The State Government on Wednesday said that efforts were underway to open district and session judge court in 10 districts, including Rayagada. Replying to a call-attention notice of Dambarudhar Ulaka, Law Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh said the Government had made budgetary provision for opening district and session judge courts in 16 districts in the current

The municipal director has summoned the Sambalpur civic body chairperson and seven councilors to seek their view on the district collector’s recommendations to dissolve the municipal council. The Sambalpur collector had sent the recommendation to the state government two months ago following allegations of tender fixing against the chairperson, Reena Trivedi. “We have received a

Western Odisha has always been in the news, albeit for all wrong reasons. Two years ago, Jhintu Bariha of Chabripali village under Khaprakhol block of Balangir died along with five members of his family due to alleged malnutrition. This year, tribal Siba Naik (65) died of malnutrition and hunger on July 8. A Dalit labourer

Angul (Odisha), Dec 21 (PTI) Normal life was affected while services of several long distance trains were disrupted in Angul today in response to a bandh called by the District Bar Association demanding setting up of a district judge court and office of CI of schools here. While vehicular movement was disrupted, East Coast Railway

Demanding separate Kosal  state once again Koshal Kranti Dal (KKD)  is once again  started their campaign. According KKD, by taking this demand of Separate Koshal State a   mass campaign will be starting from 23rd of December till   January 23rd in whole Western Odisha. Beside this on the issue of separate state, KKD will encompass in

The 15th Veer Surendra Sai Inter-state Sambalpuri Drama Competition, organised by Yuba Udayan, will be held at the Aranyaka Mandap at Jharuapara , Sambalpur from 24th December to 31st December 2011.   As many as 22 sambalpuri-Kosli drama will be performed on the stage with three dramas per day. The dramas will start from 6

The government’s decision to cancel the MOU of the Sindol Hydropower Project has received a mixed reaction in Sambalpur. While several organizations and individuals hailed it as “people’s win”, others feel it’s a political decision in view of the forthcoming panchayat polls. However, by and large there was an unanimous feeling of happiness in the

Srinagar Dec 19: Adding another milestone to its cap the highflying JK Bank football team made whole state proud by lifting prestigious 6th All India Invitational Cup, defeating hosts Sambalpur Sports Club 1-0 in a scintillating final played at Sambalpur, Orissa on Sunday. In the match JK bank defeated host team by solitary goal. The

With Sambalpur University vice-chancellor Arun Pujari’s term coming to an end soon, the debate over Pujari’s brainchild SU Institute of Information Technology (SUIIT) has divided faculty in the varsity and educationists in the region. While a section of them term the less than two-year old institute as the biggest success story for the varsity, others

Who can forget the agony and sufferings the people of Western Orissa faced during the construction of Hirakud Dam. It was constructed to check the massive flood that was effecting a large part of coastal Odisha. But construction of the dam greatly affected the native of western part of Odisha. Nearly 150,000 people were affected

A senior BJP leader was shot at by unidentified assailants in Sambalpur district on Friday evening. The former BJP district president, Seema Khatei, was attacked at Chepti Pulia near Remed while he was on his way to Hirakud from here. He sustained bullet injuries in his abdomen and was immediately admitted to VSS Medical College

Odisha is all set to get a second sainik school at Goshala near Sambalpur, home secretary M S Padhi said here on Friday. “The state government has decided to start the second sainik school. The process is on track,” Padhi told reporters. Principal of Sainik School Bhubaneswar, Capt K S Noor said the government has

The national human rights commissioner (NHRC) has asked the state government to ensure proper Implementation of the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996, in the state as a large number of people belonging to the unorganized sector are totally deprived of the benefits stipulated under the act.

A 25-year-old farmer has committed suicide allegedly because of crop loss at Belbahali in Bargarh district. The death of the farmer, Keshab Chhatar, on Wednesday night came within a week of a similar incident at another village in the same district. Villagers said Keshab was spotted in a critical condition after he consumed pesticide late