The Centre on Monday approved the voluntary retirement of IAS officer VK Pandian, who has been currently serving as private secretary to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) Tech Tower on Wednesday at Saheed Nagar in Bhubaneswar. This Rs 55 crore worth multi-storeyed building will function as the Corporate Office of Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Ltd
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday reviewed the status of Phase I of the Bhubaneswar Metro project and approved the Detailed Project Report worth Rs 5,929 crore.
Congratulating the Indian Men's Hockey team for their historic gold medal win at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced a cash award of Rs 5 lakh for each player and support staff of the winning team, informed a press release.
"The opposition is anti-development and anti-people. They only mislead people. They create barriers in development work. People will never elect them to power", CM Patnaik said while addressing a public gathering in the state capital Bhubaneshwar.
On the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri on Monday, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD chief Naveen Patnaik launched the party's month-long 'Jan Sampark Padayatra'.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday rubbished the Opposition's claim of elected leaders being sidelined in the CM Grievance Cell programme, insisting that the Cell is handled by the CMO and there was no question of "ministers vs officials" in the conduct of the programme.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his foreign policy and for rooting out the corruption in the country.
On the occasion of 'Nuakhai', Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik disbursed financial assistance to 44.56 lakh farmer families under KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) Scheme for Rabi Crop season.
"This is the beginning of a new era in the new parliament building and in this era the participation of women must increase. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also for many years had been requesting to the Central government to table the long-pending Women Reservation Bill," said Misra.