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ukraine: Parents slam Odisha government 'inaction' | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India
As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, family members of those who are stranded in the war-torn country are spending sleepless nights here in Rourkela. Although the Centre has started the evacuation process, parents of students, especially of those who are stuck in east Ukraine, rue the government "apathy". Sources said a group of parents assembled at Sector 4 area here on Saturday and discussed the possible solution on the issue.
BJP creating UP, Bihar-type unrest in Odisha: BJD | India News - Times of India
NEW DELHI: A day after large-scale violence marred the first phase of the panchayat election in Odisha , the governing BJD on Thursday accused BJP of trying to introduce UPand Bihar-style unrest in the peace-loving state.The saffron party, however, countered the charges by blaming BJD for the incidents and sought a reply from CM and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on the issue.
bjd: Bjp Trying To Turn Odisha Into Up, Bihar, Says Bjd | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India
Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: A day after large-scale violence marred the first phase of panchayat election on Wednesday, BJD on Thursday accused BJP of trying to introduce Uttar Pradesh and Bihar-style unrest in peace-loving Odisha. The saffron party, however, countered the charges by blaming the BJD for the incidents and sought a reply from chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on the issue.
Odisha: Cop's son loots Rs 15 lakh from bank using dad's gun, held
ROURKELA: Using his father's service revolver, a police officer's son looted Rs 15 lakh from a bank at the Main Road area of Sundargarh town on Tuesday. However, due to prompt action by the Sundargarh police, the accused was arrested following a gunfight and the cash recovered. The accused has been admitted to the district headquarters hospital with bullet injuries. Sources said around 2.20pm, Jaydeb Nayak, posing as a customer, entered the Axis Bank's Sundargarh town Main Road branch.
Odisha: Two clubs sealed in Rourkela for flouting Covid norms
ROURKELA: Officials of Rourkela Municipal Corporation RMC ) conducted raids at two prestigious clubs in the city for flouting Covid guidelines and sealed the clubs late on Sunday night. About 30-40 patrons were present in one of the clubs and they were being served food and beverages when the raid took place.Sources said following information regarding activities at Rourkela Club and the Indo German Club, Rourkela ADM Diby Jyoti Parida ordered a raid.
Sundargarh Pins Hope On Ashwini Vaishnaw To Bring Rail Projects Back On Track
Rourkela: With Ashwini Vaishnaw taking over as Railway Minister, people of Odisha’s Sundargarh are hopeful of getting their long-standing demands fulfilled, which includes completion of the Talcher-Bimlagarh rail link project and a Rail division at Rourkela. Significantly, Vaishnaw has a Sundargarh connection. The first positing of this 1994-batch Odisha-cadre IAS officer was Bonei, where he served as a sub-collector.
Focus Sundargarh: Talcher-Bimlagarh Railway Project Continues At Snail’s Pace
Rourkela: It’s been almost 52 years since the historic movement for construction of Talcher-Bimlagarh rail link started. Sadly, the much-awaited railway project of Odisha still moves at snail’s pace. Following a mass movement which rocked the state in 1969, the project was formally sanctioned by the Union government during 2003-04. The initial target date of completion was March 2022, but that has now been extended to December 2025.
'Historic' One-Day Strike At Rourkela Steel Plant As 95% Employees Stay Away
Rourkela: Workers of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) observed a ‘historic’ strike on Wednesday to protest the inordinately long delay in wage revision. About 95 per cent of the employees joined the one-day strike, which was called by trade unions of all SAIL plants. They were demanding immediate finalization of wage revision, which has been due since January 1, 2017.
Odisha: NIT Rourkela student makes device that can stop oxygen wastage
ROURKELA: A fourth-year integrated MSc physics student of National Institute of Technology , Rourkela, has invented a device 'Oxyserve' which can help save about 60 to 70% medical oxygen. The device appears extremely useful in the wake of the recent oxygen crisis that had plagued the country. Rupesh Mahore's research paper and the device has been accepted at ICRTST 21 (International Conference on Recent Trends in Science & Technology-2021) without any modification.
Focus Rourkela: Why Should Steel & Mines Workers Not Get COVID Package?
Rourkela: The steel and mines industry remained operational during the COVID-19 induced lockdowns during both the waves as it was put under the essential services category.
Sundargarh records one-day high of 2,073 fresh infections
ROURKELA: With 2,073 new cases Sundargarh on Friday dislodged Khurda for the first time during the fresh Covid wave to claim the top spot among the districts in the single-day infection count. Sundargarh also breached the 2,000-mark for the first time thie year.Sources said with the Covid figure of Sundargarh suggesting high incidence of the infection in the district, long queues are noticed in front of the sample drawing centres.
Weekend shutdown affects life in dists close to Chhattisgarh
COPS ON WATCH SAMBALPUR/ROURKELA/BALANGIR: Shops, offices and business establishments remained closed while vehicular movement came to a grinding halt on the first day of the weekend shutdown imposed to break the chain of Covid cases across towns in 10 districts near Chhattisgarh on Saturday.
Rourkela man dies in Kolkata as hospitals refuse to admit him
Rourkela: A 39-year-old man from Rourkela serving as manager in a leading corporate house in Kolkata, died on his way to the third hospital, after two of the hospitals refused to admit him due to unavailability of beds on Tuesday morning. His Covid test conducted after his death confirmed that he was infected. Officials of Kolkata Municipal Corporation have reportedly refused to cremate him as his Aadhar card had Odisha address and he is not a resident of Kolkata.
DGP orders Crime Branch probe into girl’s rape
Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Director general of police (DGP) Abhay on Tuesday ordered a state Crime Branch probe into the alleged gang-rape of a minor girl in a police station in Sundargarh district. The DGP said the Crime Branch team will take over the investigation from local police. The Crime Branch inquiry follows public outcry over the gang-rape charge against the police and their subsequent attempt to hush up the matter.
Stir against containment zone singes Rourkela Main Road
Barricades were brought down and set on fire by protesters in Rourkela on Tuesday ROURKELA: At least 13 police personnel were injured in stone pelting when hundreds of residents of Main Road in Rourkela city took to the streets on Tuesday, pulled down barricades and set them on fire in protest against the administration’s decision to treat their area as a containment zone for a month. They demanded the lifting of the containment tag and return to a less restricted lifestyle.
114 students from Kota reach Rourkela after 50-hr bus ride
Rourkela/Jharsuguda: Altogether 114 students from Kota arrived here on Saturday morning after travelling for 50 hours. While 87 were allowed home quarantine, 27 were sent to government quarantine centres after health check up and sanitisation of their luggage.
Rules in her favour, Rourkela woman still unable to travel for surgery
Rourkela: An elderly cancer patient from Rourkela, who was scheduled to go for surgery at a Kolkata hospital, has been unable to travel even though the lockdown rules allow people with emergency medical needs to travel from one state to another. Kitabun Nisha, a 65-year-old resident of Diesel Colony, Bondamunda, suffered from severe pain in her abdomen in the first week of March and was advised to go for surgery in Kolkata, latest by April.
Bride, groom tie the knot with masks on
Rourkela: The parents of Amrit and Subhasree had grand plans for their wedding. The date, April 17, had been fixed a long time back. But as luck would have it, the lockdown came as a jolt to the two families. Not willing to postpone the marriage, the duo decided to tie the knot on the same day but after maintaining all lockdown guidelines.
300 migrant workers from Jharkhand & UP detained in Odisha
Rourkela: About 300 migrant labourers from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, who were engaged in different projects in Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh districts, were detained by the officials of the Sundargarh district administration while crossing the Odisha-Jharkhand border on Monday. Left without any work amid the lockdown and with all vehicular movement suspended, walking back to their native place was the only choice they had.
Return to DeMon days for worried YES Bank customers
Bhubaneswar/Rourkela: Concerns over YES Bank’s financial health has spooked customers with many worrying what will happen to their deposits. With the Reserve Bank of India capping monthly withdrawal to Rs 50,000, customers are in a fix how to manage their expenses. As news spread of SBI’s proposed takeover of YES Bank, many rushed to the bank ATM to withdraw money. But they were met with either technical glitches or signs of no money.
Pvt school director held for raping teen in Rourkela
Rourkela: A director of a private school in Rourkela was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a 19-year-old girl on the pretext of waiving her brother’s school fees in December. “The survivor lodged an FIR with the Bondamunda police station on Tuesday afternoon. Acting on it, we registered a case under sections 376, 294 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and arrested the accused, identified as Bibhuti Gupta, on Wednesday,” Rourkela DSP P K Mishra said.
Odisha: Man hacks four of brother's family to death, surrenders
ROURKELA: A 27-year-old tribal youth allegedly hacked four members of his brother's family to death on Saturday night before surrendering to the police. Among those killed were two minors. Police suspect the murders could be related to financial dispute. Sources said brothers Kande Munda (34) and Kali Munda (27) used to live in their ancestral home at Deuladihi village, under Bonei police station (PS) limits of Sundargarh district.
Man hacks 4 of brother’s family to death, surrenders
Rourkela: A 27-year-old tribal youth allegedly hacked four members of his brother’s family to death on Saturday night before surrendering to the police. Among those killed were two minors. Police suspect the murders could be related to financial dispute. Sources said brothers Kande Munda (34) and Kali Munda (27) used to live in their ancestral home at Deuladihi village, under Bonei police station of Sundargarh district.
Scuffle over CAA in Sundargarh town
Rourkela: A rally against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Sundargarh on Monday was disrupted allegedly by members of a fringe Hindu outfit, forcing police to intervene to prevent the situation from spiralling out of control. The group demanding the withdrawal of CAA was led by district Congress leaders and comprised mostly of party workers.
Four of family, including two kids, found dead inside house
Rourkela: Four members of a family, including two children, were found dead inside a locked house in IT Colony under Rajgangpur police station limits in Sundargarh district on Saturday. The decomposed bodies were recovered by Rajgangpur police after neighbours complained of a foul smell coming from house no. B-7, IT Colony, owned by one Pramod Rout, said sub-divisional police officer (Rajgangpur) B K Nanda. Rajgangpur police broke open the door of the house and found the bodies.
Sundargarh SP comes to rescue of accident victims
Rourkela: Sundargarh SP Soumya Mishra showed the human face of policing when she helped transport two injured persons to hospital on her official vehicle. She also ensured that a third injured is taken to hospital in a colleagueâs vehicle. Her action has now earned her admirers from locals. Sources said on Tuesday, around 2 in the afternoon, Soumya was travelling from Sundargarh to Rajgangpur in her official vehicle when she witnessed an accident.
Fake gynae held in Sundargarh
Rourkela: The Sundargarh police on Wednesday arrested a woman for masquerading as a gynaecologist for more than a year. The woman, 23-year-old Simaran, a native of Purunapani area under Hatibari police station of Sundargarh district, was also running clinics at three places in Biramitrapur area during this period. She had put up a notice board claiming herself to be a gynaecologist. Her clinics had ultrasound machines and she was also treating patients.
Twist in tale: State GST owns up âmistaken raidâ in Rourkela
Rourkela: The suspense over who conducted raid on the house of a retired person, who suffered brain stroke during the swoop, was lifted on Monday as the state GST officials, on inquiry by TOI, confirmed that the raid was conducted by their officials. The officials claimed that the raiding party had no intention to harass anyone and extended all possible cooperation to the person after he fell ill.
Odisha: NIT-R installs 13 rooftop solar units
ROURKELA: To promote renewable energy, rooftop solar units were inaugurated on 13 buildings at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, by chief executive officer of Rourkela Steel Plant Deepak Chattraj on Monday. Power generation is expected to start after a month and the institute targets to produce 200 units every day.
CM campaigns in Sundargarh, talks hockey - Times of India
Mihir Ray | TNN | Apr 11, 2019, 04:56 IST Rourkela: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik and BJD president undertook a whirlwind tour of Sundargarh district on Wednesday, addressing five public meetings and two road shows. He covered all seven assembly constituencies under the Sundargarh LS seat. Naveen addressed public meetings in Sundargarh Sadar, Talsara, Rajgangpur, Bonei, and Biramitrapur constituencies and attended road shows in Rourkela and Raghunathpalli.
Odisha ex-CM’s daughters to make poll debut from rival parties - Times of India
Rourkela: The elections in Sundargarh will see two sisters compete from rival parties. While that is not unusual, these women — both poll debutants — are no ordinary contestants. They are daughters of former chief minister and veteran Congressman Hemananda Biswal. While Sunita Biswal is BJD’s candidate for the Sundargarh Lok Sabha constituency, her younger sister, Amita, is Congress’s candidate for the eponymous assembly seat.
6 held in Sundargarh dist for killing 5 members of family - Times of India
Mihir Ray | TNN | Jan 27, 2019, 23:04 IST Rourkela: Police on Sunday arrested six persons on charges of killing five members of a family, including four children, on suspicion that they were practising black magic. The children — aged 10 months to 12 years — and their 30-year-old mother were killed with pry bars and dumped into an abandoned well near their home at Indupur village, under Koira police station limits of Sundargarh district, on Friday evening.
Migrant worker alleges acid attack - Times of India
ROURKELA: A 42-year-old man from Sundargarh district, who was working in a brick kiln in Visakhapatnam for the past three months, was allegedly attacked with acid by the employer's men after he tried to flee the place, dissatisfied with working conditions. The matter came to light after his family members brought him to Hemgiri community health centre for treatment on Tuesday. He was referred to VSS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Vimsar), Burla.
Bridge in Bonei collapses, 20 workers hurt - Times of India
ROURKELA: At least 20 workers were injured, six of them critically, when an under-construction bridge in Bonei sub-division of Sundargarh district collapsed on Sunday afternoon. The injured were taken to Bonei hospital from where the six were shifted to Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) after their condition deteriorated."Six injured persons have been sent to Rourkela Government Hospital since their condition is stated to be critical," said Rabindra Sethi , the assistant collector of Bonei.
Why this man got his bride married - Times of India
ROURKELA: The village of Pamara in Bargaon block of Sundargarh district on Saturday played host to a unique wedding where a man helped solemnise the marriage of his wife with her lover, barely six days after his own arranged wedding with her.A native of Pamara, 28-year-old Basudeb Tappo had married a 24-year-old woman from Jharsuguda’s Debdihi village on March 4.
In fresh twist, drunk groom back in jail after another girl claims to be his wife - Times of India
ROURKELA: A girl surfaced at Tangerpalli police station on Tuesday claiming to be the wife of the man, whom another girl had refused to marry on Monday because he was drunk. Later, the second girl exchanged garlands with him after a reconcialiation.Police arrested the groom and his younger brother. It also rescued the new bride from the groom's house and sent her back to her parental home.
Odisha: Marauding jumbos leave newborn unscathed
ROURKELA: As tales of ruthless elephants destroying crops and habitats trickle in from different parts of the state, reports of an incident on Monday night speak of the deeper kindness of nature itself.A 32-member herd that went on a rampage in Sundargarh 's Biramitrapur town, while destroying the furniture and kitchen of a house, spared a seven-day-old baby sleeping alone inside.As elephants attacked a house, its members ran out of it in panic. In their fear, the family forgot the newborn.
BJP trains guns on BJD over Koel barrage
ROURKELA: While BJD has taken up the delay in the construction of the second Brahamani bridge issue as an opportunity to corner the BJP , the Rourkela unit of BJP is now using the inordinate delay in the construction of the barrage-cum-bridge over Koel river to train its guns on the ruling party in the state.Chief minister Naveen Patnaik had laid the foundation of the barrage on July 9, 2013.
Odisha man denied govt home turns Swachh toilet into one - Times of India
ROURKELA: Clothes and a mosquito net hang on a line. Vessels lie scattered on the floor next to a stove.
Youth killed in group clash in Rourkela
ROURKELA: A youth was killed and two others injured in a group clash that took place at Malgodown area in the steel city on Monday. Two different groups fought with each other over previous enmity. Injured persons are undergoing treatment in the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here.According to reports, about eight people armed with sharp weapons including sword and Bhujali reached Malgodown square at around 7.30 pm and attacked another group of seven youths present over there.
Train hits jumbo in Sundargarh, sick elephant trapped in mud in Angul
BHUBANESWAR/ROURKELA: A female elephant died after a passenger train hit it near Beheramunda in Sundargarh district late on Friday. The animal died on the spot. In another incident, an ailing elephant fell into mud in a paddy field near Deulijhar village in Angul district on Saturday.Sources said 19 elephants reportedly entered Sundargarh forest division on Friday evening.
Red chillies to smoke out jumbos
ROURKELA: While controlling the movement of herds of elephants and keeping them away from human habitations have long posed a challenge for the officials of the forest department, red chilli powder is increasingly being used to keep the jumbos at bay of late.Forest officials are also organizing awareness campaigns in different villages explaining the dos and don'ts to locals during movement of the elephants.
Plus II girl 'gang-raped' in college in Odisha - Times of India
ROURKELA: A Plus II first year girl student was allegedly gang-raped by three seniors, Plus III students , inside her college under Bargaon police station of Sundargarh district on Monday, police said.Confirming such an allegation, Sundargarh SP Pinak Mishra said police have continued manhunt to nab the accused.In her complaint, the girl alleged that at about 11am, she was moving on the college corridor after attending one of her classes.
Foundation stone of 2nd Brahmani bridge next week
ROURKELA: The foundation stone of much-awaited second Brahmani bridge is all set to be laid at Balughat of Rourkela on July 21 by Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari in the presence of other dignitaries, informed senior BJP leader and Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray while interacting with the media here on Saturday.The officials of National Highways Authority of India have also confirmed the development.With demand from various quarters growing shriller for the second bridge...
Trader accused of filming obscene video on the run
ROURKELA: Sundargarh police registered four separate cases in the incident where Ankurpalli villagers ransacked liquor shops in protest against the circulation of obscene videos featuring women. Businessman Jhasketan Sahu , who owned one of the liquor shops and has allegedly been involved in coercing women of the village into featuring in the videos, is still absconding.
Women vandalize liquor shop in Buhubaneswar, other places in state
BHUBANESWAR/ROURKELA: Anti-liquor movement was reported from the capital city, Ganjam and Sundargarh district on Sunday. Women were seen protesting against the sale and manufacturing of liquor in their areas.Women of Bharatpur in Bhubaneswar vandalized a country liquor unit demanding total prohibition in their area.
Dilip Ray flays BJP over non-starter bridge
ROURKELA: Senior BJP leader and Rourkela MLA Dilip Ray once again expressed his displeasure at the inordinate delay in starting the construction of the second Brahmani bridge , a promise made by none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ray's remark against his party came a day after his tweet on construction of barrages over two rivers by Jharkhand government would reduce water flow to five districts of Odisha.
Engine breaks free from train, runs 2km in Rourkela
BHUBANESWAR/ROURKELA: Three days after Hirakhand Express jumped track killing 41 people at Kuneru, in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, the passengers of Bhubaneswar-Anand Vihar superfast weekly express had a narrow escape when the engine got detached from the coaches minutes after crossing Rourkela station.
Hi-Tech students begin hunger strike
ROURKELA: As many as 100 MBBS students whose admission to the Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital had been cancelled by the Supreme Court , have begun a sitting demonstration, including a relay hunger strike, in front of the college gates on Sunday.The strike comes after rising tension on the Rourkela campus since Thursday evening, when it emerged that the Supreme Court had rejected the review petition of students who had been admitted for the 2015-16 academic year.
Odisha CM's plane pushed manually for VP's landing
ROURKELA/BHUBANESWAR: An aircraft carrying Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to Rourkela on Saturday had to be manually pushed by security personnel on the airport apron to make way for Vice-President Hamid Ansari 's plane which had been given the same parking bay.Sources said that a few minutes before Ansari's aircraft was to land, his security personnel noticed Patnaik's aircraft in bay 1.
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