Tag: Sundargarh

Sundargarh: The State Government on Saturday signed a memorandum with the NTPC Ltd to set up a modern polytechnic college at Darlipali in Sundargarh district. The MoU was signed between the Department of Skill Development and Technical Education, Odisha and the NTPC in the presence Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here. Technical Education […]

Sundargarh: In a tragic house, a woman was shot dead by some unknown miscreants in her house at Patratoli village under Nuagaon block in the district on Friday night. The deceased was identified as Iliseba Bhengara. Sources said five youths came on a bike and entered into the house of the woman at around 9.30pm. […]

Sundargarh: A man was arrested and forwarded to a local court by Town Police on Thursday for raping and murdering a four-year-old girl after kidnapping the kid from her home on October 21 evening. The accused, Sanjib Kerketta, entered the four-year-old victim’s home and abducted her while sleeping on October 21 evening. Though some locals […]

Rourkela: Vigilance officials today raided the houses of the Headmaster, Pramod Samal, of a primary school at Koira block in Sundargarh district on the allegation of amassing disproportionate assets. Samal, whose wife is also a school teacher, is the Headmaster of the Kudamusa Primary School at Koira. On the basis of a search warrant, the […]

Rourkela: In a tragic incident, a woman was killed by her drunkard husband at Chakramal village in Sundargarh district on Monday night. Like everyday, accused Sandeep Nayak came in inebriated condition in the fateful night and started fighting with wife Mamata. Later, in a fit of rage, Nayak took a double-barrelled shotgun and opened fire […]

The district unit of Congress has called for a bandh tomorrow to protest against the plans of the Chhattisgarh to construct a barrage over Ib river, a tributary of Mahanadi, in the upper catchment area

Sundargarh: A two-member special team of the Crime Branch arrived in the district today to probe into the NTPC land scam. Talking to media persons here, Crime Branch SP Ramesh Behera said some villagers of Darlipali village of Lefripada block under Bhasma police station including Ashok Raudia and Kishore Majhi have alleged that they are […]

Bhubaneswar/ Sundargarh: Union Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan is among the senior leaders attending the proceedings of the second day of the BJP State executive meeting here, which began this morning.

There is good news for wildlife lovers in Odisha. For the first time, a tiger has been spotted in Juniyani forest under Lefripada forest range in Sundargarh district

Sundargarh: In a tragic incident, a man and his sister died in a road accident at Litibeda area under Kutra police limits in the district on Sunday morning. The deceased have been identified as residents of Samaleimunda area. According to sources, the accident took place when the siblings, along with their six-year old nephew, were […]

Sundargarh: In a tragic incident, three children of a family were burnt alive in a fire mishap at Patarapalli area under Nuagaon block in the district on Friday night. According to sources the victims have been identified as two sons – one five-year old and the other two and half years old – and a […]

Sundargarh: In an attempt to highlight the failure of BJD government in probing the chit fund scam, stopping farmer suicides and implementing National Food Security Act (NFSA) properly in the state, the Opposition Congress launched its ‘Jagaran Yatra’ from here today. Besides, the Opposition party also cornered the ruling BJD over the alleged links of […]

Upbeat over generation of 242 million extra units so far this fiscal as against the previous year, NTPC today said its Rs 13,000-crore Darlipali thermal power plant in Odisha's Sundargarh district will be commissioned in two years

Rourkela: Freedom fighter and former MP Debanand Amat passed away at Balani village in Sundargarh district. Amat, 95, died at his house due to old age-related ailments Wednesday evening, family sources said.

Bhubaneswar: Marginal rise in temperature amid foggy conditions in some parts of Odisha brought respite from the intense cold wave, while Bhawanipatna in Kalahandi district became the coldest place in the state today. Dense fog enveloped the skyline over the state capital of Bhubaneswar and surrounding areas during the morning hours leading to poor visibility […]