Tag: Sambalpur

Sambalpur: As many as 9 persons including a minor were arrested on Thursday in connection with the sensational loot of over Rs 35 lakh from a vehicle carrying cash belonging to the Union Bank on November 9. Superintendent of Police (SP), Sambalpur, Kanwar Vishal Singh said that that a total of 11 persons were involved […]

Sambalpur: The city became a battleground today when hundreds of angry locals created uproarious scene outside the Town Police Station alleging inaction by the cops in the reported death of a minor boy in a road accident on Saturday morning. At around 10 AM, a seven-year-old boy identified as Sahil was crossing the road in […]

Jharsuguda: A team of Banharpali police in Jharsuguda busted a fake currency note-printing unit in Sambalpur. Three persons have been arrested on the charges of printing duplicate Indian Currency Notes (FICN). The cops seized fake currency notes worth Rs 96,000 in Rs 500 and Rs 100 denominations. The three accused held have been identified as […]

Sambalpur: A minor girl on Saturday alleged that a man was planning to sell her after raping her in captivity on the pretext of marriage in Rairakhol police station area of the district. She lodged a complaint with police after being rescued by the locals. According to police, the accused named Basant Sahoo had kept […]

Sambalpur: The Paschim Odisha Krushak Sanghatahan, an outfit fighting for the rights of farmers in western Odisha, on Saturday warned the government of a massive protest from December 5 in protest against the current procedure of paddy procurement and the token system. At a press meet, the outfit announced that the activists of the organisation […]

Sambalpur: Carcass of a 12-year-old wild elephant found on Tuesday in a paddy field at Jadu Loisinga area under Sadar forest range. The elephant died after coming in contact with a live wire, reports said. Some miscreants deliberately laid the live electric wires to prevent elephant herd entering into paddy fields which caused the death […]

Sambalpur: In a major development, three poachers were arrested by forest officials on Friday on charges of laying electric wire to trap animal on a field in Jadu Loisinga area under Sadar Forest Range. The arrests were made in connection with the death of a 12-year-old tusker in the area after coming in contact with […]

Sambalpur: An elephant was killed after being hit by Bhubaneswar-Rourkela Intercity Express near Gargadbahal village between Jujumura and Hatibari area of the district on Saturday. According to local sources, the speeding train hit the pachyderm while it was crossing the railway track. Receiving the information, Forest and Railway officials reached the spot and started an […]

Sambalpur: A restaurant in Sambalpur reportedly serving ‘Abadha’ is alleged to have hurt the sentiment of the devotees of Lord Jagannath in and outside Odisha. A video which went viral on various social media platforms on Tuesday purportedly shows anna (rice), dalma, sabji and kheer being served to customers at the restaurant, named ‘Odia Abadha’. […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) on Thursday wrote to Odisha government seeking disciplinary action against Sambalpur Sadar Range Officer for dereliction of duty. Taking serious cognizance on the recent elephant death in train accident at Hatibari in Sambalpur, PCCF, Harishankar Upadhyay, cited that despite possessing a full-fledged squad to track the […]

Sambalpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur on January 2, 2021. Modi will attend the event through video-conferencing in presence of Odisha Governor Proffesor Ganeshi Lal, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other diginitaries. IIM […]

Sambalpur: The annual enumeration of migratory birds at Hirakud Dam Reservoir began on Thursday morning. The head counting of the avian species began at 6 AM and will continue till 1 PM today, said a forest official. As many as 21 teams comprising forest staff of Sambalpur, Hirakud and Jharsuguda divisions have been engaged in […]

Sambalpur: A 40-year-old woman has been allegedly gang-raped by two persons in a forest in Kuchinda area of Sambalpur when she was returning home alone from a relative’s place. The incident, which took place at around 10 AM on Monday, came to light a day later when her family members rushed her to hospital following […]

Sambalpur: Police on Saturday raided a godown and seized 239 packets of detergent powder of a top brand from Nuapada area under Bareipali area of Sambalpur district. The raid was carried out after five packets of duplicate detergent powder were seized from a shop in Khetrajpur area. On the basis of the information from the […]

Bhubaneswar: Various awareness events including bike rally, female two-wheeler rider rally, meetings on road safety were held across Odisha to mark the beginning of National Road Safety Month today. The National Road Safety Week is usually observed from January 11 to 17 every year but this year, the Ministry of Transport and Highways have decided […]