Dharmendra Pradhan

Celebrating womanhood: Pact signed for improving women livelihood through skill development

08/03/201908/03/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

New Delhi: On the occasion of International Women’s Day, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Women and Child Development on Friday to strengthen skill development initiatives and provide women with self-employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. The MoU was signed between the Skill India and Ministry of […]

Railways MoS opens passenger facilities at three Odisha railway stations

04/03/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Monday inaugurated different passenger amenities at Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur and Talcher railway stations through videoconferencing from Railway auditorium here in the presence of Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Sinha laid the foundation-stone of an escalator at Bhubaneswar railway station and dedicated an escalator […]

400 Ujjwala sanitary napkin manufacturing units launched in Odisha

04/03/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday launched Ujjwala Sanitary Napkin Manufacturing units at 400 common service centres (CSCs) across the State here. The initiative is being undertaken by various central public sector undertakings like IOCL, HPCL, BPCL, NTPC and NALCO in the State. Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said that […]

Central Genomics and Quality Laboratory to boost farm sector

26/02/201927/02/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Cuttack: Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Tuesday inaugurated Central Genomics and Quality Laboratory facility at ICAR – National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) here. The facility has been completed in a record time of less than three years. The state-of-the-art genomics laboratory will help the farmers in analyzing the quality of […]

Dharmapada Dialogue: Union Minister Pradhan reaches out to 2.5 lakh Odia youths

25/02/201926/02/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday reached out to nearly 2.5 lakh youths as part of the State-wide ‘New Odisha Dharmapada Dialogue’ programme here. Directly interacting with the youths, the Union Minister emphasised on the need to provide the youthful manpower with skills and ability to […]

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

24/02/201924/02/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

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 […]

Gadkari launches several NH, port projects in Odisha

06/02/201908/02/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Maintaining that for faster growth in Odisha, the Narendra Modi Government has invested 85,000 crore in roads, Union Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday claimed that the length of National Highways in Odisha has doubled in the last four years, increasing from 4,632 km in 2014 to 9,426 km […]

Naveen terms Interim Union Budget “disappointing”, BJP calls it “historic”

01/02/201902/02/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said that he was disappointed as there was nothing for landless poor, share croppers and farmers in distress in the Union Interim Budget. He, however, but welcomed the decision of tax benefits, DBT proposal for small and marginal farmers on lines of State’s KALIA scheme. Patnaik gave only […]