Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal president and Leader of Opposition in Odisha Legislative Assembly, Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday criticised the state government over the alleged deaths of two women after consuming “contaminated” mango kernel gruel. "Without any justification, the state government has stopped providing rice under the Public Distribution System to our impoverished tribal brothers and sisters, who are now forced …
BERHAMPUR: Amid a war of words between BJP and Opposition parties over deaths of two women due to consumption of mango kernel gruel in Kandhamal district, RDC Roopa Roshan Sahoo along with collector Amrit Ruturaj started a probe into the incident on Wednesday. While the two women died on November 1, six others were hospitalised after consuming the mango kernel …
Following the deaths of two women who consumed mango kernel gruel in Odisha’s Kandhamal district, Chief Minister Mohan Majhi directed that each beneficiary receive an advance of 15 kg of rice for the next three months. After reviewing operations of public distribution system, Mr. Majhi directed the Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Department to provide three months of rice in …