Sambalpur

Sambalpur: Devotees thronged the Radha Krishna temple in town to partake in the Govardhan puja celebrations on Monday. Also referred to as Annakut puja, it’s celebrated a day after Diwali on the first lunar day of Shukla Paksha (bright…

Sambalpur: A massive fire broke out in Golbazar vegetable market here in the wee hours of Monday, gutting more than 70 shops. The cause of the fire is suspected to be a lit diya that fell over at a puja pandal in the market around 2.30 am.…

Bhubaneswar: The Health and Family Welfare Department has reinstated former Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) in-charge of Sundargarh, Dr Pankaj Patel, as senior consultant at the district headquarters hospital in Sambalpur. Patel was…

Sambalpur: Tension ran high in Gangadhar Meher University campus in Sambalpur town on Thursday after students of the Plus Two Junior College locked up the main gate and sat on a dharna in protest against transfer of eight lecturers. One…

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has attached assets worth over Rs 4,025.23 crore of Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd (BPSL) in connection with an alleged bank loan fraud. The properties attached by the central…

Sambalpur: A dreaded criminal Amit Sahu was arrested after he was injured in an encounter with the police on the outskirts of Sambalpur city on Friday evening. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of Amit near a temple in Khetrajpur, a…

Sambalpur: Police on Tuesday detained four youths for their alleged link to the murders of two members of a family at a village in Sambalpur district. Police suspect the double murder at Talipada in the Dangarpada panchayat area near…

Sambalpur: The Sambalpur police will probe the brutal thrashing of a Plus Two first-year student of a residential school by four students inside the school hostel. The incident came to light when the student's parents visited Vikash…

Sambalpur: In the highest penalty for traffic law violation in the country so far, transport authorities in Sambalpur have slapped a fine of Rs 6,53,100 lakh on a truck from Nagaland. The incident, which had taken place on August 10, only…

Sambalpur: Eight days after a college lecturer was murdered, police arrested the accused on Thursday night. The accused has been identified as Dukhanasana Bag. Talking to the media on Friday, additional SP, Sambalpur, Pradip Kumar…