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PM Modi to lay foundation of IIM- Sambalpur on Jan 2
By hindustantimes.com| Edited by Susmita Pakrasi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 01, 2021 05:47 PM IST
Director of IIM Sambalpur, Prof Mahadeo Jaiswal said the work on the campus will be completed on April 2022 and will be a fully equipped state-of-art structure with energy efficient green features as per the GRIHA’ standards.
Bear and cub killed in road accident in Odisha’s Sambalpur district
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON DEC 27, 2020 01:26 AM IST
The accidental death of the bears came five days after an elephant was run over by the Puri-Surat Express train near Bhabanipali between Hatibari and Maneswar Railway stations under Sambalpur division.
Odisha police rescue one-month-old baby. She was sold for Rs 15,000
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON OCT 29, 2020 01:12 AM IST
Stories of child sale are not uncommon in Odisha, once infamous for its poverty in 80s and 90s as scores of poverty-ridden families sold off their sons and daughters to well-off families unable to feed them.
Uttarakhand man held for abducting prominent trader from Odisha’s Sambalpur district
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Dehradun
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2020 09:20 PM IST
The police swung into action after getting an input from the Sambalpur police on Saturday stating that the accused Rajiv Dua, a resident of Dehradun has been hiding in the city after committing the crime.
Odisha village renamed after popular folk song Rangabati to honour lyricist
By Debabrata Mohanty | HIndustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON JUL 23, 2020 01:54 AM IST
Mitrabhanu Gauntia, 77, was selected for the Padma Shri early this year. He has been conferred with the Odisha State Sangeet Natak Academy Award and Akashvani National Award for music and also honoured by Sambalpur University for his writings. He has written over 1000 songs.
Woman’s body recovered from forest 18 days after going missing; husband held
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JAN 18, 2020 08:44 PM IST
The decomposed body of Arati Singh was exhumed by police from a forest near Amburi village of Sambalpur district in the presence of her husband Kunal Singh, an autorickshaw driver.
Odisha minister’s daughter, actresses shoot video at Hirakud reservoir, probe ordered
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
PUBLISHED ON DEC 17, 2019 01:14 AM IST
On Saturday, BJD minister’s daughter Dipali Das, Odia film actresses Prakruti Mishra, Elina Samantray and fashion blogger Loveena Nayak had visited Sambalpur for a promotional event. During their stay, they visited the Hirakud Dam and took some photos and videos there.
Odisha mine project: ‘Felling of 1.3 lakh trees to have negligible impact’
By Jayashree Nandi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 14, 2019 12:44 AM IST
Some 10,000 trees have already been felled. The project involves diversion of 1,03,187 ha of forest land in Odisha’s Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts.
Truck driver fined Rs 6 lakh in Odisha, but under old traffic rules
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON SEP 14, 2019 03:53 PM IST
The truck that was fined Rs 6.45 lakh was being driven by Dilip Karta from Jharsuguda and is owned by Shailesh Shankar Kumar Lal Gupta of Bethel Colony, Phek Town in Nagaland. The truck is still under detention at Sambalpur as the owner is yet to pay the penalty.
Rajasthan truck driver fined Rs 1.41 lakh in Delhi for overloading
By Aparnesh Goswami | BIKANER
UPDATED ON SEP 11, 2019 07:43 AM IST
Earlier, a truck driver of Odisha’s Sambalpur district was fined a whopping Rs 86,500 for violating several traffic rules on September 3.
Facing public wrath, Odisha gives 3 month breather on MV Act implementation
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON SEP 10, 2019 10:19 AM IST
From the day of roll-out of the Act on September 1, Odisha has reportedly collected penalty of over Rs 1 crore from errant motorists under the MV Act with auto-rickshaw driver and two wheeler riders fined anything between Rs 23,000 to Rs 47,500.
Odisha truck driver fined Rs 86,500, the highest in country under MV Act
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON SEP 08, 2019 02:37 PM IST
Truck driver Ashok Jadav was fined on September 3 but the picture of the challan went viral on social media on Saturday evening.
Odisha braces for flood as Hirakud dam readies to discharge floodwater
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON AUG 14, 2019 12:02 PM IST
Officials in Bargarh have asked all educational institutions in the district to remain closed on Wednesday in view of heavy rainfall and flood threat.
Odisha woman’s 8-yr-long quest to find truth behind mother’s disappearance ends
By Debabrata Mohanty | Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON JUL 27, 2019 09:09 PM IST
The woman who went missing eight years ago was allegedly murdered by her brother-in-law and her body buried after being half dissolved by acid.
BJP’s Dharmendra Pradhan loses cool over checking of his chopper
By Indo-Asian News Service | Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON APR 18, 2019 05:11 PM IST
Pradhan was seen engaging in a verbal duel with the flying squad and the police after he was approached for inspection of his chopper in Odisha’s Sambalpur on Tuesday.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Odisha election observer suspended by EC for checking vehicle in PM Modi’s convoy
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON MAY 02, 2020 02:22 AM IST
A Karnataka-cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer has been suspended for checking a vehicle in the convoy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in breach of the Election Commission’s guidelines.
‘Like a postman’: PM Modi counters Naveen Patnaik on credit for schemes
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Sambalpur, Odisha
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2019 12:33 PM IST
PM Modi was addressing an election rally in Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency of Odisha, where he targeted the BJD of CM Naveen Patnaik and the Congress.
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Odisha’s Sambalpur is a BJD bastion
By HT Correspondent | New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 15, 2019 03:12 PM IST
Sambalpur will witness polling on April 23 and counting of votes will take place on May 23.
Cops crack ‘witchcraft’ murder in Jharkhand, brother duo arrested
By Manish Raj | Ranchi
UPDATED ON MAR 17, 2019 11:17 AM IST
Sonua police station officer-in-charge, Kuldip Kumar said that the headless body of the victim, Phulmani Devi was found on the railway track at the manned railway crossing between Asantaliya and Baidhmara on the morning of March 3.
Naveen Patnaik slams Centre, silent on buzz around supporting NDA in 2019
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON DEC 26, 2018 10:02 PM IST
Naveen Patnaik posed nine questions to the Centre, each mocking the Modi government’s schemes like Ujwala, under which gas connections are offered to the poor, telecom connectivity plans, completion plans for national highways and the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana (crop insurance scheme).
Odisha minor gang rape: 5 awarded life term in 30 days
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar
PUBLISHED ON JUN 03, 2018 12:30 PM IST
On May 3, the girl was allegedly gang-raped by her boyfriend Afzal and four other friends in two different places in Sambalpur. She committed suicide by hanging herself to death at her home on May 23.
Odisha: Gang-raped by six, minor hangs herself at home
By Debabrata Mohanty | Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar
UPDATED ON MAY 24, 2018 04:20 PM IST
All the accused in the rape case, including a juvenile, have been arrested.
13-year-old girl gangraped in Odisha, six held
By HT Correspondent | Bhubaneswar, Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAY 05, 2018 11:40 PM IST
This is the 15th case of the rape of a minor reported in the state in about a month.
Man kills wife in family court building in Odisha
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India, Sambalpur
PUBLISHED ON APR 24, 2018 12:08 AM IST
The woman had appeared at the court with her parents for conciliation with her husband as she had returned to her parental home a few months after her marriage.