Sarangi writes to Odisha CM, seeks deployment of special forces to check influx from West Bengal

Bhubaneswar: With West Bengal returnees turning north Odisha into new Covid-19 hotspot, Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Thursday requested Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to deploy special forces along Odisha-West Bengal border to prevent unauthorised cross border movement into Balasore and Mayurbhanj districts in view of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In a letter to Patnaik, Union […]

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Covid-19 lockdown: Union Minister Sarangi writes to CM, seeks package for temple priests

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Minister Pratap Sarangi has requested Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to come out with a compensation package for the priests and servitors of various temples under the State Endowment Authority. In a letter to the Chief Minister on Saturday, Sarangi said, […]

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Dharmendra retains Oil Ministry, also gets Steel; Pratap gets MSME, Animal Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries

Bhubaneswar: Considered the most successful Minister in Narendra Modi’s first Government, Dharmendra Pradhan will continue to handle Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry. He also got the Ministry of Steel while first time MP from Balasore Pratap Sarangi was made (MoS) MSMS and Animal Husbandry Dairying and Fisheries. Pradhan, currently a Rajya Sabha member from Madhya […]

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New Modi team: Dharmendra, Pratap sworn in as Union Ministers

Bhubaneswar: Dharmendra Pradhan and Pratap Sarangi from Odisha were sworn in as Cabinet Minister and Minister of State (MoS), respectively in the second Government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pradhan, a member of the Rajya Sabha, held the Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister in Modi’s first Government. Pradhan, 49, represents […]

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