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
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
‘Sala Budha’ is nominated for FIJI International Film Festival, 2014
Director Sabyasachi Mohapatra’s tale of an old man’s wit, Sala Budha is nominated for the competition category of FIJI International Film Festival. The movie participate in the competition with the movies of 11 different countries. The FIJI International Film Festival to be held in GOA by the coming month of June. ‘Sala Budha’ is a
3 taken into custody in chinmaya murder case
Three people were taken into custody by hirakud police in Chinmaya murder case. They seemed to be from one family. Chinmaya murder case is a love matter, police doubt. Police submit the charge sheet against the the culprits.
Sanitation Goes for a Toss in Sambalpur
With the model code of conduct coming into force in the State, the Municipality finds itself in a tight spot to resolve the sanitation woes faced by the denizens. With the recent development in election front, the Municipality cannot finalise the tenders which it had floated for outsourcing of cleaning work. The civic body had
No water, no vote: Nuapada villagers send loud message
About 900 villagers of Dhingiamunda in Nuapada district have threatened to refrain from voting in the coming Lok Sabha and assembly polls if drinking water does not reach their village by March 21. The villagers on Thursday met district collector Jaya Kumar V and put forth their grievances. “We have taken a unanimous decision not
One More Boat Capsizes, all 12 Rescued
Close on the heels of the boat tragedy at Hirakud that claimed 31 lives, another tragedy was averted when a country boat ferrying people from Sambalpur to Mundo Ghat across river Mahanadi capsized after being caught in a strong gale on Tuesday. However all the passengers had a narrow escape and were rescued. Ironically, the
Global grinding start-ups
ICR seeks out the locations of the new finish-grinding plants and proposed new grinding station projects around the world. Large projects coming on-stream this year include Saudi Cement’s new Jizan plant, Sephaku Cement’s 1.4Mta Delmas grinding unit in South Africa and UltraTech’s 1.6Mta expansion at Jharsuguda, India. The need to build grinding plants does not
Trains diverted on Kharagpur-Bhadrak section of SER
On account of traffic cum power block due to re-girdering of a rail bridge on Kharagpur-Bhadrak Section of South Eastern Railway (SER) from March 8 to 10 the following train services are diverted. In a release here today, South Central Railway said Train 22612 New Jalpaiguri-Chennai Central Weekly Express, departing New Jalpaiguri on March 7,
Two rape cases shock Sambalpur
Two rape cases have rocked the district even as police managed to nab the accused. While one case was reported from Dhuturapara here, another occurred under Thelkolai police limits. Police registered cases after receiving complaints against the accused. Both accused and survivors were medically examined. While Deepak Hara, 35, is the accused in Dhuturapara case,
OUIDF sanctioned 11 projects of various urban local bodies
Odisha Urban Infrastructure Development Fund ( OUIDF) has sanctioned 11 projects of various urban local bodies for loan and financial assistance. The projects have been approved in the Board of Trustees Meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Sri Jugal Kishore Mohapatra in the conference hall of OUIDF office last evening. Sri Mohapatra has
Urban policing in three more cities
Keeping an eye on the forthcoming elections, the state government on Sunday decided in-principle to introduce commissionerate of police system in Berhampur, Rourkela and Sambalpur. Currently, the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are under the commissionerate of police system that was introduced in 2008 after the enactment of Odisha Urban Police (OUP) Act, 2003.
No clue about Chinmaya murderer, Hirakud Police
Hirakud police has no clue about the chinmaya murderer even after the incedent happend 2 days back. Still they are trying to find out the culprits. Chinmaya Nayak aged 25 year, Hindalco FRP employee was killed by bullet fired by some unknown person. He was the 2nd son of Ravi Narayana Nayak of Gandhinagar area.
CB Breakthrough in Pachyderm Poaching
The Crime Branch, which has been assigned the probe into back-to-back killing of tuskers in Sambalpur in January last, made a headway and arrested two members of the poaching racket from remote forest pockets of Jamankira on Saturday. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CB along with Sambalpur and Deogarh police arrested Bhika Lohura
Now, walk to charge your cell phone
To address growing demands to recharge electrical devices in a world that is constantly facing power outages, researchers developing a new, portable charging source that relies on human walk. Led by material scientist Zhong Lin Wang, the team of US researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology has created a backpack that captures mechanical energy from
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