Tag: Jharsuguda

Sundargarh: In a horrific incident, a woman and two daughters were set on fire by the husband at Darlipalli village under Bhasma police limits in Jharsuguda district late last night. The three ladies were rushed to the Sundargarh district hospital by locals in a critical condition. While the elder daughter is in critical condition with […]

Jharsuguda: Police detained a youth for allegedly circulating fake notes of Rs 2000 denomination here on Sunday night. Sources said two persons came on a motorcycle to a petrol pump at Sunarimunda and filled petrol in the bike. Later, one of them, Madhusudan Meher, gave a Rs 2000 currency note to the petrol pump staff. […]

Jharsuguda: Police on Thursday arrested two persons form Rourkela for their involvement in Bank of India’s Beheramal branch loot case. According to sources, police has seized one revolver from their possession. On May 5, a gang of armed dacoits looted cash worth over Rs 86 lakh from the Bank of India’s Beheramal branch. As many […]

Jharsuguda: Tension ran high at Beheramal Chhak on the outskirts of Jharsuguda town here this morning following the death of a teenage girl who was run over by a speeding truck. Reports said the deceased, identified as Pritimayee Patel was on the way to Siriapali from Jharsuguda with her parents on a bike. While on […]

Jharsuguda: Six days after the shocking incident in which three miscreants had gang raped a woman and threw her at Banjari nullah, the Badamal police today arrested two accused. Talking to media persons here today, Additional SP BB Patel said the two accused, who are from Jharsuguda town area, will be forwarded to the court […]

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today gave its approval for construction of fourth line between Jharsuguda in Odisha and Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh at an estimated cost of Rs1,973.46 crore

The irrepressible Dama Rout has done it yet again: swimming against the current and going against the party line. The Paradip strongman today trained his guns on former minister and party spokesperson Surya Narayan Patro, his favourite target, for leading the Kalas Jatra launched by the BJD to protest against a series of constructions on the upstream of Mahanadi by Chhattisgarh, which entered its second day in Jharsuguda today

Bhubaneswar: State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) today accorded in-principle approval to three investment projects worth Rs 874 crore. Approving the projects at the SLSWCA meeting, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi directed the concerned departments to facilitate early take-off of these projects by expediting the process for various compliances. Briefing newsmen after the meeting, […]

New Delhi: The Centre will convene a joint meeting between Odisha and Chhattisgarh on July 29 to discuss the sharing of Mahanadi water, which has snowballed into a major row between the two neighbouring states after Chhattisgarh embarked on a host of projects in the upper catchments of Mahanadi. The announcement about the Centre-brokered meeting […]

Jharsuguda: Police has constituted four teams to trace Pratik Patodia, a Kolkata-based businessman who was kidnapped from Beheramal area near here on the State Highway 10 here yesterday, and nab the miscreants involved in the abduction. Sources said simultaneous raids are being conducted at several places to trace Patodia, who was abducted while on his […]

Jharsuguda: Police busted a bike theft racket and arrested five members of the gang, including the mastermind, here on Saturday. Around 36 stolen bikes have been seized from them. Police said the mastermind of the racket, Rajiv Patel, was running his crime network from his in-laws’ house. He used to prepare fake documents of the […]

A prisoner serving a life sentence died at the Jharsuguda Sub Jail this morning

More than Rs 60 lakh are looted from two different banks located in Odisha on Thursday

Panic gripped Jharsuguda town after a gang of armed dacoits looted cash worth over Rs 50 lakh from the Bank of India’s Beheramal branch this morning

Jharsuguda: In a daring broad daylight heist, two unidentified miscreants looted cash worth Rs 2.99 lakh from a local trader inside a bank premises here today. Following information, the Town police rushed to the spot and launched a manhunt to nab the two miscreants. Talking to the media persons, Shyam Sundar Sakunia, owner of Shyam […]