Tag: State News

Bhubaneswar, December 12: Maintaining that Odisha is suffering huge loss on account of reduction in Central Sales Tax (CST) rate, Finance Minister Pradip Amat on Thursday urged the Union Government to release the balance amount of Rs 3,417.3 crore as compensation towards CST reduction at the earliest. Speaking at the Empowered Committee of State Finance […]

Bhubaneswar, December 11: In order to ensure inclusive growth and employment in the State, the Odisha Government would spend Rs 5,000 crore in next five years towards IT/ITES/ESDM (Information Technology/Information Technology Enabled Services/Electronic System Design and Manufacturing). Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while inaugurating the new IT block of Tech-Mahindra adding to the existing block that houses 500 […]

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 […]