition Congress today announced Rs 500 per month for
New Delhi/Kolkata/Patna, June 12: The political drama around the rise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday threatened to impact Bihar, with the state's ruling JD-U expected to snap its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP
New Delhi, Jun 12 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today hit out at the Centre accusing it of following a policy of "political discrimination" in grant of central assistance even as he made a
New Delhi, Jun 12: Stepping up pressure on the Centre over the special category status demand, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday hit out at the UPA government saying it was "discriminatory" towards states not
New Delhi, June 12: A third front would be an alternative to the BJP and the Congress in the 2014 general elections but it was too early to talk about it, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen
New Delhi, June 5 : Noting that heavy deployment of security forces in neighbouring Chhattisgarh was driving Maoists to his state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today demanded two additional CRPF battalions and a military
Bhubaneswar, May 23: Keeping in view the massive arrangement required for Lord Jagannath's 'Nabakalebara' festival in 2015, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today sought Special Central Assistance of Rs 1,397 crore from Planning Commission."I seek
Bhubaneswar, May 20: With Opposition Congress and BJP announcing plans to make chit fund fraud a poll issue, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today wrote to the Union Home Minister seeking his intervention for an early
New Delhi, April 16: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday opposed the central government's move to introduce new laws to deal with federal crimes.Participating in the conference here of chief ministers called by Home Minister
New Delhi, Apr 15: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today ruled out his party BJD having any tie up with its former ally BJP in the next general elections, and maintained that the Third Front
Bhubaneswar, Apr 8: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has rapped the Odisha government headed by Naveen Patnaik for allotting valuable land here without any proper policy for the past 12 years.The latest CAG report
New Delhi, Mar 28: Against the backdrop of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav raising the issue of a Third Front, BJD chief and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said he is watching the situation
Bhubaneswar, Mar 20: Dubbing Odisha as a "sanctuary" of criminals in view of the abnormal rise in crimes against women in the state, opposition Congress yesterday walked out of the assembly even as Chief Minister
Bhubaneswar, Mar 11: The BJP will contest the 2014 elections on its own strength and will not seek the support of the ruling BJD or the Odisha Jan Morcha in Odisha, new BJP state president
Malkangiri, Odisha, Feb 3: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched the Re 1 a kg rice scheme for the poor in Odisha from the backward and tribal-dominated Malkangiri district.Patnaik, who distributed cheap rice to
Bhubaneswar, Jan 26: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday chose the Republic Day to announce his government's decision to provide a kilo of rice for Rs.1 to the poor from next month.Patnaik, who unfurled the
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16: US Ambassador in India Nancy J Powell Tuesday discussed issues of interest in Odisha with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.“We talked about America's interest in business, education, agriculture and a variety of topics
Sambalpur (Odisha), Jan 14: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday said the state needed private players to fulfil its aim of becoming the front-runner among states."Odisha aims to become the front runner among states in
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