Tag: Rourkela

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 […]

Rourkela: Muktikanta Biswal, who walked all the way from Rourkela to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, was accorded a grand welcome here on Sunday. Though Biswal couldn’t meet the Prime Minister in the national capital, he was received by the people in the steel city in grand manner. A procession from railway station […]

Rourkela: An interstate gang of ATM looters involved in more than 100 cases were nabbed by the Rourkela police today. Cash worth Rs 4 lakh cash, 3 cars, swiping machines and 95 ATM cards have been seized from their possession, informed police. The 10- member gang hailing from Bihar and Jharkhand had looted people of […]

Bhubaneswar: Muktikanta Biswal from Odisha’s Rourkela who was on a mission to meet Prime Minister Modi, has finally covered a distance of 1350 km and reached Delhi today. After reaching the national capital, Biswal said that he will sit on dharna if he fails to meet the prime minister. “Had come to meet him (Jual […]

Rourkela: In a shocking revelation, the woman, who was reportedly beaten up by a group of people over child theft suspicion at Indira colony here last week, on Sunday alleged that she was beaten up for resisting a rape bid. In her complaint filed at Plant Site police station, the woman labourer alleged that she […]

Bhubaneswar: Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan engaged in a tweet war today over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise to upgrade the Ispat General Hospital in Rourkela to a super specialty hospital. Rahul took to Twitter to share an old video of PM’s speech in 2015 in which the latter promised to […]

Rourkela: One person was killed and two others were critically injured after unidentified miscreants opened fire at them near Baurkela under Lahunipada police limits in Rourkela late on Tuesday night. According to reports, while the three were travelling in a dumper vehicle yesterday night, 10-15 assailants intercepted them and opened fire. The deceased identified as […]

Bhubaneswar: Politics over Rourkela youth Muktikanta Biswal’s walk up to Delhi to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi about his promises on super specialty hospital and second bridge over Brahmani river made in 2014 has gained momentum after news of his sickness spread. While Congress President Rahul Gandhi in a tweet targeted the Prime Minister over […]

Rourkela: Bodies of a woman and a teenager were found on the railway tracks near Panposh here in the wee hours today. The deceased youth has been identified as Asish Mahato (18), a resident of Purulia area of West Bengal while identity of the woman is yet to be ascertained. The woman, aged around 30 years […]

Rourkela: Tension prevailed at Kukerama Panchayat under Nuagaon block in Sundergarh district today after a four-year-old boy was trampled to death by an elephant last night. Sources said a herd of three elephants had entered into the village last night. One of the elephants destroyed the house the baby was sleeping in and later crushed […]