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Bargarh is a district on the Western border of Odisha connecting to Chhattisgarh. Prior to 1992; it was a subdivision of Sambalpur district. Bargarh is well known for the quality and Unique designed Cotton Sambalpuri handloom textile products that have wide demand in India and abroad. It is also famous for Dhanuyatra, the largest open air theater in the world. Debrigarh wild life Sanctuary which has miscellaneous forest fringing the Hirakud reservoir and is an abode of Tiger, Leopard, Gaur, Sambar, Spotted deer and Chowsingha is in Bargarh district.

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Odisha: Age No Bar For This Medical Student Who Passed NEET At 64

Sambalpur: Learning and education know no age bar. Ask this 64 year- old father of three from Bargarh–who recently qualified the NEET examinations to get enrolled into the VIMSAR Medical College in Burla for MBBS courses– and he will tell you those are just numbers. Meet Jay Kishore Pradhan from Attabira in Bargarh who realised […]

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From A Sleepy Hamlet To ISRO: The Journey Of Odisha Farmer's Son To The Stars

Bargarh: Years of hard work and determination paid off for a youth in a farmer’s family in Odisha’s Bargarh district when he received an appointment letter from the elite Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently. Nihar Ranjan Pradhan, a resident of Jharpali village under Ambabhona block of Bargarh district has been shortlisted as a Scientist/Engineer […]

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Odisha: Ornaments Worth Over Rs 33 Lakh Go 'Missing' From SBI Locker In Bargarh

Bargarh: Gold ornaments worth over a whopping Rs 33 lakh is allegedly missing from a bank locker in the town. According to the complainant identified as Snigdha Tripathy, a resident of Mohantypada area in the town, she found that her bank locker at the State Bank of India, Main Branch at Bargarh was empty when […]

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Upset Over Govt Apathy, Odisha Villagers Move To Merge With Chhattisgarh

Bargarh: At a time when border controversy over Kotia villages in Koraput district has emerged a major headache for the Odisha Government, another report that would eventually drag the State government into an embarrassment has come from a village in the district bordering Chhattisgarh. Residents of Chhardhapalli panchayat under Paikamal block near Padmapur in the […]

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Vigilance Raids Head-Master In Bargarh

Bargarh: A day after the vigilance sleuths discovered ‘ill-gotten’ properties worth crores from the possession a teacher in Gajapati district, the anti graft agency on Wednesday carried out similar raids at houses of a head-master in Bargarh district. Acting on a tip-off, the officials of the anti-corruption wing carried out searches at five places including […]

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Odisha: Paddy Procurement Comes To A Halt In Bargarh

Bargarh: The farmers across Bargarh district, known as Odisha’s rice bowl, have been repeatedly complaining about irregularities in the paddy procurement process, but strangely the district administration has just lent a deaf ear to their plight. Token system has been made compulsory for the farmers at the time of entry in the Mandis. But it […]

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