Sambalpur

Sambalpur: Chewing of paan or gutkha has been banned on the premises of the Maa Samalei temple in Sambalpur in Odisha. According to reports, this ban order will come into effect from April 14, 2024. The temple authorities have decided to…

Bhubaneswar: Sambalpur district is set to be home to Odisha's first C-Band Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) station, which will be up and running within the next three months. This addition will significantly enhance weather monitoring and…

Sambalpur: Sambalpur will forgo its usual Hanuman Jayanti procession this year due to the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. District Collector Akshay Sunil Agrawal announced the decision after meeting with members of the…

Sambalpur: An elderly person died in a wild bear attack at Talagaon village under the Redhakhol forest range in Sambalpur district on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Abhimanyu Sethi. He had gone into a forest near the village…

Sambalpur: Tension mounted in Sambalpur on Tuesday evening after some miscreants hurled a bomb near the Peerbaba square.  Chhak. Three persons were reportedly injured and a bike was damaged in the bomb blast. They are said to be out of…

Sambalpur: In a significant crackdown, the Sadar police in Odisha's Sambalpur district arrested 26 individuals today involved in the illegal trade of cough syrup. The operation resulted in the seizure of approximately 10,800 bottles of the…

Sambalpur: An outbreak of diarrhoea in the Hirakud area of Sambalpur district claimed the life of one person and 49 others were affected by the disease. Ten of the diarrhoea patients were shifted to Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical…

Sambalpur: The Kuchinda police busted a three-member looter gang allegedly involved in a recent snatching case in Sambalpur district. SDPO Amitabh Panda disclosed the details in a press briefing held today. The arrested individuals were…

Sambalpur: BJD Rajya Sabha MP Prasanna Acharya was seriously injured when his car crashed with an oxygen-tanker near Beladihi in Rairakhol of Odisha’s Sambalpur district, late Thursday night. The injured senior leader of the BJD was…

Bhubaneswar: The Union Ministry for Road Transport & Highways has sanctioned Rs 374.17 crore for National Highway projects in Odisha’s Sambalpur district. Taking to X on Tuesday, the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways,…