Monthly Archives: June 2011
Sambalpuri Saree
Sambalpuri Saree is a traditional handwoven Ikkat sari or saree (locally called shadhi) wherein the warp and the weft are tie-dyed before weaving, produced in the Bargarh, Sonepur, Sambalpur and nearby districts of Odisha. Saree being a traditional female garment in the Indian Subcontinent.[1], a strip of unstitched cloth, ranging from four to nine metres
Hepatitis E claims 10 lives in Sambalpur
SAMBALPUR: Hepatitis E virus has claimed 10 lives in the last one week triggering panic in Sambalpur town. The deceased include two pregnant women. Medicine Specialist Kabir Das Purohit said it develops into a severe liver disease in some cases. He said while 90 per cent of the patients recover, it may lead to complications
Second Zoo in Orissa to come up near Sambalpur
A zoo will be set up at Laxmi Dunguri, a place in between Burla and Sambalpur town in Western Orissa, Minister for Forest Debi Prasad Mishra said. This would be the second zoo in the state after Nandankanan, Mr Mishra said, adding the proposal for setting up of the zoo at Laxmi Dunguri was passed
Sason-Rengali double railway line commissioned
Sambalpur: The double railway line between Sason and Rengali was on Saturday commissioned for goods and passenger trains after its completion. Commissioner of Railway Safety, South Eastern Circle, Kolkata, Sudarson Nayak inspected the new line accompanied by other senior railway officers, including VK Bahamani (Chief Administrative Officer), AV Siva Prasad (DRM), DP Lal (Chief Engineer
Favouritism alleged in selection of lecturer
An applicant for post of a lecturer in history Department of Sambalpur University here on Saturday alleged that all norms were thrown to wind in selection of candidate. Ratnakar Mohapatra, who was alleged to have been ignored for the post despite possessing all qualifications, urged Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare to institute an inquiry into the
No psychiatrist to treat patients in jail
Five psychiatric patients will be shifted from the district jail here to Sambalpur jail as there is a change in their behaviour, according to jail Superintendent Bramhananda Sahoo. As 24 such patients are staying among 641 other inmates in the jail, it becomes difficult to attend them for the lack of any psychiatrist neither in
Sambalpur DD Kendra wins two national awards
Doordarshan Kendra, Sambalpur has won laurels by bagging two annual national awards at the just concluded annual award presentation ceremony of the national broadcaster – Doordarshan – in New Delhi. According to the Kendra’s executive producer P.L.Das, two documentaries produced by the Kendra – Paschimataal and Pakshira Nida claimed the awards. “ Paschimataal is a
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