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Gutsy tribal girl helps rescue of 6,000+ labourers

July 30, 2020July 31, 2020Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bolangir: In a rare display of courage and presence of mind, a 19-year-old tribal girl from Odisha’s Balangir district helped free more than 6000 labourers trapped in different brick kilns of Tamil Nadu during the Covid 19 pandemic. The teenager girl, Manasi Bariha, managed to do so after she mustered courage and alerted her relatives […]

Odisha gets 9.9% surplus rainfall during June-September

September 30, 2019October 2, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: With good rainfall in August and September, the average cumulative rainfall of the State from June 1 to September 30, 2019 has registered a surplus of 9.9%. While the cumulative rainfall in the State was deficient by 31.5% and 9.0% respectively in June and July, the rainfall in August and September remained surplus by […]

BJD MLA arrested over sit-up row day before Assembly session

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bolangir: In a major development, Bolangir police on Monday Patnagarh BJD MLA Saroj Meher in connection with an FIR lodged against him for forcing a Government Junior Engineer (JE) to do sit ups in public on June 5 after blaming him for the low quality of an under-construction road at Gambhari village in Belpada block. […]

Tribal body calls for stir from Monday to demand arrest of Patnagarh BJD MLA

June 16, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bolangir: Demanding immediate arrest of Patnagarh MLA Saroj Meher for forcing a Public Works Department Junior Engineer (JE) to do sit-ups in public glare, Bolangir District Tribal Welfare Association on Sunday decided to launch stir from Monday. The victim belonged to a tribal community. The association decided to stage demonstration in front of all block […]

Odisha BJD MLA forces Govt Engineer to do sit-ups, video goes viral

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: An Odisha BJD MLA has landed in controversy after he was caught on camera punishing a Junior Engineer (JE) of the State Government by forcing him to make sit-ups in full public view. In the viral video shared in social media and different news channels, the ruling party legislator from Patnagarh, Saroj Meher can be […]

DD News cameraperson from Odisha killed in Chhattisgarh Maoist ambush, Rs 15 lakh ex-gratia announced

October 30, 2018November 1, 2018Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: In an unfortunate incident, Doordarshan (DD) News cameraperson Achyutanand Sahu was killed in an attack by Left Wing Extremist (LWE) in Maoist-hit Dantewada in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Two security officers were also killed in the attack that took place in Aranpur village in Dantewada. Union Minister Information and Broadcasting and Sports and Youth Affairs […]