Tag: Sundergarh

Hockey star Birendra Lakra was welcomed with much pomp and show at his native village in Sundergarh district on Monday. Birendra Lakra hails from Lachada village in Gurundia block of the district.

This is Santosh Majhi, a former national hockey player from Lulkidihi village of Odisha’s Sundergarh district is now working in a fishing unit as a daily wage labourer in Goa to make ends meet. Santosh has played several junior and senior level national matches including two national hockey championships.

Koida: Bodies of a woman and her four children were recovered from a well near a house in Indupur village under Koida Police limits of Sundergarh district today. On basis of a complaint filed by the husband of the woman, Sudam Munda, police have detained four persons. Police recovered the bodies from the well with […]

Bonai: Four women employees of the Sundergarh District Veterinary Office today levelled harassment allegations against Sub-divisional Veterinary Officer (SDVO) of Bonai Garh, Saroj Kumar Pani. As per allegations, the SDVO repeatedly misbehaved with his colleagues following which, the women today submitted a written complaint addressed to the Sundergarh Collector, director of the department, Secretary, minister, […]

Bonai/Cuttack/ Jharsuguda: A day after the tragic bus mishap in Cuttack which left 10 dead and more than 40 injured, as many as five persons were killed in separate road mishaps across the State today. A total of 15 passengers including four women were injured when a bus met with an accident near Khutugaon under […]

Bonai: As many as 20 labourers were injured after a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed near Kunchapani under K. Balanga police limits in Sundergarh today. As per preliminary reports, nearly 30 labourers were working at the site when the mishap occurred this afternoon. Sources said, at least five labourers who sustained multiple injuries in […]

Sundergarh: As many as four persons killed while more than 30 injured in separate road mishaps in different parts across Odisha on Thursday. A car carrying five persons rammed into a truck from behind near Anantpur under Salepur block in Cuttack district, killing three including a woman on the spot. Another person succumbed while undergoing […]

Rourkela: Taking immediate action into the alleged thrashing of five students of Uditnagar Government High School by a cook engaged at the school hostel, the Sundergarh District Child Welfare Committee (CWC) today began probe into the incident. A two-member team of the CWC who visited the school hostel and recorded statements of the five students […]

Bonai/Bhawanipatna: A minor boy was killed while several houses and crops were destroyed by wild elephants in two separate incidents in Sundergarh and Kalahandi districts on Wednesday. According to sources, a 10-year-old boy was trampled to death by an elephant at Amarud village under Banki forest range under K.Balang police limits in Sundergarh district late […]

Rourkela/Sundergarh: Protesting irregularities in land allocation to people and families displaced for the construction of the second bridge over Brahmani River, the affected residents today staged protest in front of Lathikata tehsil office in Sundergarh today. Even after the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had ordered to restart the construction work of second bridge […]

Simdega(Jharkhand): In a major breakthrough for security forces, commander of banned Maoist faction People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), Bijay Dang, was gunned down during an encounter in Jhapla forest of Jharkhand today. Acting on a tip-off, security forces targeted the dreaded PLFI commander, who was hiding in the forest. He was a resident of […]

Sundergarh: Tension erupted near Orissa Cement Limited (OCL) campus in Rajgangpur today during the public hearing on mining area expansion following which one person suffered injuries. According to sources, some protesters tore important papers and ransacked property when the public hearing was underway. Earlier in the day, thousands of tribal residents had staged protest outside the […]

Sundergarh: In a freak accident, one person was electrocuted to death as he was launched into air and came in contact with overhead power cables after a tractor tyre burst. The incident occurred in Rasipatara village under Talsara Police limits of Sundergarh district today.  The deceased has been identified as Niru Pattata of Goilo village. […]

Bhadrak/ Sundergarh: At least two persons were killed and 12 persons were critically injured in separate road mishaps in the State late Thursday night. In the first incident, two persons were killed and another sustained critical injuries after a 108 ambulance they were travelling in met with an accident on Bhadrak- Chandbali road near Ugratara […]

Sundergarh: As many as 13 persons suffered injuries after a mini truck they were travelling in turned turtle near Bhaludunguri area under Bonai in the district. According to sources, the mishap took place after one of the tyres punctured following which the driver lost control of the vehicle. While all the injured were admitted to […]