Tag: Talcher

Talcher: Two school students drowned while taking bath in Brahmani river at Talcher in Angul district today. The 11th standard students of the DAV School in MCL Jagannath area drowned after being pulled by strong current in the river while taking bath at Paschimeswar Ghat, police said. Also Read: First year engineering student of VSSUT […]

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 […]

Talcher: Residents of the town today took to streets and called for a city-wide shutdown protesting mismanagement in mining operations after a house near the town police station suddenly developed a large crater on the floor triggering panic among the locals yesterday night. Hundreds of local residents blocked main roads in the town and staged […]

Angul: Police today unearthed two illegal coal depots near Brahamani River basin in Santhapda village under Talcher Police limits of Angul and seized more than 350 tonnes of coal. As part of their drive to check illegal mining and smuggling, police have been conducting several raids in the district. Acting on a tip-off, police officials […]

Talcher/Bonai/Dhenkanal: Three persons including a seven-year-old child lost their lives and another was injured in separate elephant attacks in the State today. An elderly man was trampled to death by a tusker in Deulabeda area of Talcher. The deceased identified as Kedar Nath Prasad was standing near his house when the tusker allegedly attacked and […]

Bhubaneswar:  Intense heat wave severely affected normal life across Odisha today as temperature crossed 40 degree Celsius in nine places in the State. Talcher recorded highest 43.1 degree C followed by Titlagarh with 43 degree C. Similarly, Angul recorded 41.7 degree C, Bhawanipatna-42.5, Bolangir-42, Jharsuguda-40.9, Sonepur-40.8, Sambalpur-40.1, Sundergarh-40, Bhubaneswar & Cuttack recorded maximum temperature of […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued to reel under intense heat wave as 12 places in the State recorded maximum temperature above 40 degree Celsius on Monday. Talcher recorded the highest temperature at 43.8 degrees Celsius, followed by Angul which recorded 43.7 degrees Celsius. The mercury stood at 43 degrees Celsius in western Odisha town Titlagarh. The maximum […]

Angul: At least five persons including two girls and a woman were killed by a stray elephant in separate incidents in Talcher late night on Thursday. Panic gripped Sandha village after an elephant trampled three persons of a family to death. One Kalia Saaar along with his two-year-old daughter Anita and his cousin Sarathi who […]

Angul: The BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today campaigned at four places of Angul district. During his public address in Ghantapada area of Talcher Assembly constituency, he slammed the Centre and BJP leaders for neglecting Odisha. The Chief Minister accused the Centre of hatching a conspiracy to stop KALIA scheme and targeted […]

Bhubaneswar: The heat wave condition continues to intensify in Odisha with nine places of the State recording temperatures above 44 degree Celsius today. As per data of the Meteorological department, Titlagarh seemed to have turned into a burning cauldron as it recorded temperature of 46.5 degree Celsius, the maximum for any station this summer. Other […]

Angul: Tension prevailed at Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) Balaram coal mines in Talcher as labourers and security staff staged a dharna demanding ex-gratia and job for one of the family members of a security guard who was killed in an accident. The deceased, Kailash Maharana was a resident of Kalamchuin village and was working as […]

Angul: Rescuers today recovered some parts of another body trapped under the debris at the open cast mine of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Bharatpur of Talcher. As per reports, a joint team of NDRF and MCL’s mine rescuers retrieved a severed hand and some other parts of a person’s body from the debris. However, […]

Talcher: BJP leaders on Wednesday announced their decision to withdraw the week-long agitation that crippled coal production and supply at Talcher Coalfields of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) in Odisha’s Angul district after a mishap at a mine claimed four lives last week. MCL officials said they are examining the situation before taking any decision on […]

Talcher: Two weeks after the landslide at the open cast mine of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Bharatpur of Talcher on July 23, a rescue team today retrieved another unidentified body from the debris. Though bodies of three labourers were pulled out of the rubble following the landslide, whereabouts of a missing security guard Ramesh […]

Bhubaneswar: The increase in pollution levels across Odisha was one of the key concerns raised during the 36th Foundation Day celebration of the Odisha Pollution Control Board today. During the event, it was learned that in cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Balasore, Angul and Talcher there has been a significant rise in pollution levels. As […]