Tag: Burla

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 […]

Burla: Stalemate over the VIMSAR row continues as a meeting convened by Sambalpur legislator Raseswari Panigrahi and attended by all parties on Monday evening did not reach any conclusion. A unanimous decision could not be taken at the meeting attended by VIMSAR director Prof Ashwini Pujahari, superintendent, Sambalpur Collector, SP and representatives of medical students. […]

Sambalpur: The Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR) campus controversy here at Burla  intensified  today after agitating students resisted meeting and discussing the issues with director Aswini Pujahari. The students raised slogans against the director while he tried to discuss the issues with them at the dharna spot on the campus. […]

Sambalpur: Hours after VIMSAR director Dr. Ashwini Pujahari’s residence was attacked, hundreds of locals gheraoed Burla police station demanding action against those involved in the incident. Tension prevailed on campus of the medical college following a scuffle between police and locals who had gathered at the spot in protest. Also Read: Campus rage: VIMSAR Director’s […]

Burla: Tension prevailed on VIMSAR campus after stones were pelted on the official residence of Director Dr Aswini Pujahari here last night. It is alleged that Post Graduate students of the medical college were involved in the attack. Nearly 150 PG students arrived at the Director’s residence at around 11.30 pm and tried to break […]

Hirakud: This season, first flood waters from Hirakud Dam will be released tomorrow in between 10 am and 12 noon, said Harmohan Pradhan, chief engineer of the dam on Saturday. Without informing how many sluice gates of the dam will be opened, Pradhan said, “The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will be followed before opening the […]

Sambalpur: The Sambalpur University authorities on Wednesday suspended section officer Akhaya Seth and former officer Ramchandra Bag for their alleged involvement in financial irregularities worth Rs 48 lakh in the National Service Scheme department. Vice chancellor of the varsity Dr Chittaranjan Tripathy said, “Section officer Ramchandra Bag has been put under suspension on charges of […]

Sambalpur: Doing private practice proved costly for Associate Professor Gautam Satpathy, who was placed under suspension for dereliction of duty here on Monday. The suspension order came after Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) Director Ashwini Pujahari had caught Satpathy treating patients privately at his residence in a sting operation on […]

Sambalpur: Another doctor of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla has been caught in a sting operation by the institute’s Director Aswini Kumar Pujahari while treating patients at home during his duty hours. According to sources, Pujahari had inquired about Associate Professor Goutam Kumar Satpathy from Department of Orthopedic Surgery […]

Burla: The State Health and Family Welfare department entrusted administrative and financial powers to Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) director Prof Ashwini Pujahari. In a letter written to the VIMSAR director, Additional Secretary of H&FW department Surjit Das said the powers have been allocated as per VIMSAR Act, 2014. Prof […]

Burla: A doctor of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla was today caught red-handed while working at a private nursing home during his duty hours in Sambalpur. According to sources, the accused doctor in question was performing ultra sound at Rohini Diagnostic in Burla during his duty hours when he […]

Bhawanipatna: Family of a detained youth, relatives and locals staged a dharna in front of Kegaon police station in Kalahandi district today, demanding his safe release, after an alleged suicide attempt by him on Tuesday. The youth, identified as Dhananjaya Bag, a resident of Mahaling had been detained by police for interrogation on Sunday, suspecting […]

Bhubaneswar: Coal India Limited (CIL) chairman Sutirtha Bhattacharya said time has come for the state-run unit to explore feasible diversification plans to enter into the renewable energy sector to become more competitive in the market. “We have to be more competitive in the energy market while opportunities of diversification have to be explored, said Bhattacharya […]

Burla: Disturbing and insensitive to presence of other patients around, a dead body of an under-trial prisoner (UTP) has been allowed to lie on the bed inside the ICU ward of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Vimsar) in Burla since yesterday. According to sources, the deceased identified as Subash Patel died […]

Sambalpur: Protesting the transfer order of 14 doctors of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), BJP’s Burla Nagar Unit has given a 12-hour bandh call today. The bandh call comes on the heels of a government notification ordering transfer of the doctors to Berhampur, Baripada and Koraput. “BJP is not eyeing […]