Padmapur’s Residents protest over district recognition

Padmapur’s Residents protest over district recognition

Irate residents of Padampur in Bargarh district, under the aegis of Jay Kishan Andolan, modified the signboard outside the sub-collector’s office on Monday, by removing the ‘sub’ to press for their demand

RDC Visits Sites To Set Up Collectorate Ahead Of District Status To Padampur

RDC Visits Sites To Set Up Collectorate Ahead Of District Status To Padampur

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s announcement to accord district status to Padampur in Odisha’s Bargarh district moved a step ahead as the process for identification of the site for setting up collector’s office

CM approved the project ISS over Anga River in Bargarh

CM approved the project ISS over Anga River in Bargarh

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, approved the Mandiadhipa instream storage structure over the Anga River in Bargarh district and sanctioned Rs 104 crore for the project.

Truck Runs Over College Girls In Odisha’s Bargarh; 2 Dead, Another Critical

Truck Runs Over College Girls In Odisha’s Bargarh; 2 Dead, Another Critical

Two girl students of Larambha College were killed while another was critically injured after being run over by a truck near Kadobahal Chhak in Odisha’s Bargarh district on Monday.

Three held for dealing in fake fertiliser in Bargarh

Three held for dealing in fake fertiliser in Bargarh

Three persons were arrested on Sunday from Barpali in Bargarh district for their alleged involvement in manufacturing and selling spurious fertilisers in the area.

 

Bargarh News

College girl’s death sparks road blockade

Vehicular traffic on Bargarh-Balangir route was totally disrupted for hours on Tuesday following agitation by people at Barpali town over mysterious death of a college girl of the locality. Keeping the body of the girl on the road, people demanded proper compensation to the deceased’s family and action against the accused involved in the incident

2 lakh Odisha workers suffer in hellish Andhra kilns

They are loaded onto trains like goats, wide-eyed and scared. Few know where they are being herded to or where the trains – the Korba-VSKP Link Express and the Durg-VSKP Passenger – are going. They are pushed into unreserved compartments, one stacked above the other like sacks of rice. Some die without food or water;

Maoist held in Bargarh

A joint team of Bargarh district volunteer force and CRPF arrested a Maoist during a combing operation in Arhwal reserve forest range on Wednesday. He has been identified as Sanatan Deep (30). Police claimed he was involved in a series of offensives in Paikmal police station area in the past few months. A local court

NCC cadet Pragyanparimita Panda has won a gold medal

NCC cadet Pragyanparimita Panda has won a gold medal in snap shooting which was held from September 24, 2012 to October 8, 2012 in Delhi Army Camp.  All together 1300 cadeds were participated from 17 directorates.  There were 102 students participated  in the same event of  Pragyan.   Now because of Pragyan’s gold medal Odisha is moved

Residential apartments gained pace in small towns

Construction of multi-storied residential apartments has gained pace in small towns, which boasted only of standalone houses built by individual owners till recently. Contrary to real estate development centered around the Cuttack-Puri-Bhubaneswar triangle alone earlier, several residential projects are coming up in Angul, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Balasore, Bhadrak, and Berhampur, among other towns. Apart from

Boat capsizes, 14 miraculously saved

At least 14 people, including women and children, were miraculously rescued, when a local boat sank in the Balangir district of Odisha today.

Encounter in Bargarh

Security forces and Maoists exchanged fire near Gandpali village in Bargarh district on Chhattisgarh-Odisha border on Saturday. There was no report of any casualty. “The exchange took plase in Gandhamardhan forest range. We don’t have any information about casualty or injury among the rebels. Securitymen are safe,” DIG of police (NR) Sanjay Kumar said. The

Train collision averted near Bargarh

A head-on collision between two trains was averted near Bargarh railway station on Saturday. The incident happened around 4.30 pm when the driver of the Bhubaneswar Intercity Express, which had just left Bargarh, realized that a train was coming on the same track where he present. He alerted the Bargarh railway station authorities, who asked

Regional Level Consultation in Koraput

A two days Regional level Consultation on “the Implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006” was organized by Bhumiadhikar Sangathan, Koraput  affiliated to the Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD), Odisha on 24th  and 25th August 2012 at the Tribal Museum Koraput. The consultation was inaugurated by  Mrs. Malati Nayak, the Sarpanch of the Ramgiri G.P

Rs 2 crore booty seized from ‘dacoit’

Police in Odisha’s Bargarh district on Saturday arrested the kingpin of inter-state gang of dacoits and recovered booty worth over Rs 2 crore including Rs 4.2 kg gold. Chhattisgarh police had recently arrested seven members of the gang involved in the looting of jewelry worth Rs 3 crore from a shop at Baramkela in Chhattisgarh,

Maoists kill homeguard jawan in Bargarh

Maoists gunned down a home guard in front of his house in Majhipali village within Paikmal police limits on Monday night. Police have sent the body of 42-year-old Narayan Suna for post-mortem. Suna was from Bhuliaband area in Paikmal. Police said the rebels assaulted the body in order to create terror and left several leaflets

Girl dies of medicine ‘overdose’

 In an example of how private nursing homes hijack patients through agents, a family, lured into one of them, had to pay with their daughter’s life. A 10-year-old girl under treatment at a private nursing home here died allegedly due to overdose of medicine on Thursday. Child’s grandfather B Ram Babu has filed a complaint

Padmashree Dr. Chaturbhuj Meher conferred Doctorate by Sambalpur University

Padmashree Dr. Chaturbhuj Meher, famous for giving an unique identity to Odissi style, Ikat and Baandha styles of weaving in global arena, has today been conferred with honorary Doctorate in the field of literature from Sambalpur University, Odisha for his contribution in literature. The honorary doctorate was presented by Honourable Governor of Odisha Shri Murlidhar

Odisha asks Centre to sanction cluster development project

The Odisha government today asked the Centre to sanction a project under Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme (CHCDS) for the welfare of traditional weavers in western region of the state. “I propose that Government of India may sanction a project under CHCDS covering 25,000 looms as a Mega Cluster Development Project for implementation in Bargarh,