Tag: Rourkela

Rourkela: A 14-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide at Basanti Colony under Uditnagar Police limits of Sundergarh district on Friday morning. According to reports, Harekrusha Sahoo, a class VI student of Saint Summer School, was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his house at Basanti Colony. Father of Harekrushna, Pradeep Sahoo said his son took […]

Keonjhar/Baripada/Rourkela: As many as six persons were killed in separate road accidents in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundergarh districts. In Keonjhar, a man, his 5-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son were killed after the motorcycle they were travelling on was hit by a car near Ganesh Bhawan under Joda Police limits of the district. The driver of […]

Rourkela: Allegations of illegal stone mining and blatant flouting of forests and environment guidelines right under the nose of local administration in Sundergarh district have raised serious concerns. Such allegations of illegal mining have been levelled by Tehsildar of Bisra, Dilip Patnaik against one Pratap Prasad of Motikucha village under Bisra Police limits. “Illegal mining […]

Rourkela: An under trial prisoner lodged at the Special Jail in Rourkela lost his life after he was allegedly administered a wrong injection by the jail doctor on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Joseph Tirkey. Joseph’s wife, Parbati Tirkey alleged that her husband was perfectly healthy and the jail authorities killed him with […]

Rourkela: Frequent use of adhesives by teenagers to get intoxicating effect has raised major concern for the local administration in Rourkela. Due to cheap rates and easy availability in the market, many young boys especially street children are reportedly opting for it. “Whenever I earn some money I buy a bottle of adhesives and use […]

Rourkela: The cyber wing of Odisha police on Friday arrested five people for allegedly duping a person on pretext of installing mobile tower on his land, police said. The accused were arrested from Salt Lake, on the eastern fringes of Kolkata in West Bengal, they said. The person used to get calls from the accused […]

Rourkela: At a time when the 5T team of Odisha government is making regular visits to hospitals across the State, patients and students of Utkalmani Homeopathic Medical College & Hospital (UHMC) in Rourkela are facing hardships of sorts. As per reports, the 25-bedded hospital has an out-patient department and other facilities, but there are not […]

Rourkela: An Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP) constable was arrested on Sunday evening for allegedly misbehaving with two college girls inside the OSAP 4th Battalion campus in Rourkela on Saturday. The matter came to fore after a complaint was lodged in connection with the incident at Plant Site Police Station on Sunday. Sources said that […]

Sundergarh: Raising serious questions on Odisha government’s verification process of medical professionals, a fake doctor worked at Nuagaon Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Sundergarh district for nearly three years. As per reports, the matter came to the fore after some local residents of Nuagaon got hold of the education certificates of the fake doctor, Padmanabhan […]

Malkangiri/Rourkela: Bodies of two students, a schoolboy and the other a college student were found hanging at different places in the State today. In the first incident, a Class VIII boy was found hanging from a tree inside his school hostel premises at Kendragumpha in Malkangiri district. The student has been identified as a resident […]

Rourkela: As many as 30 persons were injured after being bitten reportedly by two stray dogs in steel city Rourkela on Saturday. As per reports, the stray dogs are roaming near the petrol pump at the daily market and local residents are demanding necessary steps by civic body to capture the canines. All the injured […]

Rourkela: Police have arrested one person for allegedly locking up a woman and her mother inside a house at Basanti Colony in Rourkela for 40 days and harassing them. Both the women were rescued by a team of cops today. The matter came to light after the husband of the woman, who went missing, lodged […]

Rourkela: Despite being the second smart city in Odisha after Bhubaneswar, Rourkela seems to be lying in a state of utter neglect. At a time when Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) was honoured with the Best City Bus Services Award nationally for its services in the Capital city, the steel city is nowhere in the […]

Rourkela: Not just all seasons of the year, but she has somewhat managed to stand tall in the face of adversities in seasons of her life with her indomitable spirit. Meet Kishori Jena, a middle-aged woman of Rourkela who has now become a newsmaker from news seller, thanks to her nearly two-decades of inspiring journey […]

Rourkela: As many as 11 buildings on the premises of Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) here built at the cost of over Rs 100 crores by IDCO have been lying non-functional since December 4 2016, the day these were inaugurated. Reason, the students’ association has alleged that the varsity authorities have failed to make […]