Tag: Angul

Angul: Owing to past political rivalry, the husband of Tendulei Sarpanch of Angul district Liza Behera was attacked by some unknown miscreants late on Monday night. According to reports, when Liza’s husband Kedara Behera, was returning home with his cousin Madan on a bike at around 1.30 am, eight miscreants attacked him with sharp weapons […]

Angul: While his remarks continue to spark debate in political circles, back in his own constituency, BJD’s Dhenkanal MP, Tathagat Satpathy suffered an embarrassing moment when he failed to attend a meeting organised by a samiti member. As a part of BJD’s ‘Gaon Ku Chalo’ campaign, Tathagat visited Nuamouja panchayat of Angul district today in […]

Angul: Protesting Centre’s disinvestment plan, National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) employees today launched a 24-hour strike bringing the operations to a grinding halt. The operations at smelter plant and the captive power plant of profit-making Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) have been virtually paralysed as workers, engineers and executives belonging to different unions of the company […]

Angul/Sundargarh/Rayagada: Three persons including a 7-year-old lost their lives and three others were injured due to elephant attacks in different parts of Odisha today. An elderly man, identified as Sundur Dehuri of Basantpur village under Chhendipada police limits of Angul district was trampled to death by a wild elephant this morning while going to a […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continue to sizzle under intense heat with Titlagarh in western region of the state becoming the hottest place recording 47 degrees Celsius today, highest in the state so far this summer. The entire state virtually turned into a boiling cauldron as the mercury breached the 43 degrees mark in at least nine places […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continue to sizzle under intense heat despite marginal drop in some areas as the mercury breached the 40 degrees Celsius mark in 12 places today. The maximum temperature stood at 45 degrees Celsius at Bhawanipatna, Balangir and Titlagarh, making these places the hottest in the state. Sonepur came close second recording 43 deg […]

Angul: A breach in the ash pond of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) plant in Angul has exposed the nearby Nandira River water to the harmful pollutants with the leaking ash-laden water from the pond getting drained into it. Citing that such incidents are recurring, the locals have accused the Nalco authorities of being callous and […]

Angul: In tragic incident, three students of a private engineering college riding a motorcycle were killed after a head-on collision with a bus near Hulursingha Chhak on NH-55 late last night. While two of the deceased were identified as residents of Jharkhand, one belonged to Angul. They were students of Adarsh Engineering College. The mishap […]

Bhubaneswar:  The sunstroke toll in Odisha this year mounted to five with a person succumbing at Angul on Saturday. This is the third heatstroke death to be reported from Angul while two others had died in Balangir and Bargarh districts, Special Relief Commissioner‘s office said. The searing heat wave conditions continued to sweep most parts […]

Pallahara: A man went missing as his fishing boat capsized in Rengali reservoir here at Jharabahala in Angul district last night. A fire tender unit from here has launched a search operation to trace the missing person, identified as Budhuram Tapan. The fisherman, who belongs to Jharabahal village of Batisuan panchayat, had gone to the […]

Bhubaneswar: Sunstroke claimed three lives in Odisha today with heatwave-like conditions, where Balangir recorded the highest temperature of 44.3 degrees Celsius. Scorching heat wave persisted in at least eight places breaching the 43 degree mark. “Sunstroke has claimed at least three lives in the state so far this summer with casualties reported from Bargarh, Angul […]

Angul: A dhaba (roadside eatery) owner was shot dead by two unidentified miscreants at NTPC market this afternoon. The deceased has been identified as Mangulu Pradhan. According to sources, 2 bike borne miscreants fired at Mangulu’s head and chest between 2 -2.15PM. Later Mangulu was shifted to hospital in critical condition where doctors declared him […]

Bhubaneswar: Scorching heat continued in interior and western Odisha while coastal parts of State also reeled under intense heat wave conditions. Temperature at four places in the State was over 44 degree Celsius yesterday. Angul town recorded the highest temperature of 44.7 degree Celsius, followed by 44.5 degree at Balangir, 44.1 degree at Talcher and […]

Angul: Unidentified miscreants looted Rs 5 lakh from a panchayat official at gunpoint near Kahalgaon under Bantala police limits in Angul district today. As per the complaint, while Khinda panchayat official Prashant Sahu was going towards Khinda from his village riding pillion on motorcycle carrying Rs 5 lakh cash meant for pension beneficiaries and construction […]

Bhubaneswar: Over 80 houses of nearly 40 families were gutted in a fire that broke out on Tuesday in Badabandha village of Athamallick block in Angul district. Soon after receiving information, senior officials of district administration including BDO and Tehsildar rushed to the spot while it took almost an hour for the fire personnel to […]