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Police seize 85 quintal PDS rice, two held
Balangir police hauled up over 85 quintals of PDS rice during a raid conducted by a special squad on Monday evening. Two persons, including a rice mill owner, were arrested for hoarding the PDS rice in their premises without valid authority. Police identified the accused as Nepal Samal of Saintala and Anil Agrawal, owner of
Naxal poster at Rengali Tehsil Office creates sensation
Naxal poster founded at Rengali Tehsil Office of the District. Which create sensation in the region this type of incident happen first time in the region it also spread fear among the people in the region. This poster of threatening is stuck by Odisha labretion Tigers (OLT). Rengali police seized this poster & started investigation
Odisha Pollution Control Board removed its ban on BPSL
Bhushan Power & Steel Company (BPSL) located at Thelkoli, Rengali of Sambalpur district was ordered to shut down partially by the Pollution Control Board & sealed 5 units of it on September 2011. But within a short time period the Pollution control Board has removed its ban & allow the BPSL, Thelkoli to restarts its’
Maoists attack infrastructure company camp, burn vehicles
Armed Maoist rebels on Tuesday raided a camp of an infrastructure company in Jujomura police station area of Orissa’s Sambalpur district and set fire to several vehicles used in road construction work, official said. Inspector in charge of the local police station P.K.Das said about 15-20 guerillas attacked the camp of ARSS Infrastructure Ltd at
Orissa: Anti-Maoist operations gets a boost
BHUBANESWAR: The anti-Maoist operation in Orissa got a boost with the Centre providing logistics, including a helicopter and funds worth Rs 112 crore, for setting up fully fortified police stations in Naxal-affected regions of the state, official sources said today. “We have already got a 24-seater MI-172 Pawan Hans helicopter for anti-Maoist operation. The state
Mass education official ‘molests’ Class VII girls
A senior officer of the mass education department has been accused of molesting girls of 7th standard during his inspection to a school in Jharsuguda district. The incident took place in Gandghora Upgraded ME School in Brajarajnagar police station area on Wednesday. According to the victims, the accused officer, Srikanta Paikrai, deputy director of the mass
Open air jail inmates into criminal act?
Three days after Cuttack Police arrested two gun runners, three inmates of Biju Patnaik Open Air Ashram were transferred to Special Jail, Jharpada for creating trouble and instigating the fellow prisoners. According to official version, the three Susant Das, Bimbadhar Mallick and Budheswar Mahakud were protesting arrest of Hara Prasad Sahu, one of the two
Orissa government bows to pressure, to hold public hearing on Sindol hydro-power project
BHUBANESWAR/ BALANGIR: Even as a dawn-to-dusk bandh was observed in Sonepur district in protest against the proposed Sindol hydroelectric facility, the state government on Wednesday said it would organize public hearing in the project area. “Public hearing would be held in the project area to take the views of the local people,” said energy minister
Centre wants fresh data on six towns
The Centre has asked the state government to update the existing database of six towns in Orissa, which was earlier developed by the Survey of India under the Central-sponsored National Urban Information System (NUIS) scheme. Though the database for Cuttack, Balasore, Baripada, Sambalpur, Rourkela and Berhampur was created a few years ago, the towns have
Sambalpur university shelves plan to privatize exams
Sambalpur University has dropped its plan to outsource its examination process to a private company. The move was being considered as a major step to bring in transparency and reforms in the examinations using technology. “We will not involve any private party in the examinations. As of now the proposal is shelved,” varsity registrar S
Woman, child ‘burnt’ in Bargarh
A 26-year-old woman and her one-and-half-year-old daughter were allegedly burnt alive at Melchhamunda in Bargarh district on Thursday evening. The woman’s father alleged that she was murdered by her in-laws, who rubbished the charges and claimed it to be a case of suicide. Police said the woman, Babitarani Debta, died while being taken to VSS
Hepatitis E claims 10 lives in Sambalpur
SAMBALPUR: Hepatitis E virus has claimed 10 lives in the last one week triggering panic in Sambalpur town. The deceased include two pregnant women. Medicine Specialist Kabir Das Purohit said it develops into a severe liver disease in some cases. He said while 90 per cent of the patients recover, it may lead to complications
Second Zoo in Orissa to come up near Sambalpur
A zoo will be set up at Laxmi Dunguri, a place in between Burla and Sambalpur town in Western Orissa, Minister for Forest Debi Prasad Mishra said. This would be the second zoo in the state after Nandankanan, Mr Mishra said, adding the proposal for setting up of the zoo at Laxmi Dunguri was passed