Dharmendra Pradhan officially starts his campaigning
Dharmendra Pradhan officially starts his campaigning after visiting Dakeswari temple at Brahmanabila village under Chhendipada block in Angul district on Wednesday.
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
Odisha Cabinet approved Welspun Group’s projects at Sambalpur and Cuttuck
A plastics product manufacturing unit and DI pipe making unit at Nildungri, Sambalpur by the Welspun Group.
Sambalpur lad to represent India in global karting event
Aditya Patnaik bagged the first position and emerged as champion in the senior Max category in the National Karting Championship 2023, held at the Meco Kartopia Circuit in Bangalore.
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Sambad increases its focus on children
Within a year of launching Yuva Sambad, the Odiya media company has come up with another offering for children, titled Tilanka Sambad. Eastern Media, the publishers of Sambad daily in Odisha, has launched a supplement especially for the youngsters titled Tilanka Sambad. Earlier, in August, 2011, the group had introduced a daily English tabloid titled
Video-conferencing in all jails soon
To tide over the problem of escorts’ shortage, which has hindered production of under trial prisoners (UTPs) in courts affecting the trial process, the Odisha Government is planning to install video-conferencing system in all districts over the next two years. At present, video-conferencing facility has been installed in eight major prisons located in Bhubaneswar, Choudwar,
Cry for chaste celebration of divine union
Upping its ante against the prevalence of raunchy dance performances on the occasion of the annual Sital Sasthi celebrations, the coordination committee of the festival ordered against such performances during the week-long festival, to be held from May 21 to 27 in Sambalpur. Instead, folk dances of Rajasthan, Assam, Bihar and Chhattisgarh would be prime
Impact partial in Koraput, Phulbani
Impact of the country-wide bandh, called by Srikakulam-Koraput division of CPI (Maoist) on Wednesday, could be felt only in interior pockets where shops and business establishments were closed. In urban centres, life remained unaffected. Security was tightened in Red-hit zones of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Nabarangpur and Ganjam districts to prevent any untoward incident. While
Heatwave sweeps state, so does power crisis
The season’s first spell of heatwave has been ruthless aided and abetted by erratic power supply and an administration in slow-motion. The mercury level soared with day temperature on Wednesday crossing the 40-degree Celsius mark in at least 15 districts. Titlagarh recorded 45. The State Government woke up late to the power crisis and convened
Goods train derails, train movement hit in Odisha’s Koraput district
A goods train derailed in Odisha’s Koraput district early today, disrupting train services on the route. Five rice-laden wagons of the train, proceeding from Hirakud to Jeypore, jumped off the tracks at Chatriput, about 25 km from here in the wee hours, railway officials said. While the Bhubaneswar-Sambalpur Hirakhand Express and Kirandul-Visakhapatnam Passenger were cancelled
Rebels back in action in Sambalpur
After remaining in hibernation for little over three months following the arrest of Girish Bhokta, a key Maoist operative in Sambalpur district, the rebels have reportedly resurfaced. Reports received indicate that the Maoists had been noticed in Larasara village under Dhama police limits late on Monday night. About 10 uniformed and armed cadres were speaking
Sambalpur politics hots up as municipal chairperson Reena Trivedi looses no-trust motion
Reena Trivedi, the chairperson of Sambalpur municipality has lost the no-confidence motion today. As per the direction of the High Court, the vote counting was held today. 19 of the 23 councillors have voted for the no-confidence motion. One vote has been rejected and three councillors voted against the no-confidence motion. Chairperson Reena Trivedi has
Former minister’s brother suspected in Bhubaneswar firing case
The role of Khirod Chandra Mallick, an NGO activist and brother of former minister Pramila Mallick, in connection with a firing incident in the city is under the scanner with police suspecting his involvement in the case. Mallick, founder of an NGO, came under police glare after his driver Biswanath Pradhan, who was earlier arrested
Odisha reels under heat waves, Titilagarh sizzles at 45 degrees
Odisha continued to reel under a severe heat wave Wednesday with one of its towns recording a maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius, the day’s highest in the state, an official said. Titilagarh town in Balangir district, has recorded 45 degrees Celsius, a senior official of the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre said. Titilagarh had recorded 44.5
4 nabbed with marijuana from mayor’s house
Gadge Nagar police nabbed four persons with two bags of marijuana from the mayor’s official bungalow located on Amravati University road in the wee hours of Wednesday. The names of the accused are Vishveshwar Parwan, Suraj Parwan and Swaraj Mohanty, residents of Sambalpur in Orissa and Shaikh Hasan Shaikh Kasam of Vyankayyapura here. The accused
Approval has been given to set up three new Sainik Schools
At present, there are 24 Sainik Schools in the country. In-principle approval has been given to set up three new Sainik Schools in Sambalpur (Orissa), Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) and Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) respectively. Sainik Schools admit boys in Classes VI and IX. Their age should be 10-11 years for Class VI and 13-14 years for
Thapa: Santosh semis in sight
Despite having made it to their third quarterfinal in as many years in the 2012 Santosh Trophy, Delhi didn’t get any time to celebrate. Almost as soon as the squad had beaten Jharkhand 3-1 in their final league encounter, a night match in Sambalpur, Orissa, they had to rush back to their hotel to pack.
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