Employees’ union seeks revival of defunct Bargarh Cooperative Sugar Mill
The demand for revival of the defunct Bargarh Cooperative Sugar Mill has gained fresh momentum with the employees’ union submitting a memorandum to Cooperation and Handlooms Minister Pradeep Bal Samanta, seeking establishment
Snehangini Chhuria as BJD candidate in Nuapada By-Election
BJD on Wednesday announced former minister and president of the Biju Mahila Janata Dal (BMJD) Snehangini Chhuria as the party’s candidate for by-election to Nuapada Assembly constituency.
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
One more death for Covid-19 case in Sambalpur
One more death for Covid-19 case in Sambalpur City. A 62-year-old female of Sambalpur district who was also suffering from Hypertension. As per State Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department, the death toll jumped to 1836 with four more fatalities in the last 24 hours. One death each was reported from Khordha, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur and
Paddy Procurement Comes To A Halt In Bargarh
The farmers across Bargarh district, known as Odisha’s rice bowl, have been repeatedly complaining about irregularities in the paddy procurement process, but strangely the district administration has just lent a deaf ear to their plight. Token system has been made compulsory for the farmers at the time of entry in the Mandis. But it is
Three murder case in last 9 days in Sambalpur City
Three murder case in last 9 days in Sambalpur City, resulting of a quarrel happened between Vijay and Govind for a bike accident. On Sunday, on the Modipada-Farm Road route, the police were patting their backs and arrested three accused involved in the Bhimsen Guru alias Mitu murder case on the same night that another
Farmers allege irregularities in paddy procurement
Farmers allege irregularities in paddy procurement because of some middle men came in between farmer and the cooperative society. Some middle men purchase paddy from the genuine farmer at cheap price and register themselves as a farmer in front of cooperative society and sell the paddy at higher price.
Bamra Bandh for 12 hours in Sambalpur
Bamra Bandh for 12 hours in Sambalpur. Normal life has come to a standstill in Bamra town of the district today following a 12-hour bandh call by Railway Kriyanusthana Committee (RKC) demanding halt of three express trains at the station. According to reports, vehicular movement and rail services have been severely affected in the town.
British-Origin Man Arrested For Sexually Abusing Minor Boy In Odisha: Cops
A 68-year-old man of British origin has been arrested on the charge of sexually abusing a minor tribal boy who studies in a shelter home run by him in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district, a senior police official said on Friday.
Three Covid-19 positive cases in Sambalpur
Till today, Three Covid-19 positive cases are reported in Sambalpur District. First Covid-19 positive case was reported from Rairakhol Sub-division and other two are kept in isolation in TMC at Larpank. The last two cases are from one family. Reported that the three are male and they came sambalpur on the same day 11th of
Sambalpur’s busy Golebazar market gets new address amid coronavirus lockdown
The Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) has decided to shift a major portion of the Golebazar vegetable market to a field in front of its office building from Wednesday. Despite awareness drives and police intervention, the busiest market place in the city continues to remain crowded with people disregarding the lockdown. Considering the situation, the SMC
Grocery at your DoorSteps from March 26, Sambalpur
Get Grocery at your DoorSteps from today March 26th, as the administration has shortlisted 79 grocery stores across nine wards of the Sambalpur city and people can contact any of the store nearest to their ward. With people of Sambalpur resorting to panic buying leading to overcrowding at markets, the district administration has decided to
Odisha’s second Covid-19 testing Lab at Sambalpur
The Odisha Government is planning to set up Odisha’s second Covid-19 testing Lab at Sambalpur to ease the burden on the state only other facility at Bhubaneswar. The state government is working out the modalities of setting up a Biosafety Levels 2(BSl2) laboratory at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (ViMSAR), a
Odisha in LockDown to prevent spreading of Covid-19(CoronaVirus)
LockDown from tomorrow 7 am of March 22th to 9 pm of March 29th 2020 Odisha in near-total lock down: 8 towns and 5 districts shut till March 29 to stop spread of CoronaVirus Khurda, Ganjam, Cuttack, Angul and Kendrapada, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Balasore, Bhadrak, Puri, Jajpur Road, Jajpur Town, and Rourkela will
Nephew missing while uncle found dead in IB River, Brajrajnagar
On 08th of March, Sunday, Sandeep Mehta (54) had gone to IB River near OPM with his two nephews and one niece. They were bathing nearby the side of the temporary road made up of sand. Ketan jumped to the river for caching the bucket which was gone away from him. Unfortunately Ketan did not
Couple surrendered, for running fake college in Sambalpur
Dhanupali police arrested a couple who had been running a fake plus two arts college in Charbhati area, Sambalpur. The couple, Tusar Barik and his wife Manjulata, were operating Jamuna Devi Junior College from a rented house in Charbati area under Dhanupali police limits without any affiliation from the Council of Higher Secondary Education. They
A man arrested for abusing in college premises
On Monday, Dhanupali police arrested a man who forcefully entered to the Govt. Women’s College premises and abusing on students. On Monday, a man forcefully entered college premises and abusing on students. He was shouting on every one who ever in front of him or who was trying to stop him. The incident happened
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