Tag: Rourkela

Rourkela: Resentment is brewing among locals as construction work of second bridge over Brahmani river in the district has been stopped for last two months. As per reports, there are lots of mismanagement in the construction work. Security guards employed by the construction company have not been paid for the past two months. Besides, any […]

Rourkela: Charred body of a sixteen year old girl was found inside a rented house at Panda Colony in Rourkela today. As per sources, Police had to break the door of the house as it was closed from inside to recover the body. As per preliminary investigations, the girl who was staying with her maternal […]

The child trafficking racket unearthed in Rourkela revealed before the Police that baby girls were sold for Rs 1 lakh each while a boy fetched Rs 4 lakh

Crime rate in Odisha seems to be on a rising trend as murder, rape and several such cases are being reported on a regular basis from the State.

Rourkela: A 70-feet-high water tank built by the Public Health Department collapsed in Civil Township in Rourkela today morning damaging the Wesco office located closeby. Two persons including a woman were injured while around 50 bikes and bicycles vehicles parked under the tank have been damaged in the mishap. “We heard a loud noise and […]

Rourkela: Two persons were killed and 12 others severely injured today after they were struck by lightning during a football match in Paraba of Jharkhand bordering Odisha’s Sundergarh district. As per reports, a team from Hatibari in Sundergarh district had gone to Paraba for the football match. Though the deceased have not been identified, sources […]

Rourkela: A girl was allegedly gang raped for two days after being kidnapped by two youths on July 28 in Rourkela. The matter came to light today after the victim managed to escape from the clutches of her tormentors and lodged a police complaint in connection with the incident. As per the victim, two youths […]

Rourkela: Muktikanta Biswal, the man who walked all the way from Rourkela to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, has now started another ‘padyatra’ to meet Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik demanding fulfilment of his demands. “I will meet Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to discuss the 60:40 scheme, according to which the State government will […]

Rourkela: Fish sellers in Roukela breathed a shy of relief today after the Health Department revealed that there is no cancer-causing formalin in any of the fish samples collected from various outlets here. As many as 13 fish samples were collected and sent to laboratory  for testing and all the samples tested negative, official sources […]

Rourkela: A man and his son died of electrocution at their house today near Ved Vyas Mandir road under Brahmanitarang police limits in Rourkela. The deceased have been identified as Satyanarayan Saha and his son Sanjay Saha. The mishap occurred after Satyanarayan came in contact with electrical current in the water that entered their house […]

Rourkela: The Rourkela Police today arrested four members of an inter-state gang of looters while they were scheming to execute loot plans. Acting on a tip-off, the cops raided a house in plant site area in the town and arrested the four accused including notorious criminal Mohammed Jalil who were planning to execute dacoity at […]

Rourkela: In a bid to curb the rise in criminal activities in Rourkela, police have decided to intensify foot patrolling in the steel city from tomorrow. Picketing of armed personnel and installation of CCTV cameras at key places are some of the other measures planned by the police as part of the crime prevention policy. […]

Bhubaneswar:The crackdown on various fish markets and godowns to detect cancer inducing formalin laced fishes continued at different parts of the state for the third consecutive day today. According to reports, a team of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) raided a godown at Press Chhak in the city and collected samples for examination at the food […]

Rourkela: Police on Sunday arrested five persons for allegedly impersonating as examinees while attending a competitive examination of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at different centres in Rourkela. All the arrested have been identified as residents of Bihar. One was arrested by the Plant site police from Delhi Public School while the rest four […]

Rourkela: A joint team of Rourkela Police and security forces busted a Maoist camp inside Champajharan forest under Chandiposh police limits near Rourkela and recovered a huge cache of ammunition. Talking to media persons, DIG Kavita Jalan said, “After getting intelligence inputs late yesterday night about a Maoist meeting, an Alpha-19 company comprising District Voluntary […]