Drinking water scarcity will play the deciding factor in Sundargarh, MGNREGA, Procurement dominant in Nuapada
These visuals from Bargaon area in Odisha’s Sundargarh district show how a man has climbed to the top of a tree. For reasons unknown, the man climbed atop the huge tree and refused to come down.
Appreciation is pouring in for Md. Rizban, who works as a grease mechanic at a garage near Shankara bypass in Sundargarh district, after he turned a Good Samaritan by returning a cash-full money purse to its original owner.
Meet Matilda Kullu from Odisha who has featured in Forbes India W-Power 2021 list. Forty five year-old Kullu is an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker in Gargadbahal village under Baragaon Tehsil in Sundargarh district. Kullu may be earning only Rs 4500 a month, but she has selflessly devoted her life to looking after 964 people in the area for the last 15 years.
Dense fog enveloped Sundargarh region of Odisha, indicating the onset of the winter season. Though the fog adversely affected the visibility in the area, locals and tourists were seen enjoying a morning stroll in this chilly weather.
A video of two tuskers battling it out in a paddy field under Ujjwalpur Forest Range in Sundargarh district of Odisha has gone viral. Watch the visuals.
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Sundargarh: The death of 19 children due to malnutrition at Nagada village in Odisha’s Jajpur district in July, 2016 had evoked outrage not only in the State but across the…
Sundargarh: Women walking miles with pitchers on their head is a familiar scene in Dumdumpada village under Rajgangpur block in the district. With drinking water scarcity getting worse by the day and perennial water sources drying up, the villagers have turned to a stream miles away to meet their daily needs. Around 15 families who […]
Rourkela: A police sub-inspector (PSI) from the Udit Nagar police station in the city was suspended from duty on Wednesday for allegedly torturing a minor boy who he had picked up for questioning in connection with a mobile theft case. According to reports, the minor, who is an orphan and lives with his grandmother in […]
Sundargarh: Jumbo menace continues to haunt residents in several parts of Odisha as a wild elephant trampled a one and half year old girl to death in Hatibari village in the district on Wednesday night. According to sources, the incident occurred when the toddler was returning home with her mother after attending a marriage reception […]
Bhubaneswar: After a rise in minimum temperature for the past few days, the cold wave conditions have returned to Odisha throwing normal lives out of gear in several parts of the State. The Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar on Thursday said that night temperature will fall by two to three degrees at many places of […]
Sundargarh: All religious institutions including mosques and churches in the district will be thrown open for public from January 9 after a hiatus of over nine months. A decision in this regard was taken after a discussion with all concerned officials of the district. The district administration has issued advisory and fixed standard operating procedure […]
Sundargarh: In a ghastly act, a man allegedly hacked his wife to death over a family quarrel at Podadihi Basti under Koira police limits in Sundargarh district on Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as Sambari Munda (35). According to reports, the accused, Budhu Munda (30), entered into a quarrel with his wife over […]
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has requested the Centre for the establishment of second AIIMS in the State in Sundargarh district. In a letter to the the Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Rajesh Bhushan, Chief Secretary of Odisha, Asit Tripathy stated,”Odisha presently has a fully functional AIIMS in Bhubaneswar which has emerged as […]