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Bhubaneswar, July 8: Santrupt Mishra, a former corporate leader, has been appointed as political secretary to Biju Janata Dal president and ex-chief minister Naveen Patnaik. This move has come as a major surprise to many as Mishra has very little experience in politics. He had joined the BJD just a few days before the Lok […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 24: Speculations are doing the rounds that all is not well in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) headed by five-time chief minister Naveen Patnaik. Also, rumours have been coming thick and fast that might disintegrate if Naveen does not mend his behavior and trust someone, especially a person with political understanding, to run […]
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Bhubaneswar, June 9: Bureaucrat-turned-BJD leader VK Pandian on Sunday announced retirement from active politics amid a section of party leaders and workers expressing resentment against Pandian following the party’s poll defeat in the State. “My only intent was to help Naveen Patnaik,” the BJD leader, who is a close aide of Naveen Patnaik, said in […]
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Bhubaneswar, May 11: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday put to rest all speculation of his party joining the third front which is being spearheaded by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Speaking to reporters after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Patnaik, when asked […]
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Bhubaneswar, March 25: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday sought the intervention of Union Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari for early completion of Cuttack-Angul-Sambalpur Section of NH-55. In a letter to the Union Minister, Patnaik wrote, “It is a matter of great concern that even after more than 5 years, the upgradation work by […]
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Bhubaneswar, September 26: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday released five edited volumes of “Encyclopaedia of Tribes in Odisha” published by SC &ST Research and Training Institute and Odisha State Tribal Museum in the Museum complex here. Odisha is the only State till now to publish an Encyclopaedia of all Tribes. All the five edited […]
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New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, March 9: The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) on Tuesday signed an agreement and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of Paradip Plastic Park spread over 120 acres of land. The estimated cost for its development is Rs 106 crore. The MoU was signed […]
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New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, February 18: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday jointly inaugurated the production in two iron ore mines – Jilling Langlotta Iron Ore Mines and Guali Iron Ore Mines – of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) via video conferencing. “These mines will generate around Rs 5,000 crore […]
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Bhubaneswar, February 17: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday performed ground-breaking of 20 industrial projects and inaugurated two projects, ranging from Metal and downstream, Tourism, Textile and apparel, Cement, Plastic and Food processing sectors. In a major boost to the Make in Odisha, these 22 industrial units with a combined investment of Rs 13, 311.53 […]
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Bhubaneswar, February 12: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday disbursed Rs 1,272 crore to more than 53 lakh farmers across Odisha under KALIA scheme through video conferencing. As per the scheme, each farmer Rs 2,000. The third installment of KALIA scheme was transferred to the small and marginal farmers and landless agricultural labourers through Direct […]
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