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
Five Person killed in train mishaps in western Odisha
Five persons were run over by trains at level crossings in three different locations in western Odisha on Friday and Saturday. Three persons, Jitendra Bag (20), Bhakta Kalo (22) and Upendra Khadia, (25) from Balanda village of Pandari panchayat in Jharsuguda district’s Belpahar police station area were hit by the Azad Hind Express at Belpahar
East Coast Railway effects major change in train timing from 1st July
The timings of twenty one numbers of trains have been changed and differed from the earlier scheduled time at different stations in East Coast Railway jurisdiction WITH EFFECT FROM 1st July 2012. 01.22811 Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express will leave Bhubaneswar at 11.20hrs instead of it’s existing scheduled departure at 11.30hrs. This train will arrive Cuttack
Senior Cong leader resigns from party
Senior Congress leader Pramod Rath resigned from the party on Wednesday but with allegations against the party high hats. Briefing the media regarding the reason behind his resignation, Rath said the Congress party in Sambalpur was functioning in a totally undemocratic way. He further alleged, “Naba Das, the MLA of Jharsuguda, is interfering in the
Unregistered child care homes under govt scanner
Unregistered child care homes have come under the state government’s scanner after trafficking of 37 children, including 36 from the state, came to light in two Christian institutions in Tamil Nadu recently. One of the trafficked children was found to be from Jharkhand. The women and child development department has asked the child welfare committees
Elephant population rises to 1930 in Odisha
Despite death of 149 elephants, mostly due to poaching and electrocution during last two years in Odisha, the population of pachyderms has increased to 1930 from 1886 in 2010. “The elephant population in the state is 1930 which comprises 334 tuskers, 1087 females, 46 of unknown sex and 463 calves,” State Forest and Environment Minister
Sambalpur councilor Anita Nayak resigned from the Congress
Anita Nayak, a councilor in Sambalpur, resigned from the Congress on Wednesday, a day after Kalpana Sahu, a rebel BJP candidate, was elected chairperson of the local municipality. Election for chairperson of the Sambalpur municipality was necessitated after Reena Trivedi was ousted from the post following a no-confidence vote against her in May. Nayak resigned
Samblapur teen rakesh is the lone player from Odisha to represent the country
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has selected a 14-year-old boy from Sambalpur to be part of the national junior (under 15) team that will play a tournament in Madrid next month. Sources said Rakesh Oram is the lone player from Odisha to represent the country. Rakesh lives in the Sambalpur sports hostel, run by
Students body AIDSO gheraoed board office demanding Matric result in booklet form
All India democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) gheraoed the Head Office of the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha at Cuttack demanding matric result in form of a printed booklet. They also demanded stringent punishment for the culprits involved in the process of e-declaration of the result. Hundreds of students’ led by AIDSO, Odisha state vice-president Subash
odisha matric exam results on tomorrow 28th june
The Matric results of current year conducted by Board of Secondary Education, Orissa will be published on 28.06.2012. The President of Board “Dr. Satyakam” has informed that the result would be published in the office of the board at 9AM of 28.06.2012.The Matric result of current year is not going to be published in the
Sambalpur municipality gets new chairperson
Kalpana Sahu of the rebel BJP group was elected unopposed as chairperson of Sambalpur municipality on Tuesday. She was the only candidate to have filed the nomination papers for the post and had the support of the Congress. Sahu was instrumental in the ouster of former chairperson Reena Trivedi of the BJP in February 2012.
Odisha-based MCL bags Performance Excellence Award
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a leading coal producer in the country and subsidiary of ‘Maharatna’ Coal India Limited, has been conferred on the ‘Performance Excellence Award’ by the Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE). The award was received by A K Singh, Director (Technical/Project & Planning) and B N Jha, CGM, MCL, Lakhanpur Area, during
IIM Sambalpur