Tag: Sambalpur

Sambalpur: A huge fire broke out at a coal tar pitch factory at Jayantpur area of the town late last night causing substantial damage to property.zzx Even though no loss of lives was reported from the spot, exact estimation of the destruction caused by the blaze was yet to be clear till filing of the […]

Sambalpur: Researchers at Sambalpur University in Odisha have developed a millet-based cake premix that has nutritional and therapeutic value, and received a patent for their invention, an official of the…

Sambalpur: Even as the government boasts of having a number of welfare schemes for the people, there are quite a few remote pockets in the State which are still deprived of basic amenities such as road, electricity, drinking water and healthcare services. Karesingha in Panimura panchayat under Nakatideula block here is a glaring example of […]

Sambalpur: A 90-year-old woman, admitted to a hospital here after testing positive for the virus recuperated from the lethal disease in just 10 days. Despite having other health complications, she has managed to defeat the virus and was congratulated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik following her recovery here on Tuesday. The nonagenarian Shehnaz Begum from […]

Sambalpur: A baby girl allegedly sold by a couple for Rs 15000 was rescued by police from Rairakhol area in Sambalpur district on Wednesday morning. The baby, aged one month and seven days, was rescued by Charmal police after a complaint was lodged by the Childline members in this regard. According to sources, the couple […]

Sambalpur: How desperate people can get when they fail to make their ends meet? Believe it or not, a woman in Keutibahali village under Charmal panchayat here was forced to sell her baby girl just to construct a safe place to live in. Driven by abject penury, the mother of the child says, she had […]

Sambalpur: Unidentified miscreants made a futile attempt to loot Kadaligada branch of Union Bank under Rairakhol block in Sambalpur district on Friday night. According to reports, miscreants entered the bank by cutting the iron grill at the entrance with a gas cutter. They also tried to break the locker of the bank, but could not […]

Sambalpur: In a major crackdown, police busted IPL betting dens and arrested as many as five persons during series of raids at various places in Sambalpur on Saturday. As per sources, cops seized Rs 15, 000 cash, five mobiles from the 5 persons arrested for betting. Police crackdown on IPL betting dens at various places […]

Sambalpur: An elephant calf was rescued in a joint operation by the forest and the fire department after it reportedly fell into a dilapidated well at Badakasibahal in Badabahal forest range in Sambalpur district on Saturday. The baby elephant was part of a herd that strayed into the locality last night. While moving towards a […]

Sambalpur: A Woman forest guard posted at the Sambalpur Sadar forest range was trapped by Vigilance department officials while accepting a bribe of Rs 36,000, on Tuesday. As per reports, the woman forest guard, identified as Madhusmita Mohapatra was allegedly caught red handed while accepting the bribe money from the complainant Parsuram Mirdha, Treasurer of […]

Burla: Two brothers were killed and two of their family members were critically injured after some miscreants attacked them late on Tuesday night at Central Line area here in Sambalpur district. Though the exact reason behind the clash has not yet been ascertained, previous enmity is suspected to be the cause of the attack. “ […]

Sambalpur: A group of unidentified miscreants allegedly looted over Rs 35 lakh at gun point from two employees of Union Bank, Laimura branch at Pipalkhunti under Kuchinda police limits. According to sources, the incident took place near Pipalkhunti on Tuesday when six persons intercepted the vehicle in which the bank staff were returning to the […]

Sambalpur: The Cyber Police here arrested two youths including an engineering graduate on charges of running a fake website and duping job seekers by publishing fake recruitment notification in the name of WESCO. One of the accused, Sunil Mishra, had passed electrical engineering from Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla in 2018 while […]

Sambalpur: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nitesh Ganga Deb had a close shave as he narrowly escaped in what could have turned a fatal road accident while he was returning from Sambalpur on Thursday night. According to sources, the mishap took place at around 9:45 PM yesterday when a truck reportedly hit the MP’s car […]

Bhubaneswar: Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Ranendra Pratap Singh has ordered an investigation into the alleged irregularities in the distribution of tokens to farmers for the procurement of Kharif paddy in Sambalpur. The farmers in the district had alleged delay in the distribution of tokens leading to a mess following the paddy procurement process, […]