Dharmendra Pradhan officially starts his campaigning

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

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

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

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

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.

 

Sambalpur News

Congress, BJD claim victory for same seat

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

Dacoits hurled crude bombs; Six policemen injured in Sambalpur

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

25 Chhattisgarh students injured in road mishap

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

Oppn alleges poll code violation by BJD

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

Outgoing Sarpanch voted in two booths

Voting in two booths by outgoing Sarpanch of Baunslaga Panchayat of Bamara block has been created tense in the area. After knowing this the villagers created furore. After two hours of furore the angered villagers have not allowed to carrying the ballot boxes from there. Subsequently, Bamra Tahsildar as a Magistrate reached the spot &

Six cops injured in bomb attack in Odisha

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 on Sunday. The incident occurred when the police team reached the spot after getting information about the dacoity bid in

Huge turnout in Cuttack

About 68.13 per cent of the 56.26 lakh electorate exercised their franchise in the first phase of panchayat polls on Saturday, which remained peaceful, barring stray incidents of violence and snatching of ballot boxes. Polling was held for 194 Zilla Parishad seats in 82 blocks spread over 30 districts of the State. Counting was also

Brisk polling in West, Northern districts

In the first phase, polls were held in Naktideul, Jamankira, Maneswar and Jujumura blocks in Sambalpur district, Barkote block in Deogarh district, Khaprakhol and Turekela in Balangir district and Nuapada, Komna and Sinapali blocks of Nuapada district on Saturday. According to unconfirmed reports BJD is ahead in most of these areas. While the party is

One day Feast or Bright Future for Ex-Chief Whip of State

In Rengali at a public meeting former Chief Whip of Odisha & Present Rajya Sabha Member Kishore Mohanty roared that we change the scenario in just few years as not done not done in 50 years . Criticizes opposition over nasty political game. He said this while addressing a meeting at Rengali Block of district.

Miscreants lob bombs on policemen, five injured

At least five police personnel were injured when miscreants hurled hand bombs at them near Chaudhary Chowk, on the outskirts of Sambalpur town on Saturday. The incident took place when police arrived at a house which the miscreants attempted to loot. Police nabbed five members of the gang within a few hours of the incident.

Brew deaths: Congress seeks Lokpal probe

Senior Congress leader Narasingh Mishra has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Excise Minister AU Singhdeo for brew deaths in villages under Cuttack Sadar police limits. Four persons died and seven were taken seriously ill allegedly due to overdosage of medicinal formulations with high alcohol content at several villages under Cuttack Sadar

Hardcore Maoist Girish brought on remand

Hardcore Maoist Girish, who was arrested by Bargarh police on January 24, was brought on remand to Sambalpur on Wednesday. He is involved in as many as 23 cases, including four cases of murder. The arrest of Girish is said to be the second major setback to the banned CPI(Maoist) outfit after the killing of

Congress seeks Lokpal probe in liquor deaths

Rejecting the government’s decision of a judicial probe in the Cuttack hooch tragedy, former law minister and Congress leader Narasingh Mishra demanded resignation of chief minister Naveen Patnaikover the incident. Accusing the excise minister A U Singhdeo of being responsible for the tragedy, Mishra alleged that the minister has direct links with liquor mafias of

HP India eyes small business segment in state

Hewlett-Packard, world’s second largest computer maker, is eyeing the small business segments in the state, which is poised to emerge as one of the major investment destinations in the Information Technology (IT) sector. “IT penetration in Orissa has been encouraging. Acceptance towards adoption of technology among the small business units is also booming,” the company