Naveen Patnaik salutes IAF for air strikes in Pakistan

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday hailed the Indian Air Force (IAF) for carrying out air strikes in Pakistan. “Salute the #IndianAirForce for pre-dawn air strikes on terror camps in defence of our Nation. #JaiHind,” tweeted Patnaik. India on Tuesday carried out pre-dawn air strikes on terror launch pads inside Pakistan and targeted […]

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Dharmendra describes KALIA Scholarship an ‘election gimmick’, slams CM for not implementing 10% EWS quota

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister and senior BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday described Odisha Government’s KALIA Scholarship scheme as an ‘election gimmick’ and wondered why Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is not implementing the newly introduced reservations in Government jobs and higher education for the economically weaker sections in the general category. Pradhan, who took to the […]

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CM launches 18 ‘Make In Odisha’ industrial projects worth Rs 2,200 crore

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated and performed groundbreaking ceremony of 18 industrial projects worth Rs 2,200 crore from the State secretariat through videoconferencing. These projects will create employment for 3500 people. Of the total 2,200 crore projects, Patnaik inaugurated industrial units worth Rs 493.41 crore and performed groundbreaking of units worth Rs […]

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CM launches KALIA Scholarship website

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched web-portal for KALIA Scholarship, making it easy for children of the KALIA beneficiaries to apply for the programme. The initiative will help farmers’ children to pursue technical and professional education to realise their dreams. Under the scholarship, Odisha Government will bear educational expenses of students for studying […]

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Odisha Govt urges farmers’ body to desist from Odisha bandh in view of Matric Exam

Bhubaneswar: Even as opposition Congress and BJP decided to extend support to the shutdown called in the State by Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS), a farmers’ organisation, over pension and other demands on Thursday, the State Government on Tuesday urged the Sangathan, to call off the proposed bandh in view of the Matriculation examination beginning […]

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Odisha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre to be functional in five years

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday laid foundation for Odisha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Ratagada in Barang in Cuttack district in the presence of Tata Trusts Chairperson Ratan Tata. The hospital will be functional in five years. To be built in partnership with Tata Trusts, the Centre will facilitate state-of-the-art cancer care […]

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CM inaugurates, lays stone of projects worth Rs 796 crore in Cuttack

Cuttack: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday launched at least 57 development projects worth Rs 796 crore in Cuttack. Of the 57 total projects, 35 projects worth Rs 270 crore were inaugurated while foundation stone was laid for 22 projects worth Rs 526 crore by the Chief Minister at Baliyatra Ground here. The inaugurated projects […]

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Odisha enhances ex-gratia for kin of two Odia CRPF martyrs to Rs 25 lakh each

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday paid rich tributes to two brave CRPF jawans from Odisha – Prasanna Sahu and Manoj Kumar Behera – who sacrificed their lives in the Pulwama terrorist attack and enhanced the ex-gratia announced for the family members of the two martyred CRPF jawans from Rs 10 lakh to Rs […]

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Two-minute silence observed in educational institutions across Odisha for slain CRPF jawans

Bhubaneswar: A two-minute silence was observed in all the educational institutions in the State on Saturday to pay homage to the 40 CRPF personnel killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on Thursday. Forty CRPF personnel were killed and five injured in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir […]

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Pulawama terror attack: CM speaks to family members of two Odia martyrs

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday spoke to the family members of two Odia martyrs, who among many CRPF jawans were killed in a terror attack in Pulawama in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Patnaik talked with the family members of Prasanna Sahu and Manoj Behera over telephone and conveyed his deep sympathy and […]

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