Tag: Anti Liquor Campaign

Bhubaneswar: The sale of beer in Odisha has increased by 21.13 percent this year, informed Excise Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera while replying to a question of Congress MLA Naba Kishore Das in the Odisha Assembly on Monday. Not only beer, the sale of foreign liquor has increased by 2.86 percent and sale of country-made liquor […]

Bhubaneswar/Berhampur/Angul: The anti-liquor protest is gaining momentum in the State with protests staged at least three different places today against the sale of liquor. Protesters even ransacked a liquor shop in the Capital city. Scores of women on Sunday joined an anti liquor movement and went on a rampage to demolish a liquor outlet in […]

By Dillip Kumar Pradhan Cuttack: Lack of proper counseling and guidance system in rural Odisha has failed to stop some village youths of Cuttack district achieving their desired career goal. Despite all odds, the educated rural youths from four different Grampanchayats under Baranga and Kantapara block in the district have successfully launched a self-guided community […]

Cuttack: The Congress party on Thursday targeted the ruling BJD for ‘patronising’ an alcohol culture in the State. Addressing a gathering of party activists and followers here, All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) chief and party spokesperson Shobha Oza castigated the State government for not taking steps to stop narcotics trade. “The women in Odisha are […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when anti-liquor movement is intensifying throughout the state with women taking law into their own hands to thwart this social evil, Tulasa Bhatra from Nabarangpur is one such crusader who has campaigned vigorously to bring a change and has now become a source of inspiration for thousands of women fighting for […]

Rayagada: Tension prevailed at Sadar block in Rayagada district after hundreds of women ransacked a country liquor unit near Lada station today. As per sources, the women had repeatedly sought the intervention of district administration to shut the liquor unit. After the administration overlooked their demands, scores of women of the village took out a […]