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After a long time, Polls in GM College
After a long time around 15 years, Student Union Election start again in GM College, sambalpur. It is a good thing that the polls start again, but students are not happy because of the college authorities have not publicised the democratic process, triggering large-scale resentment among students. Some student leaders alleged that as the students
Implementing i3MS in coal sector for transparency
The State Government has decided to implement the Integrated Minerals and Mines Management System (i3MS) in coal sector for transparency. “i3MS” is a online data verification and permit generation software for major minerals other than coal will now be implemented in the coal sector to bring in greater transparency.” The i3MS would be extended to
Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) on Feb 17
Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) for admission to Ph.D / Integrated Ph.D Programme in Physics or Theoretical Computer Science in one of the 23 Participating Institutes, as per the list given below, will be held on 17th February 2013 will be held at Agartala (to be confirmed), Ahmedabad, Aligar, Bangalore, Bardhaman, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai,
Road proposal for four-laning of Sambalpur-Jharsuguda has been approved
The Odisha government is poised to ink a pact with International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private arm of World Bank, to avail IFC’s technical expertise for projects to be implemented on the public private partnership (PPP) mode. “We are going to sign a technical cooperation agreement with IFC for PPP projects. The state government is
Coal ministry asks Odisha to expedite action taken report on illegal mining
At a time when controversy surrounding block allocations has caught different coal bearing states in a bind, the Ministry of Coal has urged the Odisha government to submit its action taken report at the earliest in connection with illegal coal mining activities. In the light of observations made by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on coal
Man gets death for rape, murder of minor in Odisha
A court in Odisha Monday awarded death sentence to a man convicted earlier for raping and murdering a minor, a lawyer said. B.P. Routray, district and sessions judge of district headquarters of Sambalpur, sentenced to death Pradip Dalai (28) for abduction, rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in the same town Sep 2. The
New BSE zonal office opens at Jeypore
A new zonal office of the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, was inaugurated by school and mass education minister Rabi Narayan Nanda at Jeypore on Sunday. The office aims to decentralise the board’s manifold activities and to provide doorstep services to teachers and students of Koraput, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri and Rayagada districts, said officials. “A
CAG pulls up Odisha for non-compliance with financial rules
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in its latest report (agriculture wing), for the year ended March 31, 2011, has slammed the state agriculture department for non compliance with the financial and treasury rules. In the audit scrutiny report, CAG revealed that drawing and disbursing officers (DDOs) have failed to manage the available funds economically
2 arrested in Rangamatia murder case
Two men were arrested for their alleged involvement in the September 28 murder of a youth of Rangamatia area in the city on Friday. The accused, Bikali Behera and Dipuna Barik, were rounded up in Sambalpur district by the special squad of commissionerate police. Three other co-accused are still on the run. “The absconders would
NCC treated as an optional subject in colleges
To attract students to join NCC, the government has decided to make it an optional subject at the college-level. On an experimental basis, NCC will be made a subject for college students at Khariar College in Western Odisha this year. Group commander of the NCC, Sambalpur Col. Vikas Goswami on Wednesday disclosed this information while
Mahatma Gandhi Temple in Bhatra, Sambalpur
This is not your regular shrine. The deity who stands leaning on a walking stick with the tricolour beside him is not drawn from Hindu mythology. But the setting and rituals are no less different from any regular temple. How can it be when for scores of people at Salangapalayam about 25km from Erode, Bapu