Tag: Rourkela

Rourkela: The number of deaths in the gas cylinder fire mishap at Indirapali in Rourkela rose to four after one more victim succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) today. The deceased was identified as Suchitra Tripathy, wife of Suresh Tripathy whose house caught fire due to a leak in […]

Rourkela: At a time when the move towards digitisation is fast catching up so is the associated risks of online fraud. Rourkela police today arrested eight people in connection with an online fraud of Rs 1 crore. Acting on a tip off, police caught eight people in Bondamunda area of the city for duping innocent […]

Rourkela/Bhubaneswar: As water level in Brahmani, Koel and Ib rivers crosses danger mark, flood water has started entering many parts of Rourkela and Sundergarh. Meanwhile, Collectors of four districts, including Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Balasore have been put on alert for possible flood as the Subarnarekha river is flowing above the danger mark at Rajghat […]

Bhubaneswar: New courses in Post Graduate and M.Phil will be introduced in three colleges across the State along with an increase in number of seats of various departments in these institutions. Odisha Assembly Standing Committee granted approval to the courses and seat increase in the colleges during a meeting on Monday. The new courses and […]

Rourkela: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is scheduled to lay foundation for proposed second bridge over the Brahmani river today. Union Ministers Jual Oram and Dharmendra Pradhan and Rourkela legislator Dilip Ray will also attend foundation laying ceremony at Balughat ground in Rourkela. Though Rs 476 crore fund has been sanctioned by the centre for the […]

Rourkela: A woman was allegedly kidnapped and gang raped by three persons in a forest under Bisra police limits here on Thursday. According to sources, the woman was working in a field when she was abducted and taken to a nearby forest where the three accused allegedly committed the heinous act. Later, they dumped her […]

New Delhi: Union Minister for Surface Transport Nitin Gadkari will lay foundation stone of second bridge over Brahmani near Rourkela on July 21. After a meeting with Gadkari along with Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan here, Oram said, “The programme for the foundation stone laying ceremony has been finalised.” Besides, discussion was held on national […]

Rourkela: Sheer talent, determination and hard work have helped Manoj Kujur of the Steel City make the whole country proud by clinching the top spot in the hip-hop category of the Dance World Cup in Canada. His team represented India while teams from 35 other countries had also participated. Though his family had initially not […]

Bhubaneswar: The district administration on Sunday clamped Section 144 at Bhawanipur’s sector-21 in Rourkela following tension during a land acquisition. According to reports, tension had erupted following opposition raised during the land acquisition for Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP). Two groups are at loggerheads over the issue with one group stressing on utilisation of the land […]

Bhubaneswar/ Sundargarh: A youth was arrested on Friday for allegedly making a fake Facebook account of one of his friends, a girl, and posting ‘indecent remarks’ along with her mobile phone number. The accused identified as Binay Kumar has been arrested under sections 66 (c) and 67 of the Information Technology Act and under section […]

Rourkela: Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Nand Kumar Sai made ground zero assessment on the progress of rehabilitation and resettlement of tribals displaced by the Rourkela Steel Plant. Sai held meetings with various tribal organisations and government officials and was briefed on the status of land evicted for the purpose of expansion, land […]

Rourkela: Tension prevailed in Rourkela town after the hoardings put up by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the eve of Rath Yatra did not carry the photo of local MLA Dilip Ray. Supporters of the MLA expressed disappointment over this move of BJP and said absence of Ray from any party campaigns would send […]

Rourkela: Disgruntled over cancellation of four trains including Bhubaneswar-Dhanbad Garib Rath Express from the steel city for an indefinite period from June 15, Rourkela Jagran Manch (RJM) on Saturday protested the decision and demanded the Ministry of Railways for rerunning the train services from Ranchi instead of Dhanbad. Members of RJM presented a memorandum to […]

Rourkela: Tension prevailed at the Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital here after some people ransacked the hospital alleging that the death of their patient was due to medical negligence. The family and relatives of the deceased destroyed property of the hospital and demanded investigation into the incident. As per reports, the patient of Birajapalli here […]

Rourkela: A seven-member team sent by the Centre reviewed infrastructure setup of the Ispat General Hospital (IGH), Rourkela, today to consider accordance of a ‘super speciality’ status to the hospital as demanded by local legislator Dilip Ray and chief minister Naveen Patnaik. Last year Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced plans to upgrade the IGH, […]