Tag: Sundargarh

Rourkela: Four miscreants looted Rs 10 lakh from a businessman at gunpoint at Rajgangpur in Sundargarh district last night. The looters fled away after committing the crime in front of the businessman’s house. However, police managed to nab three of them from the Odisha-Jharkhand border this morning. All the arrested belong to Jharkhand, informed the […]

Sundargarh: Residents of Sundargarh town today blocked the Sambalpur-Rourkela road protesting shortage of LPG cylinders by placing empty gas tanks leading to disruption in vehicular movement. The protesters alleged, despite booking in advance and paying advance cash, the cylinders are not delivered to them on time. Even when the complainants approached the agency – Basant Gas Agency, […]

Bonai: In a shocking incident, a woman hacked her husband to death with the help of her son over some family dispute at Sarsara village in Tikayatpali of Sundargarh district. Sources said the accused woman along with her son killed her husband following a war of words between the three. Getting information, police detained the […]

Rourkela: In a tragic incident, a person was killed in an attack by some unidentified miscreants allegedly over a land dispute at Kokerama village under Hatibari police station in Sundargarh district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Amin Koidi (50). According to reports, when Amin was returning home after filing a complaint at the […]

Sundargarh:  Villagers of Kutra  in Sundargarh district today blocked National Highway 10 protesting death of a person in a road accident this morning. Sources said a newspaper hawker was run over by a speedy 10 wheeler truck near the Kutra bus stand on the Sambalpur-Rourkela NH-10 during the wee hours today. The deceased was identified […]

Bhubaneswar: In protest of the hike in electricity tariff Odisha President of BJP Yuva Morcha (BJPYM), Tankadhar Tripathy, in a Press Meet in Sundargarh yesterday, slammed the government for hiking the price instead of finding ways to produce more electricity. Addressing media persons he said that there are many chances of producing electricity by traditional […]

Rourkela: In a tragic incident, four workers of a privately-owned steel factory today sustained grievous injuries when a fire broke out at the company’s quarters near Tumakela under Lahunipada police limits in Sundargarh district. The four workers of Rajamunda-based Bhaskar Steel factory, identified as Binay Kumar, Haider Ali, Hajar Ram and Ranjan Kumar, with 70 […]

Bisra: Three members of the outlawed Peoples’ Liberation Front of India (PLFI) involved in an fire exchange with security personnel in Sorada forest on February 9 were arrested by the police in Bisra of Sundargarh district today. The police have also seized two guns and 10 round of live bullets from the three PLFI members, […]

Sundargarh: In a tragic incident, two persons including a woman were killed while two minors including a girl injured critically in a road accident near Budakata chhak on the State Highway-10 here today. The injured minors were rushed to the Rourkela Government Hospital by the locals for treatment. Out of the two dead, the man […]

Rourkela: Fears of anthrax gripped Birikeri village under Bisra block of Sundargarh district with the death of two villagers in recent past. While five others affected by anthrax are undergoing treatment at the Rourkela government hospital, four are admitted to the Bisra hospital. To ascertain the reasons behind the spread of anthrax in the area, […]

  Rourkela: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the family of the four students killed in the tragic road mishap in Sundargarh district today. Besides, the state government will bear the medical expenses of the students who were also injured in the accident. Meanwhile, concerns have again been […]

Rourkela: In a tragic road mishap, four including three students were killed when an auto rickshaw carrying school-goers was hit from rear by a dumper truck near Soaimba in K.Balanga of Sundargarh district today. Out of 13 students travelling in the auto rickshaw, three including a girl student died on the spot whereas ten students have […]

Bhubaneswar: Zilla Parishad member of Umerkote in Nabarangpur district Rabindra Dhal and Zilla Parishad member of Gunupur in Rayagada district Laxmi Sabar were suspended by the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) for disobeying the party whip in the Zilla Parishad (ZP) chairman election. According to sources, action will be taken regarding the Sundargarh district by […]

Bhubaneswar: Following the Zilla Parishad chairperson elections today, BJD was able to grab the position in Sundargarh and Nabarangpur district. Including it the party has formed Zilla Parishads in 18 districts while the BJP has formed it in eight districts. On the other hand hopeful of securing the chairperson post in Rayagada, Congress will be […]

Sundargarh/Anandpur: Three shops in the Gharoei Bastan bazaar were gutted when a major fire broke out in the area on Thursday. Two fire tenders were deployed to bring the blaze into control, which is suspected to be due to an electrical short circuit. Details about the losses have not been ascertained yet. In a similar […]