Tag: Rourkela

Rourkela: In a shocking incident, a youth brutally beat death his own friend for allegedly passing lewd comments to his girlfriend in Jalda area in Rourkela. The deceased has been identified as Paklu Oram. Police have detained three persons including the prime accused Ajay Lohar, Rohan Kumbhar and Shankar Tudu. According to reports, Paklu was […]

Bonai: Worker of a privately owned steel factory in Lahunipada of Sundargarh died today while undergoing treatment at the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) in Rourkela for burns caused by a fire mishap occurred on Thursday. The deceased worker of Bhaskar Steel located near Tumakela was admitted to the burn ward of IGH along with three […]

Bisra: Three members of the outlawed Peoples’ Liberation Front of India (PLFI) involved in an fire exchange with security personnel in Sorada forest on February 9 were arrested by the police in Bisra of Sundargarh district today. The police have also seized two guns and 10 round of live bullets from the three PLFI members, […]

Bhubaneswar: To announce various infrastructure related projects and inaugurate passenger amenities works of the Indian Railways, Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu is scheduled to visit Bhubaneswar on Monday. The projects include flagging off of the extension of Khurda Road-Rajsunakhala passenger up to Bolagarh Road and Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Rajyarani Express up to Gunupur. He will also […]

Rourkela: Fears of anthrax gripped Birikeri village under Bisra block of Sundargarh district with the death of two villagers in recent past. While five others affected by anthrax are undergoing treatment at the Rourkela government hospital, four are admitted to the Bisra hospital. To ascertain the reasons behind the spread of anthrax in the area, […]

Rourkela: In a tragic road mishap, four including three students were killed when an auto rickshaw carrying school-goers was hit from rear by a dumper truck near Soaimba in K.Balanga of Sundargarh district today. Out of 13 students travelling in the auto rickshaw, three including a girl student died on the spot whereas ten students have […]

Rourkela: In a suspected case of food poisoning, at least 60 students of Utkalmani Homeopathic Medical College, Rourkela have fallen sick after consuming their meals served in hostel on Sunday night. The matter came to light today morning as majority of students complained of being ill after consuming their meals at the ladies hostel last […]

Bhubaneswar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is probing into the financial dealing of the Dhalasamant brothers, grilled more than five businessmen including scrap dealer Bhola Bhagat today in connection with their financial dealing with the criminal siblings. The Commissionerate Police. in course of its investigation into the criminal antecedents of Dhalasamant brothers, had come to […]

Rourkela: After nearly three months of the death of a RSP employee’s wife at Sector-7 area of Rourkela, the Steel City police on Tuesday arrested the daughter of the deceased and her lover. Notably, RSP employee Aganu Nayak’s wife was found dead in her house on December 2 last year. However, Riya, daughter of the […]

Jajpur/Rourkela: Three people including a woman and a student were killed and two seriously injured in separate road accidents in Odisha on Tuesday. In Jajpur district, a woman and her son-in-law were killed after a truck hit their bike in front of Binjharpur block office. The deceased have been identified as Ajay Kumar Sethi and […]

Rourkela: Former minister and senior BJD leader Sarada Prasad Nayak landed in trouble after a complaint was lodged against him at Jharipani police station in Sundergarh district on charges of cash for vote. The Rourkela Development Authority (RDA) chairman, Nayak along with his supporters was allegedly distributing money to voters at Jharipani panchayat under Bisra […]

Rourkela, Feb 9 (PTI) At least two members of the People s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were today killed during an exchange of fire between security personnel and rebels at Sorada forest in Sundergarh district of Odisha. The incident took place early this morning when the members of the District Volunteer Force (DVF), Sundergarh […]

Rourkela: A female elephant was found dead at Garada village under Bisra forest here in Sundergarh district today. Locals said a herd of elephants strayed into the village area on Tuesday night in search of food and ruined some standing crops. The female jumbo was eating leafs of Mangoo tree during which it came in […]

Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) will take action against the employees for faulty connection of diesel engine with the bogies of Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar Super Fast Weekly Express which got detached after its departure from Rourkela Railway Station this afternoon. In a release this evening, I&PR department of ECoR said the engine got detached due […]

Rourkela:  Passengers of Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar Super Fast Weekly Express train were in a state of panic as they were stranded midway after the engine of the train got detached from the bogies this afternoon. According to reports, the incident took place when the engine of this super fast train accidentally got detached from the bogies […]