Monthly Archives: September 2012
HC tightens anti-pollution noose on govt hospitals
The Orissa high court on Friday directed the State Pollution Control Board to initiate criminal proceedings against seven district headquarter hospitals for continuous violation of Biomedical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules. “The division bench of Justice L Mohapatra and Justice I Mohanty has directed the board to file criminal cases against the in-charges of bio-medical
Balasore, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Jajpur under Rajiv Awas Yojana
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urges Union Ministerof Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja to include Balasore, Jeypore, Jharsuguda, Jajpur under Rajiv Awas Yojana. Patnaik writes a letter to Selja over this issue. Patanik said that, “The Government of Odisha is fully committed to making the State slum free and has formulated a comprehensive
40 lakh, Agricultural Scam in Sambalpur
Police on Wednesday claimed to have blown the lid off a money-siphoning racket in the agriculture department with the arrest of eight persons. The accused included two government employees and two staff of private banks. Sambalpur SP Nikhil Kanodia said around Rs 40 lakh was withdrawn from the department’s account in agriculture development branch of
Burla NAC chairperson faces controversy for her caste
The first woman chairperson of Burla notified area council (NAC), Chadrabati Nayak, has recently found herself in the middle of a controversy over her caste. While Nayak contested the election for the NAC chairperson’s post claiming she belonged to scheduled castes, a recent report by the revenue supervisor of Sambalpur tehasil says she is a
Asha Bhosle will sing a Sambalpuri Geet
Well known playback singer Asha Bhosle will be heard singing a Sambalpuri geet in the upcoming Odia film ‘Chini’ with a western Odisha flavour. Asha has sung ‘Uanshar andhare nai dishe sina, haji nai jai jan‘ penned by Durga Madhab Panda for the film. “It is for the first time that a singer of Asha’s
East Coast Railways plan to run special train for the festive season
East Coast Railways (ECoR) informed on Friday the plans of the Railways to run several special trains through its jurisdiction to meet the festive season rush this year. A weekly Special train via Sambalpur, Titlagarh & Rayagada will leave Hatia every Thursday between October 4 and November 29 and will arrive at Yesvantpur the next
Three lives lying dead in Sambalpur
The bodies of 22-year-old Jhili Majhi and Sonu Pradhan (30), were found at Tal village near Redhakhole. Jhili’s mother, Lata Majhi (50), was found lying dead behind the house on Saturday morning. Police suspect it to be a case of mass suicide over family disturbances. Police said Sonu, who had been residing in his maternal uncle’s
Odisha to invite bids for vegetable retail chains in three towns
The horticulture department of the Odisha government will soon come up with tenders for setting up of vegetable retail chains in towns like Sambalpur, Rourkela and Berhampur, after a similar initiative in Bhubaneswar. The department has already facilitated setting up of two vegetable stores, branded as ‘Udyan Fresh’ in the capital city with the help
Drunk man kills daughter
A drunk man murdered his teenage daughter in the town’s Barpali area on Thursday night. The accused, Ram Narayan Mirdha (48), struck his daughter, Kalpana’s head with a wooden plank over sudden provocation. She was taken to VSS Medical College and Hospital in the night but died in the hospital during treatment. Ram Narayan is
Upgrade of two roads under ADB loan
The Government has decided to upgrade two of the State’s key roads under second loan component of the Asian Development Bank project. The upgrade of Chankahri-Maro-Sambalpur-Navagand-Chirha-Umaria and Raipur-Urla-Patharideeh-Berla-Kodwa roads will involve `178.17 crore and necessary orders have been passed by the PWD through Mantralaya, according to an official statement. The length of Chankahri-Maro-Sambalpur-Navagand-Chirha-Umaria is 68
Delhi schools register facile wins in Subroto Cup
Delhi schools had a field day in the under-17 boy’s section of the 53rd Subroto Cup football tournament with Modern School, Barakhamba and Bal Bharti Air Force School, registering facile wins in the group stage on Saturday. Air Force School hammered Saini Senior Secondary School, Rewari, Haryana 8-0 thanks to hat-tricks from Tilak (9, 12,
Sambalpur in Administrator’s Challenge Cup
The Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration, is organising 10th Administrator’s Challenge Cup All India Football Tournament (U-17 Boys) that would be held from October 15 to October 23 at Chandigarh Football Academy Ground, Sports Complex, Sector 42, Chandigarh and Football Stadium, Sector 17, Chandigarh. Teams from all over India will be participating in the tournament. As
Conch-shaped Ganesh big hit in Sambalpur
A gigantic Ganesh idol made of 2.5 lakh sea shells is the cynosure of all eyes in the week-long puja in Sambalpur, which began here on Wednesday. In a month-long effort, members of Natraj Club of Sambalpur’s Khetrajpur fashioned the unique idol out of sea shells procured from Puri and Rameswaram. “It was not easy
Sambalpur cocks a snook at bandh
The nationwide bandh against diesel price hike and FDI in retail failed to dampen the festive cheer in Sambalpur on the occasion of Nuakhai on Thursday. Hundreds of devotees thronged to the Maa Samaleswari shrine here for the ritualistic offering of rice to the presiding deity. “The ceremony of offering rice to Maa Samaleswari commenced
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