Odisha Assembly Speaker, 2 Ministers resign; Cabinet reshuffle likely 

Bhubaneswar, May 12: State Assembly Speaker Bikram Keshari Arukha and two other Ministers – Samir Ranjan Dash and Srikanta Sahu – of State Council of Ministers resigned in quick succession on Friday evening, giving rise to speculation that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik may undertake a reshuffle of his Council soon. Speculation is rife that Naveen, […]

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Odisha: Five women in Naveen Patnaik’s 21-member new Cabinet

Bhubaneswar, June 5: Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal on Sunday administered oath of office and secrecy to a 21-member new Council of Ministers of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The new Ministers include 13 in Cabinet rank and eight Ministers of State. Patnaik, a five-term Chief Minister, has retained nine Ministers of the dissolved Council and dropped […]

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All 20 Ministers of Odisha Cabinet resign ahead of reshuffle

Bhubaneawar, June 4: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday asked all his 20 Ministers to resign ahead of the maiden reshuffle of his Council of Ministers in the current term of his three-year-old Cabinet on Sunday. Governor Ganeshi Lal is likely to administer oath of office and secrecy to the new Ministers at 11.45 […]

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