An elephant was found dead near Dangapal village in Chuliakani Khesra forest under Bamra wildlife division, on Saturday night. Sources said the elephant got entangled in live wire after an electric pole it was rubbing its back against crashed. It died on the spot. Villagers said suddenly power went off in the night and when

EVEN from an early age in school copying and fudging were frowned upon, to say the least. What was referred to as tracing was also forbidden most of the time, tracing being the duplication of a map or other figure by following outlines seen through a sheet of translucent paper. Some clever students (I’m using

Blackboards in classrooms will soon be replaced with interactive boards at three Kendriya Vidyalays in Odisha under the e-classroom project launched by the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in 50 KVs in India. The three KVs in Odisha are Berhampur, KV No.1 in Cuttack and KV Sambalpur. There are 55 KVs in Odisha. At least ten

The commerce and transport department has come up with a proposal to set up amenities along National Highways in the state for the benefit of travellers. DoCT principal secretary Gagan Kumar Dhal said that the department has proposed to set up wayside amenities on National Highways for passengers, drivers and other people. This would be

Like other major cities of the country, an observatory Planetarium is going to set up in Western Odisha’s Major city Sambalpur .After Capital Bhubaneswar it will be the second one observatory Planetarium in Odisha State. The public interest has been increased after knowing about the observatory. According to information received, for the proposed observatory Planetarium,

The Planning Commission has rated highly the performance of the State Government in the implementation of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in the Left-wing extremist (LWE)- affected districts. A quick evaluation of major development programmes in 33 LWE-affected districts, including five from the State, by Programme Evaluation

The Union Government has received proposals from several State Governments for inclusion of more languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.  The State-wise details of proposal received are as Bihar –Bhojpuri, Chhattishgarh-Chhattisgarhi, Rajsthan-Rajsthani, Himachal Pradesh-Bhoti, Karnataka-Kodava & Tulu,Sikkim-Bhutia, Lepcha & Limboo, Mizoram-Mizo, Nagaland-Tenyidi. At present there are demands for inclusion of 38 more languages

Police on Friday arrested three men for their alleged involvement in the gun attack on a woman working in a call centre in Mancheswar area a week ago. Namita Padhy, who works for Cerco BPO, sustained bullet injuries after two men riding a bike, opened fire at her outside her office on April 13. Namita

Vigilance Department in a  raid recoverd approximately Rs. 64,16,861 assets of both immovable and movable from a V.L.W.-cum-Panchayat Executive Officer,of Jhalangbira Gram Panchayat, under Kuarmunda Block of   Sundargarh district. On the allegation of acquisition and possession of disproportionate assets by      Trilochan Seth, presently working as V.L.W.-cum-Panchayat Executive Officer,of Jhalangbira Gram Panchayat, in Sundargarh district his

Industrialisation has brought with it drastic changes in the economic condition of the people in every village of Sambalpur district. The repercussions of development are acutely being felt. The purchasing power has led to an increase in the number of vehicles which in turn results in accidents due to reckless driving. Maximum accidents are reported

More than thousand students were booked for malpractices as they were resorting to unfair means during the matriculation examinations, which resumed for the Regular students across the State on Tuesday after a layoff of almost a month. The students were writing the English paper on the day. Till 6 pm, we have received information that

More than five years after Centre sanctioned four Doppler radar stations for the State, not a single one has come up. The Ministry of Science and Technology sanctioned the four stations, including one at Paradip, in 2006. The other three are to be set up at Balasore, Gopalpur and Sambalpur.  A review on the progress

Religious trip turned fatal for 21 members of three families after a coal-laden truck rammed the MUV in which they were travelling at Gurupali Chhak under Rengali police limits on State Highway 10, on Monday night. The accident left 10 persons dead while two among the injured, Mohammad Idu (35) and Sheikh Razak (18),? have

Odisha Govt has intensified its efforts to install four Doppler Weather Reading Stations in Odisha. Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik has taken a review of the progress done in the matter in a high level meeting held in secretariat conference hall today. Discussions in the meeting reveal that four such radar stations will be installed