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
RDC Visits Sites To Set Up Collectorate Ahead Of District Status To Padampur
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s announcement to accord district status to Padampur in Odisha’s Bargarh district moved a step ahead as the process for identification of the site for setting up collector’s office
Lighter of pyres
Personal tragedies forced her to go against age-old customs and take up the cudgels at a local crematorium. Meet Shanti Behera from Odisha’s Sambalpur There is nothing extraordinary about the way she looks. Yet Shanti Behera, 52, a resident of Sambalpur, is unique. For the last decade she has been running the local crematorium. According
Maoists torch cellphone towers
Maoists blew up two mobile towers of a private telecom operator in the Gandhamardhan mountain range on Monday night. The tower were in Bargarh’s Purena village and Balangir’s Rengali village. Police could reach the spot only on Tuesday due to security concerns. SDPO (Padmapur) Parul Gupta said “Last night incident is a desperate attempt by
Sambalpur University conduct online admission
Sambalpur University (SU) has decided to conduct online admission for post graduate courses for 2013-14. SU Post Graduate Council chairman Shukadeb Naik said after admission dates are announced, students can log onto the varsity website. They can download the prospectus and submit the application online and upload their photo at the designated place. If a
woman paid supari to kill a woman in sambalpur
Police have arrested three persons including a woman in connection with murder of an unmarried woman and forwarded them to court on Friday. The victim was identified as Gulapi Bhue (35) of Talab village under Sasan police limits. Reports said Gulapi had gone to the village tank on April 12 evening. On her way back,
Farmers’ body slams govt policy
Sambalpur Zilla Krushaka Surakhya Sangathan (SZKSS) has come down heavily on the state government’s paddy procurement policy and said it would lead to more farmer suicides in the state. The sangathan reacted sharply to the statement of food supplies minister P K Deb, who reportedly said the government was not being able to procure paddy
Cops record statements in BJP MLA assault case
A day after registered a case against Sambalpur MLA Jayanrayan Mishra over the assault case, statements of DSP Josabanta Senapati and other cops were recorded by Dhanupali police. Efforts are underway to collect video footage to ascertain the cause resulting in the ugly spat. Sources said though police had initially decided to underplay the entire
Thunder squall snaps power in west Odisha
Major parts of western Odisha were plunged into darkness after a huge thunder squall snapped power lines on Saturday night. The massive blackout continued on Sunday even as repair and restoration works were on. Sundargarh, Sonepur, Kalahandi, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Deogarh and Jharsuguda districts were the worst affected by the storm that swept across the western
Sambalpur’s ring road still remains a pipedream
It has been over one and half decade that the Ring Road in Sambalpur has been lying incomplete. In the wake of frequent floods, when idea of the Ring Road along river Mahanadi flowing by Sambalpur town was conceived by the then Irrigation Minister Basanta Biswal, it was welcomed by all. Besides protecting the town
Rajkishan Patel has been selected by NCA for the training
Rajkishan Patel has been selected by NCA for the training
UBI opened its 60th regional office at Sambalpur
Union Bank of India(UBI) opened its 60th regional office at Sambalpur, its second in Odisha. The regional office was opened by H R Khan, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the presence of D Sarkar, chairman and managing director of Union Bank. This office will cater to the branches of the public
City Bus Service in Sambalpur and Berhampur by June end
The State Government has decided to introduce city bus services in Sambalpur and Berhampur by June end. Naveen Patnaik the CM asked the officials to work out the details of implementation of the bus service in these two towns. City bus service has already been introduced in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. The CM reviewed the implementation of the
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