Author: Odisha News Tune

Bhubaneswar, December 6: Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly on Saturday came down heavily on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for holding Opposition for disrupting proceedings of the House and said adjournment of the winter session of the House sine die ahead of schedule was the game plan of the former.    “It is very unfortunate […]

Bhubaneswar, December 6:  Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday left for New Delhi on a four day visit. He is scheduled to return the State on December 9. The Chief Minister will attend the Chief Ministers’ meeting on Sunday convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the structure, scope and role of the new […]

Bhubaneswar, December 4: For the second time in a span of eight months, a charter non-scheduled flight (Aircraft type-GLF4) of Canada carrying two passengers along with three crew members (all Canadian nationality) landed here at the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Thursday, said an official release. The charter was originated from Toronto Airport of Canada […]

Bhubaneswar, December 3: With an aim to incentivize the police verification and expedite the district police headquarters (DPHQ) model in the State for early issue of passports, all police districts in State will be linked for passport-police linkage by January 2015. This apart, hand held devices will be provided to every police station by March-2015 […]

Bhubaneswar, December 1: A total of 10,116 posts in various categories of Police Department are lying vacant as on June 1, 2014 in Odisha. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday informed the Assembly in a written reply to a question of MLA Sanjib Kumar Sahoo. The Chief Minister stated that that while 278 Group A […]

Bhubaneswar, November 26: For the better convenience of lakhs of households, the modified direct benefit transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme will be re-launched in Odisha from January 1 next year along with other many States in the country in the second phase. Earlier in the first phase the Central government has launched the modified (DBTL) […]

Bhubaneswar, November 24: The Odisha Government has so far spent Rs 48.02 lakh towards lawyer fees in the submission of affidavits vis-à-vis chit fund scam case in the Supreme Court. Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat while responding to a query of Congress MLA Pradip Amat on Monday informed the State Assembly that the Government appointed […]

Bhubaneswar, November 23: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Narasingha Mishra on Sunday said the CBI, investigating into the mega chit fund scam, should interrogate Patnaik before he destroys evidences. Expressing satisfaction over the ongoing CBI probe in which one ruling BJD MLA and MP has been arrested and a close aide of Chief Minister […]

Saroj Sahu Bhubaneswar, November 22: In a major embarrassment to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, his personal aide and political programme coordinator Saroj Sahu on Saturday was quizzed by the CBI for one and half an hour in connection with the mega chit fund scam. Sahu’s appearance before the CBI sleuths in the midst of the […]

Bhubaneswar, November 19: The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will set up 70 model schools in the State and a world class ITI centre in Ganjam district. NTPC CMD Arup Roy Choudhury on Wednesday assured Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during his meeting with the latter at the State Secretariat here. Besides, the Chief Minister asked […]