Tag: Sambalpur

Sambalpur: The DNA test of a baby boy, who was rescued from Bargarh on Sunday, will be conducted soon, police informed. The test will ascertain whether he is the same child who was stolen from Sambalpur hospital on April 23. According to reports, Sambalpur police rescued the infant from a couple of Bargarh which claims […]

New Delhi: Rail commuters in Odisha have something to cheer about as the Ministry of Railways will soon introduce a new Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express which will run via Sambalpur. “I am very happy to share with you that the Ministry of Railways has decided to commence a Rajdhani train between New Delhi and Bhubaneswar […]

Bhubaneswar: Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda today said where he contests elections from in future will depend on the party and the public. He reiterated his stand about contesting elections from Sambalpur through a series of tweets after his visit to the town. In response to a question posed to him during his Sambalpur visit on Saturday, […]

Sambalpur: Mystery shrouds the death of a youth almost a week after he was detained by police in connection with violence during Biswakarma puja on September 17. The deceased has been identified as Biswanath Behera of Kalupada of Hirakud town. The family of the victim, Biswanath, allege he was subjected to torture and was beaten […]

Bhubaneswar: Three new Cyber Crime Police Stations were set up at Berhampur, Sambalpur and Rourkela, said a notification issued by the State government today. As per the notification issued by the Home department, the cyber crime police station at Berhampur will have 10 police limits and Sambalpur will have nine while police stations in four […]

Sambalpur: Clarifying his statements on violence during BJD’s ‘hartal’, MP Baijayant Panda today said the controversy cropped up because he sided with truth and even party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik shared similar displeasure over the hooliganism. Baijayant had criticised the violence during BJD’s ‘hartal’ called in protest against fuel price rise on Twitter […]

Sambalpur: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the second planetarium of Odisha, named after APJ Abdul Kalam in Sambalpur today. The planetarium, constructed by the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) at a cost of Rs 5.60 crore, has a capacity of 170 to 180 visitors. The planetarium has been set up to create awareness on […]

Sambalpur: Ahead of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s visit to Sambalpur today, police have arrested 47 leaders of the BJP and the Congress, including ex-MLA Jaynarayan Mishra. Protesting the preventive arrest, BJP leaders, including women activists took out a rally in the town holding black badges and shouting anti-government slogans. Meanwhile, police forces have been deployed […]

Burla: The mystery behind the murder of a youth, working at the house of a contractor Ashok Singh, in Contractor Colony here was solved by Sambalpur police today. Investigations revealed that the youth Debraj was murdered by the son and daughter-in-law of Ashok. As per police reports, robbery appeared to be the motive behind the […]

Subarnapur/Sambalpur: Four persons were killed and eight others injured in two separate incidents in Sambalpur and Subarnapur district within 12 hours. Two brothers were killed after the Bolero they were travelling in collided with a passenger bus near Kulipali village in Subarnapur district on late Monday night. According to sources, the bus was on its […]

Bhubaneswar: Expressing concern over loss of human lives due to lightning and other natural calamities, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the Centre for expeditious installation of two Doppler radars at Sambalpur and Balasore at the earliest. In a letter to Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Science and Technology, Patnaik raked […]

Sambalpur: A group of unidentified youths allegedly smeared WESCO Deputy General Manager (DGM) Ramesh Prasad with ink after he declined to pay donation for Ganesh Puja celebration in Sambalpur on Thursday. Reports said as many as 15 persons entered the office and asked Prasad to donate but the official refused leading to an altercation. Livid […]

Khurda/Sambalpur: As many as eight persons were killed in separate road accidents in the State on Thursday morning. Three persons died on the spot after a Haiwa truck collided head-on with a tractor on NH-16 near Gadakhurda in Khurda district in the wee hours. Industrial Police extricated the bodies from mangled remains of tractor with […]

Sambalpur: Following the suicide of a Class 10 girl in Dhanakauda of Sambalpur district, the Dhanupali police has registered an unnatural death case and started an investigation into it. While online game Blue Whale is suspected to be the reason the girl, Suhani Rout, took such an extreme step, Sambalpur SP Sanjeev Arora has ruled […]

Sambalpur: Three children, including a brother and sister, were burnt alive after a fire broke out due to a LPG cylinder leak in a house at Ranikhenda village under Sasan police limits in the district on Wednesday. The son and daughter of Narottam Jagat, a labourer residing as a tenant in the house, along with […]