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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Now, Pipili agitators bay for Naveen’s ouster
Notwithstanding Pradip Maharathy’s resignation from the cabinet following the storm over the Pipili gang-rape incident, social organizations and political parties said they would continue with their “save women” agitation. They said Maharathy quitting as the agriculture minister was an “eyewash” and demanded chief minister Naveen Patnaik to resign owning moral responsibility for all that happened
Road accident claims three lives in Sambalpur
Three youths in the age group of 22-28 years were killed when the motorbike in which they were travelling in dashed against a standing truck at Rampela toll gate near here, the police said today. The deceased were identified as Rajesh Patel, Pankaj Nayak and Ramakanta Mahakud. While Patel and Nayak died on the spot
Upgradation of Puri stations on track
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) is in the process of preparing a 30-year master plan for the entire Bhubaneswar – Cuttack region to make it among the best in the country, General Manager of East Coast Railway Indra Ghosh has said. Addressing the Republic Day function, he said plans are approved for upgrading the existing facilities
Task force formed to make Odisha slum free
With the objective to make the State slum-free, the State Government has constituted Odisha Slum Development Task Force under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik. According to official sources, OSDTF would help in resource mobilisation through multilateral and bilateral funding agencies and promotion of convergence by removing interdepartmental and interagency bottlenecks. In the
Odisha: Ex-MP alleged farmers are on verge of ruination due to Government’s indolence
Former MP Bhabani Sankar Hota alleged that due to Government inaction and apathetic attitude farmers are on the verge of ruination due to extensive damage to both seedling and transplanted paddy plant which are attacked by an unknown kind of plant virus. Farmers of Hirakud command area have suffered almost 100% loss. Responding to demand
Odisha tightens security ahead of R-Day
Security was beefed up across Odisha on Wednesday ahead of the Republic Day, with authorities wary of a retaliatory strike by Maoists after the recent arrest of one of their top leaders. Although collectors of all the 30 districts of the state have been told to step up vigil, officials in Maoist-hit districts have been
Top Jharkhand Maoist with Rs 4 lakh on his head arrested in Orissa
The Orissa police notched up a major success in their anti-Maoist battle after they arrested top Maoist leader Girish Mahato and two of his accomplices in the forests of Paikmal block in Bargarh district. Mahato had escaped Chaibasa jail of Jharkhand in January last year along with two other rebels by scaling the prison walls.
BJD rakes up fake caste certificate row
While the BJP is already struggling with factionalism which is likely to reflect on the poll prospects, the BJD has raked up the case of false caste certificate much to its chagrin. The case involves former BJP chairman of Sambalpur Municipality Girish Patel. In a release, the BJD has questioned the delay in initiating action
Tractor overturns, six injured
Six labourers sustained injuries after a speeding tractor overturned near Kolabira weekly market on Monday evening. The tractor was on its way to Kolabira from Tareikela when the accident took place. Locals rescued one Basudev Majhi (35) stuck under the tractor and rushed him to the Kolabira CHC. He and the five others were later
Cold damages paddy seedlings
In perhaps the first of its kind incidence in the state, farmers in western Odisha suffered large-scale damage of paddy seedlings due to excessive cold this year. Agricultural scientists said since mercury levels dropped below 10 degrees Celsius in the first week of January, the seedlings suffered cold injury. A team of agricultural scientists from
Upper caste people torch Dalit houses
At least 30 houses of Dalits were torched by the upper caste community at Lathor village in Balangir district on Sunday night, following a clash between the two groups over a petty issue. The situation had escalated beyond control, with people so incensed that they even torched the fire-fighting vehicle that was brought in to
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