Odisha doesn't qualify for Special Category Status: Montek

Taking advantage of the intense heat wave across the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday announced yet another populist scheme __ assistance of `100 each for 33 lakh old age pension holders in the rural areas for purchasing umbrellas.

With pressure mounting from different quarters, including opposition political parties, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday sought Union home minister S K Shinde's intervention for early presidential assent to a proposed legislation, protecting ...

President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Niranjan Patnaik has requested Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to spend at least two nights in the Maoist affected Malkangiri district to review implementation of development works. The Chief ...

BJP State unit president K V Singhdeo on Tuesday derided Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for acknowledging the accolades of the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre as merit certificate of its success. On the occasion of completion of the fourth ...

Questioning CM Naveen Patnaik`s "sincerity" towards Odisha and its people, Congress Chief Whip Prasad Harichandan on Saturday gave him five tasks including speaking two sentences in Odia during a debate in the Assembly.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has finally decided to follow his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar to hold a rally at New Delhi to demand special category state status for Odisha. Sources said the rally will be organised on the day the BJD will submit ...

Rajya Sabha member and Odisha Jan Morcha (OJM) president Pyarimohan Mohapatra urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in a letter on Saturday not to allow Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status to Posco as it would be an undue benefit to the South Korean ...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday asked the Planning and Coordination Department to strengthen the communication systems on a priority basis in the backward Kandhamal and Gajapati districts and KBK region comprising the eight districts of ...

A photo of Naveen Patnaik's Oriya speech written in Roman script that has gone viral in social networking site Facebook has sparked outrage over his lack of interest in learning the language. The photo was posted by one Rajat Dash on his Facebook ...