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 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 ...

Bhubaneswar, Apr 17: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the Centre to set up a Central Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute (CFMT & TI) to help the state improve efficiency in ...

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 ...

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's ruling Biju Janata Dal today demanded that the Centre withdraw the contentious farm laws that have set off a storm among the farmers in the country. Referring to the ongoing protest by lakhs ...

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.

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 ...