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AAI asks Air Odisha to ground Jharsuguda flights
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Monday directed Air Odisha to stop flying to Jharsuguda, the industrial hub of the state, barely a week after it had started operating on the route. AAI sources said since a construction of a new airport is underway, the runway is being renovated. For the next year, Air
SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya appointed as the chairperson of IIM Sambalpur
SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya has been appointed as the chairperson of the Society and Board of Governors of IIM Sambalpur, according to an official release. Bhattacharya has been named the chairperson of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur for the next five years starting January 15. She is the first woman to lead an India-based
Rs 50 lakhs postal savings ‘swindled’ in Kalahandi post office
Swindling of postal savings to a tune of over Rs 50 lakhs have been alleged in western Odisha’s Kalahandi district headquarters town of Bhawanipatna. A victim was about to withdraw Rs 3 lakh from his postal savings for his daugther’s wedding when the matter came to fore. To his utter chagrin, he found his savings
Liquor shop protest spills on street at Sambalpur
Hundreds of women of Gumulei area on Saturday staged a road blockade here demanding the closure of a government-run country made liquor shop in their locality. According to sources, the women sat on the road shouting slogans against the authorities for allowing the liquor shop to be set up there. The road blockade created a
1600 ltrs PDS kerosene seized from Sambalpur garage, one held
During massive raids launched on Tuesday in the district headquarters town of western Odisha’s Sambalpur, cops and Vigilance sleuths have arrested one person apart from seizing 1600 litres of PDS kerosene and 2,000 litres of diesel from a garage on NH-53 under Ainthapalli police limits in the town. As per reports, the accused and his
SMC planned new parks in city
Sambalpur municipal corporation has planned to develop five new parks in the city. The State Government has sanctioned Rs.1.03 crore for this development. Municipal Engineer of SMC Basanta Padhy said the parks are being developed at Gobindtola, in front of the office of Regional Transport Office (RTO) at Sambalpur, Sriram Vihar at Burla, near Jagannath
Maoists call for bandh, in protest of innocent civilian deaths
The Maoists have called for a bandh in three blocks of Kalahandi district in western Odisha on November 23 protesting against the Karlapat police encounter in which three local villagers were killed on Sunday afternoon. In an audio tape released by top Maoist leader and Bansadhara-Ghumusara-Nagavali Division secretary Umakant claimed that there was no exchange
Sambalpur University website hacked, complaint lodged with police
Cyber crime miscreants have hacked the website of the Sambalpur University and downloaded many important, secret documents. They have also gone to the extent of preparing forged certificates and mark-sheets and sell them to unworthy persons for huge amounts of money. The matter came to light when a senior officer of the RG University of
New Campus for GM University in Basantpur
For the new campus, a land of 50 acres has been identified at Basantpur, near to the proposed permanent location of IIM Sambalpur campus, this new campus will be the 2nd campus of the GM University acheter viagra le moins cher. The second campus will come up in 50 acres of land at Basantpur and
Crop Damage Widespread in Kalahandi, 234 Panchayats Affected
Erratic rainfall has affected the crops, particularly in non-irrigated areas of Kalahandi during the current kharif season. Of the total 272 gram panchayats, farmers in 234 gram panchayats have been affected and most of the villages come under non-irrigated pockets of the district. According to an eye estimate report prepared by the Agriculture Department, 49,304