Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked forest department officials to prepare an integrated plan for significant reduction in forest fire incidents. Issues such as human-elephant conflict, trafficking of wildlife and the incidents of forest...

The Odisha government is giving top priority to the healthcare sector and consistently making efforts to provide affordable and quality healthcare service to the people, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here on Monday.Patnaik was speaking at the...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday unveiled the official logo of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup 2023 at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium.The quadrennial tournament is scheduled to be held from January 13 to 29, 2023.Hockey India and its official...

Odisha's economy contracted by 5.3 per cent compared to the 7.3 per cent contraction in the national economy during the financial year 2020-21 due to the slowdown, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here on Monday.While making his statement on the motion of thanks...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked District Collectors to be in regular touch with the organisations run by the Missionaries of Charity in the state.Patnaik has directed the Collectors to ensure that no inmate of such organisations suffer, especially...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched an online service for verification of identity and submission of life certificates for the pensioners of the state government.Patnaik virtually launched the new system on the occasion of an orientation...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated five sports infrastructure projects and laid foundation stones for 89 multi-purpose indoor stadia.Patnaik launched these projects while visiting the Kalinga Stadium here.The Chief Minister inaugurated...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday interacted with the Indian Under-18 Girls' Rugby Team and felicitated them with a cash award of Rs 5 lakh for winning silver at Asia Rugby Under-18 Girls' Rugby Sevens Championship 2021.Congratulating the team...

In yet another landmark achievement for the state, renowned sports magazine Sportstar on Sunday honoured Odisha with Decade's Best State for Promotion of Sports for the period from 2011 to 2020. Odisha received the Sortstar Aces Award that honoured the...

Union Minister of Steel and Petroleum and Natural Gas  Dharmendra Pradhan today held a meeting with Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik and Union Minister of Mines, Coal and Parliament Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi.Discussions centredaround resolving...

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dharmendra Pradhan along with the Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated a Product Application & Development Centre (PADC) setup by Indian Oil at Paradip, through video conference.PADC has...

Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today met Chief Minister, Odisha Naveen Patnaik, along with H.E. Ambassador of Japan to India, Mr. Satoshi Suzuki, in Bhubaneswar. Avenues for collaboration, particularly in the steel sector were...

Union Tribal Affairs Minister  Arjun Munda launched the “Programme for Capacity Building of Scheduled Tribe Representatives in Local Self Governments” at a programme in Bhubhaneswar (Odisha) today. He also launched “1000 Spring Initiatives” and an online...

Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha, inaugurated the Adani-KISS Residential School at Bankishole, Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Odisha on 8th January 2020. On this occasion Shri Sudam Marandi, Minister, Revenue and Disaster Management, Govt. of Odisha; Shri Bishweswar...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday proposed that natural calamities should be a criteria for according Special Category Status to states, while asking for Rs 5,228 crore aid in wake of the huge devastation caused by cyclone Fani to public infrastructure,...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sought special category status for the state and central assistance of Rs 5,000 crore  following extensive damage caused by cyclone Fani.Patnaik told reporters after meeting...

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Odisha for a fifth consecutive term on Wednesday after he was re-elected with a decisive majority in the Assembly elections.He was administered the oath of office and secrecy...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who won the state Assembly election for the fifth consecutive time, on Sunday said politics is not complicated when people and their welfare are kept in the forefront."People ask me often what is the secret of the BJD's...

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday declared the first list of nine Lok Sabha and 54 Assembly candidates.Former Union Minister Chandra Sekhar Sahu, who had crossed over to the BJD from Congress, will contest...

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, visited Odisha on 24th December, 2018.At the IIT Bhubaneswar campus, the Prime Minister released a commemorative stamp and coin on the Paika Rebellion. The Paika Rebellion (Paika Bidroha) was fought against British...