Tag: Burla

Burla/Bhubaneswar: The Chief Engineer of Upper Mahanadi basin has informed the Water Resources department 33% less water had entered the Hirakud Dam built on Mahanadi river in last December as compared to the average flow in past ten years. The Chief Engineer report further stated 0.123 million acre feet water of Mahanadi river entered the […]

Bolangir: The Town Police today detained six persons for allegedly thrashing an auto-rickshaw driver who succumbed to his injuries at Veer Surendra Sai Medical College and Hospital (VIMSAR) in Burla late on Wednesday night. Informing the media today, IIC of Town Police Station Prashant Patnaik said the deceased, identified as Chaitanya Suna was on the […]

Sambalpur: Taking note of slack security in Hirakud Dam, the Odisha government has asked the dam authorities to identify location in the dam site area for installation of CCTV cameras and watch towers. In a letter to The Chief Engineer and Basin Manager, Upper Mahanadi Basin, Burla on August 27 this year, additional secretary HK […]

Burla: The Hirakud dam at Burla in Sambalpur district is now out of danger, according to the preliminary report of the underwater survey conducted recently. This was informed by Hirakud dam chief engineer Harmohan Pradhan today. He said the report received from the Central Soil and Material Research Station (CSMRS) on August 22 shows that […]

The first floodwaters of Mahanadi released by the Hirakud Dam authorities on Friday last, reached the Naraj barrage this morning

Sambalpur: Police is on the lookout for two miscreants, who stabbed Sambalpur Jail Superintendent near the jail tonight seriously injuring him. The condition of the Jail Superintendent, Brahmananda Sahu, who was initially admitted in the Sadar Hospital and was later shifted to VSS Medical College and Hospital in Burla, is stated to be critical. According […]

Bhubaneswar/ Burla: Taking strong note of the botched blood transfusion in Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, the Health and Family welfare department has suspended blood bank official Rajendra Patnaik. According to sources, the laboratory technician and the data entry operator have also been dismissed from service for the ‘administrative […]

Burla: The medical superintendent of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla has sought a report within 72 hours on the alleged transfusion of HIV and Hepatitis-infected blood to two patients. “I have asked for a report within 72 hours. If the donor is found out be negative then things will […]

Burla: The authorities of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) hospital here on Thursday handed over the girl child to its biological parents, after DNA test report confirmed that the child was swapped at the hospital. The report received by the police established that Gagan Bihari Patra and his wife, who […]

Panic gripped this industrial town this afternoon after a youth was shot at by four unidentified miscreants in what appeared to be a case of road rage

In a fresh twist to the allegation of swapping of a baby girl that died at Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) in Burla, the police said it would conduct a DNA test of the deceased infant to determine the truth

Burla: Junior Doctors of Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR), who had resumed cease-work on May 1 demanding fulfillment of their nine-point charter of demands, today decided to put their stir on hold after a meeting with the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) in the afternoon. This was informed by the Dr […]

The Junior Doctors’ Association (JDA) of VIMSAR on Sunday gheraoed the chambers of Superintendent, director and chairman demanding fulfillment of nine-point charter of demands

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Chief Minister Hemananda Biswal, who was admitted to VSS Institute of Medical Science and Research (VIMSAR) in Burla yesterday following chest pain, was shifted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar today for better treatment. Biswal was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Cardiology department in the hospital and his […]

Normal life in Burla came to a standstill due to a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by the city Congress committee to protest against the damage of Mahatma Gandhi statue in the premises of Jyoti Vihar, the campus of Sambalpur University