Naveen Patnaik

Bhubaneswar, Nov 21: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for timely financial assistance to combat the drought situation prevailing in the state. In a letter to Modi, the…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 21: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to reduce the interest rate on medium term (conversion) loans for farmers facing drought situation in the state. Patnaik, in a…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a string of measures to tackle drought in the state, including agricultural loan at one percent rate of interest and an additional assistance of Rs.100 per…

Under fire over the rising cases of farmers' suicide in the state, mostly in Western Odisha, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held a 'Chasi Samabesa' or 'Farmer's Rally' at Sohela in Bargarh district today. Naveen scored a point over…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19: Taking serious note over the irregularities in the list of beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act (NFSA), Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed district collectors to take department and legal action…

Lucknow, Nov 19: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday requested the Odisha government to provide free-of-cost land at Puri for construction of a guest house for pilgrims and tourists from the state. In a letter to his…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 18: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday dedicated Tata Steel’s  Kalinganagar Plant, first steel plant of the company in Odisha, to the state. The Kalinganagar steel plant is located in Jajpur district,…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 16: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said the state government has decided to set up 335 fire stations, with the objective to open at least one fire station in each block. He said this will be the highest…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: Odisha ranked as 5th best state in the country for the year 2015 in the survey conducted by leading news magazine ‘India Today.’ The magazine has conducted its survey ‘State of States Ranking’ for the year 2015 in…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 10: In an endeavour to end the hardship of pensioners in getting life certificates, Odisha government launched ‘Digital Life Certificate Initiative’—Jeevan Pramaan for pensioners. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has…