Rourkela: The Odisha Vigilance has arrested an excise superintendent in Rourkela after allegedly recovering Rs 5 lakh in suspected bribe cash, officials said. The official has been identified as Dhaneswar Barad, excise superintendent, in Rourkela. Barad was arrested on September...
The Odisha government on Monday revised the English spellings of 64 places, including districts, sub-divisions, tehsils, blocks, and urban bodies, effectively changing the spelling of the 'Millennium City' Cuttack to Kataka. Similarly, Balasore has been renamed 'Baleshwar' in English records,...
President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated projects worth around Rs 158 crore at Rourkela in Odisha's Sundargarh district. The projects include a planetarium and science centre, the Nirmal Munda Parivesh Path, the Integrated Command and Control Centre, a tribal museum and a...
Odisha Police have confiscated more than 500 kg of ganja, valued at approximately Rs 80 lakh, and arrested six persons for their suspected roles in the illicit trade, officials said on Tuesday. The significant seizure is the result of heightened...
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to upgrading the Rourkela Airport and expanding the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), citing these projects as pillars of a broader strategy for regional industrial and infrastructural growth. During a visit...
One passenger, who was critically injured during the emergency crash landing of a small aircraft near Odisha’s Rourkela, died on Saturday while being shifted to the airport for airlifting to Mumbai, an officer said. The deceased passenger, Susanta Biswal (47),...
Odisha’s Commerce and Transport Minister, B B Jena, visited the emergency crash landing site on Monday and checked on the recovery of the injured passengers and pilots currently hospitalised in Rourkela. The incident occurred on January 10 in Sundargarh district,...
A team from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) started its probe on Sunday into the emergency crash landing of a small aircraft near Odisha’s Rourkela, according to a senior official. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon when a nine-seater IndiaOne...
Two people who sustained in the emergency crash landing of a small aircraft near Odisha’s Rourkela were airlifted to Mumbai for advance treatment. Another injured passenger is currently under ventilator support, a senior official said on Sunday. Six people,...
A nine-seater Cessna 208 Grand Caravan EX operated by IndiaOne Air made an emergency crash landing in a field approximately 10 km from the Rourkela airstrip on Saturday. All six occupants—four passengers and two crew members—sustained injuries, with the pilot...
