Naveen Patnaik
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Teacher's death: NCW begins probe; Cong, BJP want Naveen to go
India | Nov 12, 2013, 08:55 PM ISTBhubaneswar: The National Commission for Women (NCW) today started its probe into the molestation and murder of a teacher while opposition Congress and BJP demanded that the case be handed over to CBI for an
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Naveen urges Mamata to allow potato transportation to Odisha
India | Nov 05, 2013, 11:46 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to ensure normal supply of potatoes from her state to Odisha.Patnaik sought Banerjee's help in the wake of her government's decision
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Odisha receives Rs 132 cr in CMRF, Naveen thanks Manik Sarkar
India | Oct 29, 2013, 07:19 AM ISTBhubaneswar: The Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF) has received donation of Rs 132.04 crore for the cyclone and flood victims till date, a release issued by the CMO said yesterday.Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has
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Patnaik announces package for cyclone-affected
India | Oct 22, 2013, 09:12 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday announced special financial packages for farmers, fishermen and students affected by Cyclone Phailin and subsequent floods that hit over ten million people in the state.The government has decided to
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Coalgate: Naveen Patnaik defends his Hindalco letter
National | Oct 18, 2013, 01:14 PM ISTBhubaneswar: With CBI reportedly contemplating questioning Naveen Patnaik in coalgate, the Odisha CM has defended the letter that he had written for Hindalco when the Aditya Birla Company application seeking the coal block was rejected
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Coalgate: Naveen Patnaik defends his writing to PM on Hindalco's plea
India | Oct 18, 2013, 06:52 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday defended his writing to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to 'examine expeditiously' the plea of Aditya Birla Group company Hindcalco for allotment of a coal block in the
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Coalgate scam : CBI may question Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik
India | Oct 17, 2013, 06:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: CBI could question Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in connection with alleged irregularities in allocation of coal block to Hindalco as he had written a letter to the Coal Ministry after application of
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Odisha announces food packages for cyclone-hit families
India | Oct 14, 2013, 08:06 AM ISTBhubaneswar: With over one crore people hit by Cyclone Phailin in Odisha that left a trail of destruction, the state government yesterday announced food assistance packages for the families living in affected villages. Chief Minister
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Cyclone Phailin: Odisha CM NaveenPatnaik happy over minimizing loss of lives
India | Oct 13, 2013, 07:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik is happy over the minimum casualty due to Cyclone Phailin in his state. Comparing the death toll due to cyclone Phailin with the cyclone storm in 1999, the number
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Cyclone Phailin: Patnaik says, Odisha is prepared to face any eventuality
India | Oct 11, 2013, 06:20 PM ISTBhubaneshwar: With a very severe cyclone storm going to hit Odisha coast in the next 24 hours, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today assured people that the government was fully prepared to handle the situation.
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Naveen felicitates Linkon for opposing child marriage
India | Oct 08, 2013, 07:40 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Odisha government yesterday said it was considering a proposal to confer the Biju Patnaik Bravery Award on social activist Linkon Subudhi, who was attacked in Noida for opposing child marriage last month.Chief Minister Naveen
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Deal crime against women with priority, Patnaik to police
India | Oct 05, 2013, 10:07 PM ISTCuttack: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today instructed state police to investigate offences against women, children, Dalits and tribals on a priority basis. Patnaik, who also holds the Home portfolio, said this during the concluding
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I am not comfortable with idea of Modi: Naveen Patnaik
National | Oct 05, 2013, 01:25 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Rejecting any possibility of reviving electoral ties with the BJP, Odisha Chief Minister and ruling BJD president Naveen Patnaik Friday said he was not “comfortable” with the idea of Narendra Modi becoming the prime
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Congress door always open for Naveen Patnaik: Shashi Tharoor
National | Oct 05, 2013, 06:37 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor has said that Congress' door was always open for Naveen Patnaik, though the BJD supremo on Friday maintained that his party would like to
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Lawyers ask Odisha govt not to recommend high court benches
India | Sep 28, 2013, 09:14 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Lawyers of the Orissa High Court, who are boycotting work against the state's move to establish permanent Benches of the court in other parts of the state, today asked the government not to make
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Blame game in Odisha over Rajan panel report
India | Sep 26, 2013, 10:54 PM ISTBhubaneswar: The Raghuram Rajan panel report submitted to the central government on criteria for special category status Thursday triggered a blame game in Odisha.The state's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) said it was not satisfied
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Suspend onion export, urges Naveen Patnaik
Aug 15, 2013, 06:50 AM ISTBhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday urged the central government to temporarily suspend exports of onion from the country to increase its availability in the domestic market.In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
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Congress to give Rs 500 per month to widow
India | Jul 25, 2013, 08:43 PM ISTKendrapara (Odisha), Jul 25: A couple of days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sanctioned Rs 30,000 for 82-year-old Mandodari Nayak, widow of late Raghunath Nayak, the opposition Congress today announced Rs 500 per month for
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JD-U to snap ties with BJP, Mamata calls Nitish, Naveen
National | Jun 12, 2013, 11:31 PM ISTNew Delhi/Kolkata/Patna, June 12: The political drama around the rise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday threatened to impact Bihar, with the state's ruling JD-U expected to snap its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP
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Naveen Patnaik holds rally in Delhi, demands special status for Odisha
India | Jun 12, 2013, 08:55 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 12 : Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today hit out at the Centre accusing it of following a policy of "political discrimination" in grant of central assistance even as he made a