Tag: Jharsuguda

Jharsuguda: With an aim to ensure better functioning of the Veer Surendra Sai Airport here, authorities of the airport will make the Doppler Very High-Frequency Omni Range (DVOR) technology operational from tomorrow. Following this move, the pilots will get better visibility irrespective of weather conditions at the Veer Surendra Sai Airport, informed Director of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Passengers of Alliance Air flight to Jharsuguda from Bhubaneswar had a harrowing time today as their flight was unable to land at the Veer Surendra Sai Airport due to inclement weather. As per reports, passengers boarded the Alliance Air flight at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar to fly to Jharsuguda this morning. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar today issued heavy rainfall warning for seven Odisha districts- Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Kalahandi, Sonepur, Boudh and Puri. Duty officer, Ajay Nayak informed that the yesterday’s low pressure area over coastal Odisha moved towards Northwest Odisha and its neighbourhood and under its impact several parts will experience light to moderate […]

Jharsuguda: Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted Rs 10 lakh and spare parts worth Rs 4 lakh from a two-wheeler showroom located near Beherapata on Bypass road in the Jharsuguda town. Based on a complaint filed by the showroom’s owner, Rasit Kumar Modi at the BTM Police Station, cops reached the spot and launched an investigation. The […]

Jharsuguda: Good news for domestic flyers from Odisha as soon two more flight services will be rolled out from Veer Surendra Sai Airport in Jharsuguda. Informing about the development after chairing a meeting of the Regional Air Connectivity in Bhubaneswar, Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy said, “Jharsuguda Airport has five flight services at present. Two more […]

Ganjam: Two notorious criminals were nabbed following two separate police encounters in Ganjam and Jharsuguda on Saturday. Wanted criminal Sushant Behera alias Koko was arrested after a gun fight with police near Jayshree Chemical Chhak under Ganjam block in the wee hours today. Koko, a resident of Gosaninuagaon area in Berhampur, was wanted in more […]

Jharsuguda: Police on Tuesday arrested Jharsuguda district BJD vice president Sambhu Mohanty on charges of misbehaving and abusing on-duty police officials near Fatak area of Belpahar Monday night. Reportedly, the cops were undertaking a regular vehicle checking drive when they intercepted the car of Brajarajnagar BJD MLA Kishore Mohanty and asked him to put on […]

Jharsuguda: She is just nine-years-old and yet achieved success through her sheer hard work. Meet Dipti Sharma of Jharsuguda district who has become the talk of the town for her unique talent. Dipti recently entered the India Book Of Records as the fastest kid to type A to Z blindfolded. Dipti, who originally hails from […]

Jharsuguda: A day after an OTV report showing ordeal of some monkeys struggling for their lives while being stranded on a High Tension (HT) electricity transmission tower at Tumermunda in Jharsuguda, the forest department successfully managed to rescue four of the six monkeys from the spot. As per reports, a tribe of monkeys were spotted […]

Nayagarh/Jharsuguda: At least one person was killed while nine others sustained injuries in two separate road mishaps in Jharsuguda and Nayagarh districts today. A speeding truck reportedly hit a car near Mahima Chhak under Belpahar Police limits in Jharsuguda district killing the owner of the car. Another person in the car, who sustained critical injuries […]

Bhubaneswar: State-owned Navratna company NLC India said it has offered a rehabilitation and resettlement package to project affected families at its two coal blocks in Odisha involving higher financial compensation than the norms prescribed by the State government. The special package has been welcomed by the stakeholders including local villagers in Talabira II and III […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to improve flight connectivity in Odisha, the central government has decided to include three more airports under the fourth phase of Regional Connectivity Scheme-UDAN. The airports to be included under UDAN-4 are Rourkela (Sundergarh), Utkela (Kalahandi) and Jeypore (Koraput). A decision regarding the same was taken today during a high-level meeting […]

Jharsuguda: Expressing resentment over Chhattisgarh Police seizing a paddy-laden truck belonging to a farmer in Odisha, farmers in Jharsuguda today took to streets protesting the move. The agitating farmers today blocked Kanaktora-Ektal road. As per the allegations, on December 7, Jute Mill Police in Chhattisgarh seized a vehicle carrying 38 gunny bags of paddy belonging […]

Jharsuguda: In order to evade taxes, people resort to various illegal methods little aware of the age old proverb that ‘nothing is certain but death & taxes.’ In one such incident, a trader in Sarbahal area of Jharsuguda, has put himself in trouble by lodging a fake complaint of cash robbery to evade taxes. As […]

Jharsuguda: Two girls suffered critical injuries after reportedly falling off a moving train near Bagdehi Railway Station in Jharsuguda. As per reports, the incident took place around 11 AM today when the girls fell off the Puri-Haridwar Utkal Express. While one of the girls suffered an injury on her leg, the other sustained a head […]