At least five police personnel were injured when miscreants hurled hand bombs at them near Chaudhary Chowk, on the outskirts of Sambalpur town on Saturday. The incident took place when police arrived at a house which the miscreants attempted to loot. Police nabbed five members of the gang within a few hours of the incident.

Senior Congress leader Narasingh Mishra has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Excise Minister AU Singhdeo for brew deaths in villages under Cuttack Sadar police limits. Four persons died and seven were taken seriously ill allegedly due to overdosage of medicinal formulations with high alcohol content at several villages under Cuttack Sadar

Hardcore Maoist Girish, who was arrested by Bargarh police on January 24, was brought on remand to Sambalpur on Wednesday. He is involved in as many as 23 cases, including four cases of murder. The arrest of Girish is said to be the second major setback to the banned CPI(Maoist) outfit after the killing of

Rejecting the government’s decision of a judicial probe in the Cuttack hooch tragedy, former law minister and Congress leader Narasingh Mishra demanded resignation of chief minister Naveen Patnaikover the incident. Accusing the excise minister A U Singhdeo of being responsible for the tragedy, Mishra alleged that the minister has direct links with liquor mafias of

Hewlett-Packard, world’s second largest computer maker, is eyeing the small business segments in the state, which is poised to emerge as one of the major investment destinations in the Information Technology (IT) sector. “IT penetration in Orissa has been encouraging. Acceptance towards adoption of technology among the small business units is also booming,” the company

Hundreds of farmers demonstrated in front of the collectorate on Wednesday in protest against delay in disbursement of compensation among famers of Hirakud area who had lost their paddy because of emission of poisonous gas from Hirakud-based Hindalco Aluminum smelter plant. They said the company management and district administration assured farmers to provide compensation at

The scale of opulence on display in student union elections may have gone down after the JM Lyngdoh committee recommendations in 2006 to keep political parties off the campus, but many under-graduate and post-graduate students are still taking a plunge into mainstream electoral politics. In the three-tier panchayat elections this year, several such students are

The Shyam Group of Industries announced the appointment of Odia cine star Anubhav Mohanty as its brand ambassador for SEL Thermex TMT Rebars. Its managing director Bhushan Agarwal said the image of Anubhav reflects the strength, solidarity and reliability of the product. Anubhav expressed pleasure at being associated with the brand. Shyam has its manufacturing

It was on August 11 last year when seven-year-old boy Guddu Prasad was allegedly run over by the car of a probationary judicial officer. The boy was on his way to school. The accident snatched Guddu’s parents of their only son and since then they have been running from pillar to post seeking justice.  The

Information available with Water Initiatives Odisha(WIO), a conglomerate of Civil Society Organisation working on water issue reveals that up to November 2011, industries and commercial establishments were yet to pay near to a whopping 3000 crore rupee water tax and fines for water they have drawn from the Hirakud reservoir.  The Orissa Hydro Power Corporation

Western Odisha Dalit Suraksha Parisad has demanded to the government to take action against the Bolangir collectore,Bolangir SP & the Khaprakhol thana in charge with this by condemning the incident of attacked on dalits at Lathor under Khaprakhol Thana of Bolangir district on Sunday the 22nd of January 2012, demanding Judicial inquiry into the incident.

Major political parties like the Congress and the BJP in Sambalpur have made BJD bashing their main poll plank ahead of the three-tier panchayat elections. They have been highlighting corrupt practices of the BJD in public meetings, rallies and door-to-door campaigns in the district. “Huge amount of money comes from the Centre for the improvement