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
Odisha to invite bids for vegetable retail chains in three towns
The horticulture department of the Odisha government will soon come up with tenders for setting up of vegetable retail chains in towns like Sambalpur, Rourkela and Berhampur, after a similar initiative in Bhubaneswar. The department has already facilitated setting up of two vegetable stores, branded as ‘Udyan Fresh’ in the capital city with the help
Drunk man kills daughter
A drunk man murdered his teenage daughter in the town’s Barpali area on Thursday night. The accused, Ram Narayan Mirdha (48), struck his daughter, Kalpana’s head with a wooden plank over sudden provocation. She was taken to VSS Medical College and Hospital in the night but died in the hospital during treatment. Ram Narayan is
Upgrade of two roads under ADB loan
The Government has decided to upgrade two of the State’s key roads under second loan component of the Asian Development Bank project. The upgrade of Chankahri-Maro-Sambalpur-Navagand-Chirha-Umaria and Raipur-Urla-Patharideeh-Berla-Kodwa roads will involve `178.17 crore and necessary orders have been passed by the PWD through Mantralaya, according to an official statement. The length of Chankahri-Maro-Sambalpur-Navagand-Chirha-Umaria is 68
Delhi schools register facile wins in Subroto Cup
Delhi schools had a field day in the under-17 boy’s section of the 53rd Subroto Cup football tournament with Modern School, Barakhamba and Bal Bharti Air Force School, registering facile wins in the group stage on Saturday. Air Force School hammered Saini Senior Secondary School, Rewari, Haryana 8-0 thanks to hat-tricks from Tilak (9, 12,
Sambalpur in Administrator’s Challenge Cup
The Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration, is organising 10th Administrator’s Challenge Cup All India Football Tournament (U-17 Boys) that would be held from October 15 to October 23 at Chandigarh Football Academy Ground, Sports Complex, Sector 42, Chandigarh and Football Stadium, Sector 17, Chandigarh. Teams from all over India will be participating in the tournament. As
Conch-shaped Ganesh big hit in Sambalpur
A gigantic Ganesh idol made of 2.5 lakh sea shells is the cynosure of all eyes in the week-long puja in Sambalpur, which began here on Wednesday. In a month-long effort, members of Natraj Club of Sambalpur’s Khetrajpur fashioned the unique idol out of sea shells procured from Puri and Rameswaram. “It was not easy
Sambalpur cocks a snook at bandh
The nationwide bandh against diesel price hike and FDI in retail failed to dampen the festive cheer in Sambalpur on the occasion of Nuakhai on Thursday. Hundreds of devotees thronged to the Maa Samaleswari shrine here for the ritualistic offering of rice to the presiding deity. “The ceremony of offering rice to Maa Samaleswari commenced
Tribals keep date with Nuakhai tradition
The Paharia tribals living in remote villages of Nuapada district have a unique way of celebrating Nuakhai. They offer liquor and meat to their presiding deity before having the new crop. The eldest member of a Paharia family worships the deity called the Duma and makes the offering. “It has been our tradition to offer
7 Odia girls in gold medal winning football squad
Seven girls from Odisha, including three from Kendrapada district, were part of the gold medal winning Indian women squad at the recent South Asian Women Football Tournament in Sri Lanka. Besides Sasmita Mallick (21), Alochana Senapati (21), Suprava Samal (21), all from Kendrapada’s Aul block, Sita Sharma (Rourkela), Lochana Munda (Sambalpur), Supriya Routray (Cuttack) and
Second zoo in the state, near Sambalpur
The Odisha Government is planning to request the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to expedite setting up of a second ZOO in the state at Sambalpur. “We are planning to move the CZA for the proposed second zoo only after we get a concrete proposal. It will be done after finalizing the proposed site and study the
BJD rallies against diesel hike, LPG Gas
The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) staged demonstrations across the state on Monday, protesting against hike in diesel price and restriction on number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik said the protest was peaceful. “Our party BJD is conducting a peaceful agitation against the steep hike in diesel price and all the
Fly Ash to take 30 acres of Land everyday
“In Odisha, the fly ash management issue cannot be looked into in isolation of the power plants and aluminium smelters. As the land, water and forest resources of the state cannot sustain the amount of coal fired power plants, Odisha government must not go ahead with its envisaged 75000 MW power generation plan.” HNF Correspondent
Hindalco scoffs at mine profiteering charge
Has Hindalco Industries’ lease for Odisha’s only operational private coal mine been a bonanza or a carefully husbanded and now depleting asset? According to the state mining department, the company has so far excavated about 16 million tonnes from this one, at Talabira in this district. If the calculation of operating margin at Rs 295.41
State to set up six more anti-human trafficking units
Centre has asked the State government to convert primary schools having low enrolments in urban and semi urban areas into integrated hub of services for children especially vulnerable ones. In a recent communication addressed to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Krishna Tirath, Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development, expressed concerns over inadequacy of
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