Tag: Rourkela

Rourkela: In a daring heist, jewellery including gold and silver worth Rs 1.5 crore was allegedly looted from the Prasad Zaveri and Son’s Jwellers shop located on the main road in Saranagari of Rourkela late last night. Badal Prasad, owner of the jewellery shop, said, “The robbers entered the jewellery shop after drilling hole into […]

Rourkela: A youth, who was shot at by three unidentified miscreants last night by some unidentified miscreants, succumbed to his injuries at the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) in the late night hours. Reports said three miscreants came on a bike and opened fire at Ashish Agrawal from behind in front of City Super Bazaar under […]

Cuttack/Rourkela/Balasore: There was a unique combination of patriotism and spiritualism during the puja celebration in cities of Odisha. This combination was found at many pandals in towns like Cuttack, Balasore and Rourkela, which has attracted eyeballs of many revellers. While the tension continues on the border after Uri terror attack and India’s surgical strike, the […]

Rourkela: Heavy rains and water-logging on the rail tracks near Rourkela station disrupted train services for quite sometimes on Monday, causing inconvenience to hundreds of commuters. Passengers had a tough time at the station as three express trains and some other local passenger trains were halted for at least three hours when the tacks remained […]

Rourkela: Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh on Sunday visited Rourkela and reviewed Maoist situation there. During his one-day visit to the steel city, the DGP also discussed about the law and order situation of the twon with Intelligence department director Suni Kumar Ray, western range IG Radha Krushna Sharma and SP. Also read: […]

Rourkela: Police today arrested three inter-state fraudsters from Rourkela for allegedly duping thousands of students and parents of around Rs 50 lakh on the assurance of helping the students getting enrolled in various medical colleges across the State. The Kuarmunda police seized 10 passbooks of various banks from their possessions. Police said the seized bank […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Steel City Rourkela has made it to the list of 27 smart cities announced by Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday. These have been selected out of 63 cities after a three round competition. Rourkela ranks 12th while Amritsar (Punjab) has topped the list. With this, the number of cities selected […]

Rourkela: Six persons including hubby of a woman, who was found dead in a house at the Chhend Bank colony on September 7, were arrested late last night for murder. Police sources said the six accused were held after several raids at different places last night. Police said Kamal Kishore Oram, husband of the deceased […]

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court has cancelled the admission of 100 MBBS students of Hi-Tech medical college in Rourkela who had taken admission in the year 2015-16. Adjudicating a special leave petition (SLP) filed by Medical Council of India (MCI) and Odisha government against the judgment of Orissa High Court which had allowed the Hi-Tech authorities […]

Rourkela: Bandhamunda police today arrested three persons including a Railway mechanic fitter on the charge of defrauding the job aspirants with a promise to provide them jobs in Indian Railways. The arrested have been identified as Harry Anthony alias Harry, Bilkan Bhengra and Sugan Gudia. While Harry works as a mechanical fitter in Indian Railways, […]

Soro/Pattamundai/Rourkela: The situation in Soro, Pattamundai and Rourkela, which had turned violent following group clash between two communities during the immersion procession of Ganesh idol, is limping back to normalcy. Reports from Balasore said the situation in Soro town has vastly improved as all business establishments and educational institutions opened today. Talking to media persons, […]

Rourkela/ Soro: Tension visibly eased in Rourkela and Soro after violence during Ganesh idol immersion kept both the cities under curfew for days. In Rourkela, there has been a minor improvement in the situation as prohibitory orders under Section 144 continue to remain in force. According to sources, section 144 has been kept in force […]

Rourkela: A cadre Maoist couple-Sanika Kujur and Sunita Kujuru surrendered before Rourkela police on Saturday. According to sources, the duo was the members of a Maoist division operated by Samar Jee aka Anmol. The couple was involved in many Maoist activities on Odisha-Chhattisgarh border, sources said adding that they were also involved in the fire […]

Rourkela: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday conducted simultaneous raids at three places, including the house of Biramitrapur forest range officer Chandra Sekhar Gadnayak, on charges of accumulation of properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to sources, the anti-corruption wing of the Odisha Police is conducting raids at the ancestral house of Gadnayak located […]

Rourkela: Steel City police today arrested a Railway staff on the charge of gun running. The arrested man has been identified as Santosh Singh alias Santu Singh. Briefing media persons here, Ramesh Panigrahi, DSP, said as per preliminary investigation, Santu was involved in gun peddling for a long time and used to sell country-made guns, […]