Odisha Govt removes eight Expert Members of WODC
The Odisha Government made changes to the Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) by withdrawing the nomination of eight Expert Members for the council.
SU Student Rescued in Blood-Soaked Condition Near Metakani Temple
A final year library science female student of Sambalpur University was brutally attacked on Wednesday. Authorities rescued her with multiple stab wounds blood-soaked condition near Metakani Temple on the VIP road from
Amin suspended for misbehaving with Zilla Parishad member
An amin was suspended for misbehaving with zilla parishad member at Rairakhol
OMFED to be upgraded: New plants to come up in Sambalpur, Ganjam and Balasore
OMFED is going to be upgraded. The Federation is going to open new plants in Sambalpur, Ganjam and Balasore. And for this the DPR preparation work has already started. Dairy farmers will
Mother and Daughter Burnt Alive As Fire Breaks Out In Sambalpur
A woman and her daughter were burnt alive as a fire broke out at on the upper floor of a residential building in Maneswar Hatpada under Sadar police limits in Sambalpur district
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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
Green Card holders left in lurch
For 50-year-old Indumati Sahu of Amripada area here it was a fight against the conservative ideas to gift her children a meaningful life, one that the Government promises for the Green Card holders. Standing up against the pressures put on her to beget more children, she has a son and a daughter, Indumati underwent tubectomy
Fourth day, 30 people filled the nomination in Jharsuguda district
On fourth day of filing of nominations for upcoming panchayat elections 30 candidates filled their nomination. Now the total 80 candidates filled their nomination papers till now. Which includes 18 candidates for the post of sarpanch, 18 candidates for the post of Samiti sadashya & 44 candidates for the post of ward member filled their
Jharsuguda district BJD blamed Congress for political criminalization
Jharsuguda district Biju Janta Dal has demanded State Election commissioner & District Administration to take drastic measures against the congress MLA & his supporters in upcoming panchayat elections.BJD spokes person said that in upcoming panchayat elections local Congress MLA & his people will definitely use felony and muscle power as they did in the last
Big three yet to finalize nominees for rural polls
The ruling BJD and Opposition Congress and BJP are giving finishing touches to their nominees’ list for the zilla parishad polls, even as candidates filed their nomination papers across the state for the second day. January 12 is the last date for filing of nominations. BJD insiders said party bosses had almost finalized their nominees
Vegetables prices nosedive
The declining prices of vegetables have brought smiles back on the faces of people here. But their happiness, however, may be short-lived with the district facing untimely rains and humid conditions.
Hailstorm destroys fruits of labour
The trouble seems far from over. Drought, untimely rain, flood and now hailstorm, the vegetable growers of western Odisha cannot but blame their fate. For the last three days, the region has been experiencing rain with reports of hailstorm being received from Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh besides Sambalpur. While the storm has left watermelon growers of
Two youths lynched in Sambalpur
On the eve of the festival of Pushpuni, a double murder rocked Sambalpur district on Monday. Two youths were lynched to death by the villagers of Kudhernisha, under Sambalpur’s Dhama police station limits, after they attacked two villagers in an inebriated condition. Police registered a case and detained eight persons of the village in this
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