Tag: Sambalpur

Sambalpur: Protesting the death of a man in police custody at Ainthapali police station in Sambalpur district late Thursday night, locals today wreaked havoc and ransacked the station premises. Property worth lakhs of rupees have been damaged during the incident, however fire personnel could not reach the spot due to road blockade by the local […]

Sambalpur: The agitating 108 ambulance staff today resorted to another unique ‘symbolic protest’ seeking fulfillment of their long-standing demands. The agitating workers have been demanding ouster of the contractual agency engaged in managing ambulance services and immediate payment of their salary arrears. The ambulance workers today turned vendors and sold vegetables at Dhanupali Bazaar in […]

Sambalpur: Two accused in the attack on a doctor on duty at Kuchinda sub divisional hospital in Sambalpur were nabbed from Rourkela on Thursday. Earlier on January 21, one of the accused had entered the chamber of doctor Subodh Nayak in the hospital and had attacked him with a steel stool. The entire incident has […]

Jharsuguda: Two persons including a middleman were detained by the Jharsuguda Police for allegedly buying an 11-day-old baby boy for Rs 12,000 in Banjari village of the district. The police along with the district Childline officials also rescued the baby boy from Balbaspur in Sambalpur after a complaint about child sale was registered. Ashis Panda, […]

Sambalpur: At least four persons were killed and 32 others injured after a bus they were travelling in skidded off a bridge near Goudapalli village in Sambalpur district last night. As per sources, the ‘Maa Vaishnodevi’ bus was on its way to Rairangpur from Sambalpur when the driver reportedly lost control of the bus and […]

Sambalpur: BJD MP from Sambalpur Nagendra Pradhan today berated TV journalists as they sought the byte of the Collector first during Veer Surendra Sai’s birth anniversary celebration here in the city today. “Tell me, who is more important? People’s representative or bureaucrat? Is Chief Secretary important or Chief Minister? Who are the TV journalists to […]

Kuchinda: A doctor on duty at the Kuchinda sub divisional hospital has sustained critical injuries after being attacked by a youth on Monday. The doctor, identified Subodh Nayak, was in his chamber in the hospital, when one Rinku Soni went into the room and started attacking Nayak with a steel stool. Later the attacker fled […]

Sambalpur: Odisha police on Sunday cracked the case of broad daylight loot from Budharaja Muthoot Finance company in Sambalpur by arresting six dacoits from Bihar. This is being touted as a major success for Odisha police as notorious Subodh Kant Singh, who is a part of a criminal gang that used to loot nationalised banks […]

Sambalpur: The Sambalpur district unit of BJP staged demonstration at Kacheri square today protesting farmer suicides, irregularities in supply of fertilisers & pesticides and lack of irrigation facilities. Party’s national secretary Suresh Pujari and Kuchinda MLA Rabi Naik also targeted the State government for neglecting local youths and not providing them employment in various projects […]

Sambalpur/Bhubaneswar: Even as the employees of 108 Ambulance are continuing their agitation demanding removal of private agencies from ambulance operations, the ruling BJD today accused BJP of instigating the staff thereby disrupting emergency services. Health Minister Pratap Jena launched an attack on saffron party saying that it is playing with the lives of patients. “BJP […]

Sambalpur: A team of Sambalpur police today left for Vishakhapatnam to collect information on the death of an Odia student of Sri Chaitanya Junior College in Marikavalasa after alleged ragging by hostel inmates. The family members of the deceased lodged a complaint at the Gadaposa police outpost here two days ago. Meanwhile, the PM Palem police […]

Sambalpur: Police resorted to lathicharge against 108 ambulance workers agitating in front of the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) office in Sambalpur demanding unconditional release of the 358 staff arrested under Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). The agitating ambulance staff also reiterated their demand for removal of private agencies engaged in the operation of ambulance services. […]

Sambalpur: Tension prevailed at Garposh village in the district after locals today called for a bandh protesting inhuman ragging of a student that led to his death on Saturday. The student was earlier allegedly ragged by his friends at the hostel of a college at Visakhapatnam. The student Shreyas Kesharwani (Omm) was beaten up by […]

 Sambalpur: Police on Wednesday swung into action after a video of two girls, seen stripped naked and thrashed by two youths, went viral on social media in Sambalpur. Though the exact place where the act was recorded is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected that the incident occurred in some place in Sambalpur as […]

Sambalpur: A joint team of Civil Supplies and Weights & Measures departments and police today raided two petrol pumps in Sambalpur over alleged fuel theft by using electronic chips. Following complaints of fuel pilferage, the team inspected the fuel dispensing machines at Mudipada and Kulukhakani in the town, said Mihir Panda, Sambalpur SDPO. Besides, the […]