BHUBANESWAR: BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday slammed the opposition Congress and BJP over their demands on farm loan waiver in Odisha. During a media interaction here at the ...

Bhubaneswar, Apr 6 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said his senior minister Damodar Rout was “incorrect” on the farm loan waiver issue. “I do not think that (minister’s statement) is ...

Bhubaneswar, Apr 5 (PTI) The Odisha govenrment will explore the proposal to waive agricultural loans of farmers in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said today. “We’ll certainly examine it ...

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik discusses monsoon packages at state secretariat. Picture by Sanjib Mukherjee Subrat Das' Bhubaneswar, June 13: With the monsoon hitting the state’s shores today, chief ...

An MP from Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal today said the Centre should withdraw the contentious farm laws that have set off a storm among the farmers in the country. Referring to the ongoing protest ...

But then the previous legislations had no or very little impact on Odisha politics. It was different with the farm bills. Party insiders feel Naveen may have sensed that the bills could upset his core ...

BHUBANESWAR: Anguished by the prompt announcement of the package for Andhra farmers, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi and made a similar demand.

Farmers allege spurious pesticides supplied by Odisha government agencies and inaction by agriculture department officials have resulted in crop loss in over 1.78 lakh hectares in 16 of the 30 ...

Farmers raise slogans during their Rail Roko agitation against the central government over the newly-passed farm bills at Devi Dass Pura village in Punjab on Tuesday. PTI The Odisha Pradesh Congress ...

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has suggested a policy framework for farm loan waivers, an issue that has become a political hot potato in several Assembly elections in the last few years. In a ...

An MP from Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal today said the Centre should withdraw the contentious farm laws that have set off a storm among the farmers in the country. Referring to the ongoing protest ...