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
OSPCB team to probe Shyam Metaliks ash pond leak
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has sent a team to inspect ash pond leak of the power unit of Shyam Metaliks and Energy in Sambalpur district, after receiving allegations to this effect. “We have sent a team to inspect the matter there. We will take action against the company after receiving the report,”
Integrated Action Plan
The Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for Selected Tribal and backward Districts was approved on 25.11.2010 for 60 districts with 15 districts in Odisha including Kendujhar/Keonjhar. Subsequently, IAP was expanded and now includes 18 districts of Odisha, namely, Balangir, Debagarh, Gajapati, Jaipur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sonapur and Sundargarh. An amount of Rs. 915 crore has
Downpour improves rainfall deficit in state
The last few days’ downpour has drastically improved the state’s rain deficit. As of now, the state has received 816.5 mm rainfall which is one per cent above the average normal rain of 809.4 mm. This is the first time that the state has received excess rainfall this season, meteorology department officials said on Tuesday.
Odisha water resource dept files FIR against Hindalco unit
The state water resource department has filed a FIR against the Hirakud smelter unit of Hindalco for its failure to check leakage of ash slurry from the captive power plant of the company into the nearby farm fields and canal. The canal division junior engineer P K Patel of Sambalpur distributary has filed a case
Hindus join Muslims to celebrate the festival “Eid-ul-Fitr”
It was a day of peace and brotherhood on Monday as Hindus in many parts of Odisha joined in Eid celebrations across the state. Hindu families visited the houses of their Muslim friends and greeted them on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Large congregations of Muslims were seen at Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore and Sambalpur towns with
State Pollution Control Board orders closure of Hindalco’s Hirakud plant
The State Pollution Control Board on Saturday ordered closure of the captive power plant (CPP) of Hindalco Industries Limited’s aluminium unit at Hirakud in Sambalpur district in the wake of a breach in the company’s ash pond that damaged standing crops in the locality. “We served a closure notice on the CPP of Hindalco after
Govt to take steps for non-closure of Burla FRC
The Central Institute of Fishery Technology (CIFT), Cochin, had recently issued a notification to close the research centre at Burla in Sambalpur district and had ordered transfer of all its six employees to its headquarters at Cochin. Reacting to the decision of the CIFT, Mishra told newsmen that he would take up the matter with the
Vigilance conducts raids for illegal hoarding and black-marketing
Odisha Vigilance conducts raids to prevent illegal hoarding and black-marketing of fertilizers. The state vigilance conducted raids in various palce of Bhubaneswar, Jaleswar, Baleswar, Boudh, Ganjam, Brahmapur, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Angul, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur, Koraput and other areas. The state-wide verification was conducted by Vigilance to prevent illegal hoarding and black-marketing of fertilisers by wholesalers
Mahanadi Coalfields blames Nalco for coal shortage
Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd – a wholly owned subsidiary of Coal India Ltd – today accused Nalco of not lifting coal allotted to the company. The Sambalpur-based miner felt that Nalco was solely responsible for the coal shortage at its captive generation facilities. The Bhubaneswar-headquartered aluminium major allegedly held MCL responsible for not supplying adequate coal,
Business honcho mum on ash pond breach
On a day when hundreds of farmers staged protest in Sambalpur seeking action against Hindalco, a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group, for its alleged negligence resulting in breaking away of its ash pond at Hirakud damaging around 100 acres of standing paddy crop, group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla avoided the media in Bhubaneswar on
Heavy showers throw life out of gear in Odisha
Life continued to be affected in several parts of western and southern Odisha on Friday following incessant rainfall. The situation will only get worse with the weatherman predicting heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours across the state due to a low pressure over the Bay of Bengal. Many pockets in Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts
The Seven Major Chakras
The word chakra is derived from the Sanskrit word meaning wheel. If we were able to see the chakras (as many psychics, in fact, do) we would observe a wheel of energy continuously revolving or rotating. Clairvoyants perceive chakras as colorful wheels or flowers with a hub in the center. The chakras begin at the
Odisha’s 15 police personnel awarded President’s police medals
15 police personnel from the state have been awarded police medals on the occasion of the Independence Day this year. From President’s Police Medals for Gallantry have been awarded to Pradeep Kapur, Additional Director General Of Police , HRPC, Cuttack. Police Medals for Meritorious Service have been awarded to 12 Odisha Poilce personnel. They are
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