V K Pandian started his IAS career as a sub-collector in Dharmagarh, located in Kalahandi district. He subsequently served as a collector in the Mayurbhanj and Ganjam districts before transitioning to his role in the Chief Minister's office.
According to reports, the workers from Rajkanika block of Kendrapara district alleged that the company had also forcibly taken away their passports.
Bhubaneswar metro rail project: Odisha's capital city -Bhubaneswar will get the metro train as Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a project worth Rs 5,900 crore. The chief minister will lay the foundation stone for the project.
India TV-CNX Opinion Poll: According to India TV-CNX opinion poll, BJP is likely to get 8 seats in Odisha while Congress will get zero seats if Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are held today.
India TV-CNX conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of the voters as to who would they vote for if Lok Sabha elections are held today. So which bloc -- NDA or I.N.D.I.A. -- may have an edge. Let's take a look.
Odisha: The BJD president also supported 'one nation, one election', saying, "We have always welcomed it, we are prepared for it."
Odisha Assembly Speaker election: Odisha’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallik will file the nomination paper as suggested by her party (BJD).
Gita Mehta death: She has penned books including 'Karma Cola', 'Snake and Ladders', 'A River Sutra', 'Raj' and 'The Eternal Ganesha'. Mehta, sources said, was very close to her younger brother Naveen Patnaik.
Naveen Patnaik's party BJD backed the BJP during the Delhi Services Bill in Rajya Sabha and the No-Confidence Motion brought in by the Opposition in Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session of the Parliament.
Amit Shah Odisha visit: The home minister is also scheduled to attend a meeting at the airport lounge before leaving for Delhi on Saturday evening, officials said, without specifying who would be present in it.
Amit Shah will visit Odisha today amid the BJD's support to the BJP in the Parliament over the Delhi Services Bill. Shah is slated to attend a number of meetings including on left-wing extremism.
Although the BJD officially claims to be maintaining "equidistance" from the BJP as well as Congress, the party has so far skipped all meetings aimed at establishing a third front and has instead been supporting the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre in almost all matters.
India TV has conducted an opinion poll to analyse which party will have an edge if Lok Sabha elections are held today.
Naveen Patnaik started his political journey in 1997 after the demise of his father Biju Patnaik.
The accident, involving three trains, is one of the worst in the country and took place in Balasore district on Friday night. The accident also injured more than 900 people.
Odisha train accident: Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw assured that a detailed high-level inquiry into the incident. He also said that the cause of the accident will be known after the Commissioner of Railway Safety submits his report.
This will be Patnaik’s second Cabinet reshuffle in his fifth term as the chief minister of the state.
Jharsuguda by-poll: BJD candidate Dipali Das defeated rival BJP candidate Tankadhar Tripathy by a margin of over 48,000 votes in Jharsuguda.
A day after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met him in Bhubaneswar, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik met PM Modi in New Delhi triggering speculations in view of next year's Lok Sabha elections.
According to sources in the Chief Minister's Office, the meeting between the two chief ministers will take place at "Naveen Niwas" around noon.
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