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Uninterrupted fuel supply in Fani-hit Odisha districts: Oil companies show the way

10/05/201911/05/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: As of today, 232 out of 234 fuel stations in cyclone Fani-hit Puri, Khudra, and Cuttack districts are functional and the remaining two will be made operational by Saturday, informed Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan after taking stock of the supply of petroleum products with different OMCs. The current sales of […]

100-year-old woman arrives in wheelchair to vote

29/04/201930/04/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Cuttack: A 100-year-old woman set an example for others by casting her vote in the ongoing Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the country on Monday in Cuttack district. Padmabati Nayak, a resident of Kusunupur under Kurujang gram panchayat in Mahanga block in Cuttack district, was among the thousands of voters who queued up to […]

Farmers stop polling parties from visiting booths in Odisha, arrested

21/04/201921/04/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Cuttack: Demanding scrapping of elections, a large number of farmers, including women under the aegis of Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) on Sunday staged demonstration in front of Bhubananada Engineering College in a bid to stop the movement of polling party officials to different booths. The NNKS has been agitating in Odisha demanding price, prestige […]

Was it sheer ignorance or absolute apathy? The Shipwreck that could have saved 10,000 lives

01/03/201901/03/2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

By Anil Dhir It was not sheer apathy; rather it was an intelligent disinterest in the affairs of the State. The enormity of the fore-coming doom was just not comprehended by the officials. A stark example of the lack of empathy is an incident that occurred in Puri in the early days of the Na […]