Tag: Rourkela

Rourkela: After blood sample of birds tested positive for bird flu (H5N1) virus in in Rourkela, culling began at Kacharu and Rampur villages on Sunday. According to sources, five teams have been formed for the culling which will cull around 1,100 chickens within one kilometer radius from Kacharu village. The team will cull around 2,000 […]

Khurda/Rourkela: The Khurda district administration today completed the culling of poultry in Kerang village and has asked the people not to rear poultry in the next three months as a preventive measure against bird flu. “Culling has been concluded in Kerang village. The officials of my department have gone to the village and told the […]

Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: The chickens have not been affected with avian flu in Rourkela, but a zoo bird and a crow have been tested positive for the H5N1 virus, says Fisheries and Animal Husbandry secretary Bishnupada Sethy said. “Bird flu has not detected in chicken in Rourkela area, but in a zoo bird and a crow in […]

Rourkela: A petrol pump owner was killed in a road accident on NH-143 near Darjing under Lahunipara police station in Sundargarh district this morning. The deceased was identified as Lal Mohan Mahali. When Lal Mohan was going to the petrol pump on his bike at around 8 AM, a 10 wheeler iron-laden truck going towards […]

Rourkela/Keonjhar: Suspecting spread of bird flu in Rourkela, the Sundargarh administration has formed four teams to collect blood samples of birds in the steel city and nearby areas. Talking to newsmen, Rourkela Sub Collector Himanshu Sekhar Behera said, “The Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) authorities were asked to close the Indira Gandhi Park for visitors suspecting […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here today approved six proposals. Talking to media persons after the meeting, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said the Cabinet decided to name all Lift Irrigation (LI) projects after eminent female freedom fighter Parbati Giri, nicknamed as Mother Teresa […]

Rourkela: The construction of the second bridge over river Brahmani here will begin soon. This was announced by National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) CGM Dharmananda Sarangi here today. At a Press meet, Sarangi said the construction work of the bridge has been delayed for various reasons. However, the tender process for construction of the […]

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today directed the Works department to convert the main road in all sub-divisional headquarters to four-lane. The directive of the chief minister came during a review meeting on the performance of the Works department at the State Secretariat here. It was revealed that barring Malkangiri, main road in the remaining […]

Rourkela: Shops, business establishments, educational institutions remained closed and vehicular communication came to a grinding halt as the Sundergarh district Congress and Rourkela organisational district of the party began a dawn to dusk bandh in the district protesting against the police forcing women to remove black stole at Chief minister’s rally recently. The Congress leader […]

Rourkela: In a major embarrassment to the State government functionaries, the aircraft of the Chief Minister was pushed on the runway at the Rourkela Airport by police personnel in a four-wheeler style on Saturday. After Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik disembarked, the aircraft was supposed to leave the runway so that the plane of Vice President […]

Rourkela: The Biju Patnaik Rural Hockey Championships kicked off at the Hockey Stadium here today with chief guest Vice-President Hamid Ansary inaugurating the tournament organised by the foundation of former hockey India captain and BJD MP Dilip Tirkey. The tournament is going to be the biggest sports event in the state so far and likely […]

Puri: Two persons including a Russian national drowned while taking bath in the sea here today. Report said a Russian tourist drowned while was taking bath near Light House area of the beach this afternoon. As informed by the Sea Beach Police, the deceased, identified as Udartsev Anton, was staying at Gopal Lodge in Baliapanda […]

Rourkela: The Rourkela Additional Sessions Judge today awarded life sentence to two persons after they were convicted in the gruesome murder of five youths including son of one of the convicts. The convicts have been identified as Akshaya Kumar Swain (75) and his accomplice Phuljam Soren. The spine-chilling incident took place on December 28, 2010, […]

Bhopal: All the eight terrorists of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) who escaped from Bhopal Central Jail were killed in a gunfight on the outskirts of the city, police said on Monday. “All eight SIMI terrorists were killed in an encounter near Manikhedi Pathar village,” a senior police officer said. “We located […]

Paradip: Panic gripped Madhuban colony, after an employee of a shipping company was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants near Ambedkar Bhavan here on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Babuli Swain, manager of Seaways Shipping company. According to sources, the incident took place at around 9.30 am today when Swain was on […]