Orissa High Court Grants ?5 Lakhs Compensation To +3 Student Wrongly Declared As ‘Fail’ By Sambalpur University In 1999
The Orissa High Court has ordered Sambalpur University to pay five-lakh rupees compensation to a student who was erroneously declared as ‘fail’ in his +3 examinations held in 1999.While highlighting the delicate
Hirakud residents infected with Diarrhoea, 150 affected
CDMO says test reports suggest contamination due to faecal content in supply water, SDO of PHED denies claims While 28 of them got discharged after treatment, eight were admitted to Hirakud urban community
Open Fire in Jewelry Shop Sambalpur
Opened fire on the jeweler Sujit around 2:30PM to 3 PM in New Payal Jewellers at govindtola dhanupali police limit
Man Died because of delay treatment due to no road
An ill man died while they are walking to the hospital as there no road from his village
Padmapur’s Residents protest over district recognition
Irate residents of Padampur in Bargarh district, under the aegis of Jay Kishan Andolan, modified the signboard outside the sub-collector’s office on Monday, by removing the ‘sub’ to press for their demand
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Visaka Ind starts production at Sambalpur unit
Visaka Industries has been in the process of setting up a unit for manufacture of Asbestos cement sheets at Parmanpur, Maneswar, Sambalpur district of Orissa. Further, the company has commenced commercial production in this unit from Jan. 1, 2012. The stock had outperformed the market over the past one month till Jan. 17, 2012, rising
Pollution board takes steam out of Rourkela steel
Rourkela Steel Plant closed down one of its sinter units and a boiler in the captive power plant (CPP) on Monday after the state pollution board refused to allow them to function any more. According to RSP sources, the closure will cut down its steel production by about 40%. The plant produces at least 7,000
No contenders yet for 318 Sambalpur posts
Not a single nomination paper for as many as 318 ward member posts has been filed yet in Sambalpur district though the three-tier panchayat polls are just round the corner. Official sources denied that fear of Maoists is keeping candidates at bay, instead blaming the reservation system for the lacuna. “Due to reservation system in
Preetam to lead State junior football team
S Preetam K Singh will lead Odisha in the 48th Junior National Football Championship, which is scheduled to be held at Siliguri in West Bengal from January 19 to 29. Football Association of Odisha announced a 20-member state team including nine from Cuttack, six from Sambalpur, three from Balasore and one each from Khurda and
Ailing elephant dies sans medical aid
The medical team from Nandankanan reached a little late. The night before, the ailing elephant which was found in Khunapali village forest with an injury on its back and profusely bleeding from trunk had died. Retired Senior Veterinary Surgeon Dr. P K Ray who led the team to the village on Monday morning admitted that
Cong workers seek CM’s ouster
Congress activists in Ganjam district on Monday burnt the effigies of chief minister Naveen Patnaik and agriculture minister Pradip Maharathy, demanding their resignation in the wake of the gang rape incident at Pipili in Puri district. The protesters also demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident. A similar protest was organized by Youth Congress activists
Government to clip dengu wings
The Government has decided to adopt inter-sectoral collaboration for prevention of dengue and other vector-borne diseases in the State. The issue was discussed at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik here recently. Last year, 1,800 dengue cases were detected in the State of which 33 had died. It was decided
Crow death shadow spreads to Sambalpur
Bird flu panic spread to Sambalpur with the city and its adjoining areas witnessing the mysterious phenomenon of crows dropping dead on Saturday. “We are really scared after we found three dead crows in our locality. We immediately intimated the authority about it,” said Radhey Shyam Verma, a resident of Nayapara area in Sambalpur. Crow
Madhuri Mehta is selected in Indian women’s cricket team
Madhuri Mehta is selected in 20 member lists of Indian Women’s cricket team. She will soon to tour West Indies with Indian Team. The National Women’s Selection Committee announced a twenty players name at the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, Indore on Saturday for the India’s tour of the West Indies, in February-March 2012. Madhuri hails from Balangir district,
Rats nibble at dead farmer in hospital
Even in death, farmer Banmali Bhue had no escape from sufferance. After he consumed poison and succumbed in a hospital, his body was mauled by rats in the mortuary much to the revulsion of the tragedy-struck family. Bhue (55) of village Bisalkhinda under Sason Police Limits took pesticide on Wednesday. He was rushed to district
Displaced visit Hirakud
A newly married Alekh Sahu was forced to leave his village Khajurdihi and whipped by police when he resisted forcible eviction. That was 56 years back when Sahu, now 74, along with hundreds of other villagers was evicted from Khajurdihi to make way for the Hirakud dam. On the occasion of 56th Foundation Day of
10 years of rigorous imprisonment
Five persons were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the much-hyped university gangrape case, by a fast track court in Sambalpur on Friday. A first year MCA student of Sambalpur University was raped by three different groups at three places on the night of February 23, 2008. Ten persons had been arrested and
AAI officials visit Jharsuguda
Officials of the State Government and Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Thursday visited the Jharsuguda airport to look into land acquisition for the airport. The State Government has recently decided to develop the Jharsuguda airport as the second full-fledged airport in the State. The existing airport has around 815 acres of land and another
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