The Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology’s (VSSUT) Samavesh-2012, its four-day annual techno management festival, was inaugurated on Thursday. Students of several colleges of the state are participating in the festival. Events like robotic, technical paper presentation and programming are organised for the students. The best performers will be distributed prizes on the closing day

Continuing with its enviable record of electoral triumphs, the ruling BJD has swept the  Zilla Parishad (ZP) polls, winning 651 out of the 851 seats for which the  State Election Commission announced results on Thursday. In the 2007 panchayat polls, the ruling party had won 345 seats. The Opposition  Congress finished a distant second with

Mystery shrouds the death of a MCA student of Sambalpur, who was declared dead at the  VSS Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday night. The girl was brought to the hospital by two youths who disappeared soon after admitting her. Doctor said she was unconscious when she was brought to the hospital. Police have registered

After a thumping victory in Sambalpur zilla parisad, the BJD is apprehensive of the  Congress creating disturbances in the election of chairman scheduled to be held on March 13. The BJD leaders have reportedly kept all the 10 winning candidate in secret places outside the district. On the other hand, several panchayat samiti members in

In viewing the poor condition of BJD in past three election of Zilla Parishad no one can imagine in dream that this time BJD will get a huge success but now it’s going to be true. Earlier from here the anti congress parties like Janta Dal, Janta Party & Present Biju Janta Dal never met

Maa, as Indira Gandhi was popularly known in Sambalpur district, was the link between the Congress and the masses here. It was this sentiment that kept Congress rooted to the district till about a decade-and -a-half-back. The numerous slum pockets voted en masse for the Congress — Maa.? The national party romped home several times

Almost all famous Shiva shrines in the state were packed on Monday, as devotees braved the scorching heat and made serpentine queues in front of temples to seek the blessings of the god on Mahashivratri. Policemen had a trying time on the festive day taming the sea of pilgrims at popular temples like Lingaraj in

Week-long festivities have begun at the world famous leaning Huma temple on the occasion of Mahashivaratri. The biggest attraction is the mela that is thronged by thousands of devotees who come to the temple. It is a big market for rural folks living in areas bordering Sambalpur and Sonepur districts. Though there is no direct

With a miraculous win of 10 seats in Sambalpur zilla parishad election, the BJD has established its base in the district, considered a  Congress bastion since a long time. BJD’s ZP win has in fact dealt a severe blow to Congress, which was hoping for a hat-trick win this time. According to sources, the presence

Hindu devotees are celebrating the festival of Mahashivaratri with traditional religious fervour across Odisha on Monday. More than a lakh devotees thronged to the  11th century Lingaraj temple on Monday to observe Mahashivratri.  Devotees across Odisha kept a fast and queued up to pray at temples dedicated to Hindu god Shiva on the festival of

Utter chaos prevails in the district with both the BJD and Congress claiming victory in Dhankauda zone II. While the Congress on Friday affirmed that its candidate Antaryami Bag has won from Dhankauda zone II, the BJD has already begun celebrating its victory in the polls claiming victory of its candidate, Udhaba Barik from the

Six police personnel were injured when dacoits of an inter-state gang trying to loot a house hurled crude bombs at them near Choudhury Chowk area on the outskirts of this western Odisha city, police said today. The incident occured when the police team reached the spot after getting information about the dacoity bid in the

At least 25 school students on excursion from Chhattisgarh were injured, four of them seriously, when the bus carrying them overturned in Odisha’s Sundargarh district   on Sunday, police said. The students from Loyola School in Jaspur district of the neighboring state were going to the Hirakud dam in Sambalpur district when the mishap occurred near

Congress leaders have accused the administration of overlooking the violation of election code of conduct by the BJD. This comes in the wake of the BJD emerging as the majority by securing nine out of the 19 zilla parisad seats in Sambalpur till the end of fourth round of panchayat polls on Friday. They have