Tag: Kalinga Nagar

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CISF jawans suspended for attacking school students, teachers in Jajpur

Jajpur: The two CISF jawans accused of thrashing over 30 students and two teachers of a residential school in Kalinga Nagar of Jajpur district on Sunday were suspended from duty today. The two jawans, deployed as security guards at a steel plant here, faced the action for reportedly entering the premises of Gobarghati Residential School […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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School students, teachers thrashed by plant security guard

Jajpur: Tension ran high in Kalinga Nagar of Jajpur district after a security guard deployed at a steel plant here allegedly thrashed over 30 students and two teachers of a residential school on Sunday. The security guard in dock reportedly attacked the students of Gobarghati Residential School in Kalinga Nagar for pelting stones at him. […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Bear triggers panic at VISA steel plant in Jajpur

Jajpur: The employees of VISA steel plant at Kalinga Nagar industrial area in jajpur district ran helter-skelter after they spotted a wild bear inside the plant complex. The bear is suspected to have strayed into the plant from Badasuli hill after local residents tried to chase it away after spotting the animal near the plant […]

  • Saturday, 24 July 2021
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Tribals observe ‘Saheed Divas’ as Kalinga Nagar incident turns 12

Jajpur: Tribals from across the State today assembled at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district to observe the 12th anniversary of police firing in which 14 tribals were killed in 2006. For the first time, the anti and pro displacement fronts of tribals made joint arrangements to observe the day. They took out a rally from […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Workers unrest at Kalinga Nagar Visa Steel plant

Jajpur: Workers of Visa Steel plant located in Kalinga Nagar this morning staged a dharna in front of the main gate opposing temporary closure of the plant. Later the agitators blocked the Jashipur-Danagadi road disrupting vehicular movement. They launched the agitation after Visa Steel plant authorities shut the unit citing shortage of raw materials and […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Separate road mishaps leave eight dead in Odisha

Bargarh/Anandpur/Kalinganagar: As many as eight people were killed in separate road mishaps occurred in Bargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Jajpur districts on Tuesday. The first accident took place near Paikamal in Bargarh district after a car fell off a bridge leaving three persons including a woman dead and two others injured. The car lost control after […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Minor boy stabbed to death in Jajpur

Jajpur: A six-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants at Baragadia under Kalinga Nagar police limits in the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Suraj Choudhury, son of Soham. A resident of Bihar Soham sells gupchup in Jajpur road. He found his son lying in a pit near Baragadia village […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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One dead, four critical as gas cylinder blasts at Jajpur JSL plant

Jajpur: One dies and four critically injured after a gas cylinder exploded at the Steel Melting Shop (SMS) unit of Jindal Stainless Ltd (JSL) plant here today. The deceased has been identified as Jaladhara Pati of Ampora village under Tamaka police limits in Jajpur district. The other four injured were admitted to Aswini hospital in […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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KNagar firing: BBJM seeks DNA test report to unravel chopped palm story

Jajpur: Eleven years after the Kalinga Nagar firing incident in Jajpur district, Bisthapana Birodhi Jana Manch (BBJM) has demanded a DNA test of the chopped palms of the five unclaimed bodies. The outfit has submitted a memorandum addressed to Jajpur District Collector through the Sub Collector in this regard. It is worth mentioning that 13 […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Tata Steel awards Jyoti Fellowship

Kalinganagar: A total of 811 scheduled caste/scheduled tribe students from different schools and colleges located in Kalinganagar, Bamnipal and Sukinda area were awarded Tata Steel Jyoti Fellowships in a function organised here on Thursday. To support the education of underprivileged scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) students, Tribal Cultural Society (TCS), a society promoted by […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Investment & manufacturing zone to come up at Paradip

Bhubaneswar: The Union Ministry of Commerce will set up a National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur with an investment of Rs 4,241 crore, Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan here yesterday. Talking to newsmen, Pradhan said, “The first phase of the project, which will generate 1.5 lakh jobs, will be completed […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Odisha govt claims no official indicted over K'Nagar police firing

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today claimed that the judicial commission which probed the killing of 13 people in police firing at Kalinga Nagar industrial hub of Jajpur district in 2006, has not indicted any official for the incident. “The judicial panel headed by Justice Pradyumna Kumar Mohanty has not made any recommendation against any official for the […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Odisha to ensure grounding of investment plans: Naveen

Bhubaneswar: Overwhelmed over the total investment intent of over Rs 2 lakh crore received during the recently concluded ‘Make in Odisha’ Conclave, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said the state government will take steps to ensure grounding of these investments. “I am particularly pleased that the proposed investments have the potential to generate 1.4 lakh […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Production at Tata Steel's Odisha plant likely by Sept

Kalinga Nagar: Tata Steel is getting ready to commence “integrated, commercial production” of the first phase of the 3-million tonne steel plant in Odisha by September and is keen to keep the project cost below the projected Rs 25,000 crore. “Integrated commissioning of all units for the first phase will take another six months. Project […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Kalinga Nagar firing anniversary observed

To mark the ninth anniversary of the brutal police firing on protesting tribals which claimed 14 lives in 2006, people of Kalinga Nagar and family members of the deceased observed Saheed Diwas today

  • Sunday, 27 June 2021
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