Tag: Bargarh

Bhubaneswar: With a few days left for the by-election to Bijepur assembly constituency, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a mega irrigation system for the region, named as Gangadhar Meher Lift Canal System, to appease the farming community. The project, which will pump water from Bargarh main canal through underground pipeline, will be set up […]

Bargarh: In a bid to win back the discontent leaders ahead of the Bijepur bypoll, the BJD today held a meeting in Bargarh with various party activists and leaders of Barpali block and NAC. According to sources, ministers, MLAs, MPs, district presidents, observers and various senior leaders of the party heard the complaints of local […]

Bhawanipatna: A new complaint has been filed against Suraj Enterprises at the Bargarh Town police station for allegedly producing false Term Deposit Receipt (TDR) to acquire work order. The executive engineer of Works Department Bargarh unit has lodged an FIR against Bunty Kumar Agarwal, son of Suraj Enterprises’ proprietor, alleging that the contractor has acquired […]

Sambalpur: The DNA test of a baby boy, who was rescued from Bargarh on Sunday, will be conducted soon, police informed. The test will ascertain whether he is the same child who was stolen from Sambalpur hospital on April 23. According to reports, Sambalpur police rescued the infant from a couple of Bargarh which claims […]

Bhubaneswar: BJD today claimed that there is no rift in the party and the discontent over nomination of newly-joined Rita Sahu as party candidate for the Bijepur bypoll has been sorted out. Leaders and activists of the ruling party held a meeting today at the party’s State headquarters in Bhubaneswar to chalk out strategy for […]

Bargarh: Family of an ex-Samiti Member, who was working as a bonded labourer in Bengaluru, has approached the Bargarh district Collector to bring back his body from Andhra Pradesh. Ex-Samiti Member Chhabilal Duduka, resident of Gourenmunda village under Gaisilet block of Bargarh district, was run over by a train near Nellore railway station in Andhra […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP’s Bargarh district president Narayan Sahu on Tuesday stated he has no differences with the State party leadership and expressed his full support to the party’s decision on candidature for Bijepur bypoll. After a meeting at BJP legislature party leader KV Singhdeo’s residence here, Sahu said there is no disagreement within the party. “I […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after BJP’s Bargarh district president Narayan Sahu showed discontent over ex-legislator Ashok Panigrahi’s announcement to join BJP, Union minister and senior saffron party leader Jual Oram today stated that the party has many potential activists to become Bijepur bypoll candidate. He further stated, “If anyone shows discontent about the party’s decision, they […]

Bargarh: Two Maoists, including a woman, were killed in a police encounter in Salepali forest under Paikmal block of Bargarh district late Tuesday night. Acting on a tip off, security forces had launched a combing operation in the forest. The two rebels were gunned down in an exchange of fire between police and the ultras. […]

Bargarh: Already being suspended by the Rural Development department, Assistant Executive Engineer Kamalakanta Taria and Junior Engineer Manoranjan Mohapatra were arrested today in connection with the collapse of under-construction bridge near Bheden in Bargarh district that left five injured on Sunday. Hours after the mishap, Rural Development Department placed Executive Engineer Amulya Mohapatra along with […]

Bargarh: Seven persons were reportedly injured after an under construction bridge collapsed at Jeera River near Jamdol under Bheden block of Bargarh district today. According to sources, the bridge that was being constructed under Biju Setu Yojana collapsed during installation of a slab. It was being constructed by the Rural Development Department with an estimated […]

In a major crackdown against the illegal transportation of body parts of endangered animals in the state, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, on Wednesday, seized 50 kgs of Sambar deer horns and bear nails being transported from here illegally.

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the 71st Independence Day celebration across the country on Tuesday, CPI (Maoist)’s Bolangir-Bargarh-Mahasamund divisional committee today released an audio tape calling on people to celebrate August 15 as a ‘black’ day. Claiming an increase in unlawful activities, cases of torture on villagers and exploitation in the State, Budhuram Paharia, spokesperson of the […]

Bargarh: A three feet deep sinkhole developed on the middle of the road on National Highway-53 near Brahmachari village in the district is not only causing inconvenience but also posing threat to commuters. After the sinkhole was discovered, locals blocked the highway due to which hundreds of vehicles were stranded on both sides of the […]

Sambalpur: To end the stalemate that has cropped up in Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR), the State government today instructed 116 newly appointed doctors to join duty at the earliest to address the health care problems arising out of students’ unrest for the last couple of days. Till the last […]