Tag: Belpahar

Jharsuguda: Even as the state pollution control board has directed Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) to ensure compliance of pollution norms through a separate coal corridor in Belpahar area of Jharsuguda district, the same is yet to be implemented leading to widespread pollution in the industrial town. Meanwhile, local residents who have been struggling with the […]

Jharsuguda: An accident victim died after the driver of the auto rickshaw he was travelling in, abandoned him on the road instead of taking to hospital at Belpahar in Jharsuguda district. Police sources said, three from West Bengal- Subhasis Mallik, Prabir Mallik and Jadav Santra- hired an auto rickshaw to go to Belpahar from Jharsuguda […]

Jharsuguda: Belpahar police busted a bike theft racket and arrested 10 persons, including three gang members and seven persons who purchased the bikes here in the district on Monday. The gang reportedly operated in the areas under Jharsuguda, Brajanagar and Belpahar. According to reports, a thief was caught and handed over to police by a […]

Jharsuguda: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested the prime accused in the ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ (KBC) lottery fraud in which a daily wager family of Belpahar had lost over Rs 1 lakh. A special team of Jharsuguda police arrested the accused identified as Niraj Kumar from a place on Indo-Nepal border, said Bikash Das, […]