Tag: Sundergarh

Sundergarh: At least 10 persons were injured after a clash erupted between two rival groups over a mining dispute in Barsuan area under Lahunipada block of Sundergarh district on Friday. Based on separate complaints at Lahunipada Police Station by the groups, police have apprehended a person (yet to be identified) today and is currently interrogating […]

Sundergarh: A fight between two friends under the influence of alcohol took a tragic turn on Thursday when one was hacked to death by another in Sundergarh district of Odisha. The incident took place at Tatijor village under Kindirikela Police limits of the district. Youth hacked to death by friend following an altercation in inebriated […]

Sundergarh: At a time when cold storages still remain a distant dream in several parts of the state, farmers in Sundergarh district are now relying extensively on ‘Sabji Cooler’, an innovative vegetable cold storage unit, to preserve their vegetables at much affordable cost. The Sabji Cooler or Zero Cooling Chamber runs without electricity or solar […]

Rourkela: A team of officials of Sundergarh district administration on Friday left for Amritsar in Punjab to bring back Birju Kulu, a resident of Odisha, who was recently released from a Pakistan jail after serving 20-year sentence in the prison. Birju, who reportedly hails from Jangateli village in the Rajgangpur block of Sundergarh district, had […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 868 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Odisha in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases to 311788. While 499 fresh cases are from quarantine, the rest 399 are local transmission cases, according to Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department. Moreover, 17 patients succumbed to the disease […]

Rourkela: The death of a 26-year-old youth allegedly in police custody triggered massive outrage after an irate mob tried to storm into Biramitrapur police station here on Thursday seeking justice. The local residents staged a demonstration and gheraoed the police station demanding action against the erring policemen. As per reports, the deceased youth Tariq Salim […]

Bhubaneswar: Classes in the three new medical colleges, at Talcher, Sundergarh and Puri, will commence from the next academic year. The Chief Secretary of Odisha, Asit Tripathy has directed health department officials to expedite the necessary arrangements for enabling educational activities to begin at these institutes. As per a press statement released by the Odisha […]

Sundargarh: A huge cache of arms and ammunition including Improvised Explosive Device (IED), two cane bombs of 10 kg each and other incriminating materials were seized during a joint combing operation by CRPF Batallion-19 and Rourkela Police in the forest areas of K Balanga in the district on Tuesday. According to sources, a bomb disposal […]

Bonai/Binika: A herd of wild elephants created havoc in Bonai area under Jarada forest range in Sundargarh district on Sunday. The animals have caused enormous damages to the standing crops at Lachhada, Kundeidiha, Tankasahi, Balia areas in the district. Locals said that the herd has stayed at Barghat forest area and sneaked into the human […]

Sundergarh: The district unit of the Congress party on Thursday has observed a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Birmitrapur, protesting against the government inaction in the custodial death incident. The party has demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge into the case. Party activists led by district Congress president George Tirkey started picketing in the morning […]

Rourkela: A man was beaten to death by a local meat trader over a trivial issue of non-payment of pending dues at Tilak Nagar area of the steel city in Sundergarh district, police said on Sunday. The deceased identified as Padmalocan Purti is an employee of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). Police sources said Purti had […]

Rourkela: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday conducted raids at separate places in Rourkela and Berhampur over disproportionate assets cases. The anti-graft officials on Tuesday raided the residence of a Commercial Tax official working at the office of GST in Rourkela. The official identified as Alekh Mahananda has been charged with accumulating properties disproportionate to his known […]

Rourkela: A youth allegedly killed his elderly parents by smashing their heads with a stone pestle in Odisha over some family feud. The incident occurred at around 11:30 am today. The shocking incident has been reported from Bispur village under Bisra police limits in Sundargarh district. The deceased have been identified as Krushna Singh and […]

Sundergarh: A two wheeler rider near Ghoghar square under Rajgangpur Police limits in Sundergarh district was fined a whopping Rs 22,500 on various charges of violation of amended Motor Vehicle Act 2019 late Saturday night by the Transport Department. As per reports, the Sundergarh Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials were conducting a vehicle checking near […]

Bonai: The Khandadhar waterfall, a famous ecotourism site here in Sundergarh district, has been thrown open for visitors after nine months long break on Monday. The district administration had prohibited visit of travellers to the site for the last nine months in view of the pandemic. The famous picnic spot, which attracts thousands of visitors […]