Tag: Jharsuguda

Jharsuguda: Tension gripped Belpahar area after two minors died in a tragic drowning incident here on Friday. The deceased have been identified as Chinmay Yadav and Khestrabasi Suna. Both were students of Gumadera Project School under Belpahar Municipality limits. According to reports, Yadav was a class four student while Suna was studying in seventh standard. […]

Oxygen leakage was reported from a train container near Kesinga Railway Station on Wednesday. The oxygen was being transported from Jharsuguda to Rayagada by train. However, when the train was stationed near Kesinga Railway Station in Kalahandi district, leakage of oxygen gas was spotted.

A woman was allegedly gang raped by two youths inside an abandoned room near the government bus stand under Government Railway Police (GRP) limits in Jharsuguda.

Jharsuguda: Almost a month after the death of Sambalpuri album actress Simran Singh, her family members staged a hunger strike in front of Jharsuguda Collectorate today demanding CBI investigation. The family members of the actress including her father and mother said that they will continue their fight till they get justice. “It is a clear […]

Jharsuguda: A man was arrested on Saturday on the charges of beating his mother to death and attacking his father with a bat at Rangiatikra village under Laikera police station in Jharsuguda district over some family feud on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Ashamati Kusum. The accused Lukeswara Kusum is now being interrogated […]

Ahead of the upcoming general elections in the State, resentment is brewing among BJD party workers over selection of candidates. In Brajrajnagar, some local BJD workers alleged that BJD MLA Anup Kumar Sai is involved in anti-party activities and is ignoring party workers.

Jharsuguda: At least two police personnel were killed and over 29 others injured when a vehicle carrying the jawans of Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) collided head-on with a truck near a petrol pump at Lakhanpur in Belpahar area on NH-49 of Jharsuguda district this morning. The deceased were identified as Prashant Behera of Puri […]

Jharsuguda: Child Welfare Committee (CWC) officials today successfully prevented the marriage of a minor girl at Katapali village under Sadar block of Jharsuguda district. The matter came to light after the members of the District Child Protection Unit received information about the marriage scheduled to take place today. Acting on the tip-off, a joint team […]

Bhubaneswar: At least six persons including three members of a family were killed in separate road mishaps in different parts of the State on Wednesday. Three members of a family were killed after the bike they were riding was hit by a coal-laden truck on National Highway-49 near Pipilimal in Jharsuguda district early today morning. […]

Nuapada/Jharsuguda/Nayagarh: Nor’wester rains lashed several parts of Odisha on Wednesday killing one person and causing extensive damage to houses and properties. Thunder squall accompanied with hail and gusty surface wind speed wreaked havoc in various parts of Nuapada and Komna blocks of Nuapada district. Torrential rain and wind pounded several houses, snapped power lines and […]

Jharsuguda: Two unidentified miscreants opened fire at one Sanjay Gupta, husband of a former councillor, at Kalinagar under Orient Police limits in Jharsuguda district on Monday. According to reports, the two bike-borne miscreants intercepted Sanjay while he was out for morning walk near Kalingar and fired two rounds of bullets at him before fleeing the […]

Sambalpur: Earthquake tremors were felt in several parts of western Odisha including Sambalpur, Kuchinda, Deogarh, Rourkela, Bonai and Jharsuguda around 05:48 PM today. As per reports, strong tremors were felt for few seconds following which people started to come out of their residences in the affected areas. “I was studying at home when our house started […]

Jharsuguda: Local residents in Brajarajnagar town of Jharsuguda district today called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh protesting death of a youth in firing by some miscreants near the city bus stand yesterday evening. While business establishments have been shut, vehicular movement has been heavily affected as irate locals staged road picketing at several places of the […]

Jharsuguda: Wearing shoes and gloves, Tanuja Bag of Jharsuguda was once defending the goalpost of the national women football team but life took an ugly turn and she is now struggling to make her ends meet. Tanuja was part of the national football team as goalkeeper for four times. She has also played multiple international […]

Jharsuguda: Tension ran high in Jharsuguda town for the second consecutive day on Sunday over death of an infant at the district headquarters hospital (DHH) due to alleged medical negligence yesterday. According to sources, one Sali Solu of Mangal Bazar in the town had admitted his nine-month-old son at the DHH after the latter sustained […]