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IIM Sambalpur introduces maiden MBA program in Business Analytics, details here
IIM Sambalpur has also signed an MoU with the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand to offer a a dual-degree course.
Updated on Jan 14, 2025 07:33 AM IST
‘Western/short clothes strictly forbidden’: Odisha varsity dress code for fest
VSSUT vice-chancellor professor Bansidhar Majhi said the main objective is to promote Indian dresses during the events “to showcase our culture”
Updated on Mar 21, 2024 04:59 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
With President Murmu’s Odisha visit, BJP targets tribal votes ahead of polls
Though the BJP has made a bold move by making Droupadi Murmu the first tribal President of the country, not many are sure whether it would impact the voting
Published on Mar 02, 2024 01:45 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
PM Modi in Odisha to launch projects worth ₹69,000 crore
Modi is scheduled to visit Sambalpur town on February 3 to inaugurate the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur and lay the foundation stones of at least four thermal power plants
Published on Feb 01, 2024 08:24 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Odisha shopkeeper who refused to return ₹3 change told to pay ₹25,000 fine
In an ex-parte order, the Sambalpur District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum said the shopkeeper will be liable to pay 9% interes
Published on Sep 27, 2023 09:02 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
1 killed as fresh clashes break out in Odisha’s Sambalpur; curfew imposed
A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death and four others were injured as fresh communal clashes broke out in Odisha’s Sambalpur after Hanuman Jayanti processions.
Updated on Apr 15, 2023 11:09 AM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Internet suspended in Odisha’s Sambalpur after clashes during Hanuman Jayanti rally
Sambalpur SP Battula Gangadhar said police have arrested 26 persons over rioting charges and interrogating 17 others after examining the video footage of the incident
Updated on Apr 13, 2023 04:37 PM IST
Debabrata Mohanty
Elephant dies after being hit by train in Odisha’s Sambalpur
The collision derailed the engine. However, passengers on-board and the railway crew members, including the loco pilots, were safe.
Updated on Dec 21, 2020 11:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Elephant run over by train in Odisha
Meanwhile, the National Green Tribunal gave three months’ time to the Odisha government to submit an action plan on elephant corridors in the state
Published on Dec 06, 2020 11:53 AM IST
Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Old rivalry leads to double murder in Odisha’s Sambalpur district
Police said the main accused and the victims were at loggerheads for almost five years.
Updated on Nov 11, 2020 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Odisha to amend GST Act to make fraud in input tax credit non-bailable
The proposed amendment has come in the backdrop of a series of cases involving fraudulent input tax credit by dishonest businessmen of the state.
Updated on Sep 15, 2020 11:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Mahatma Gandhi worshipped in Odisha temples
In two Odisha temples - one in Sambalpur district and another in Ganjam district - the idols of Mahatma Gandhi are worshipped everyday by the locals.
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 02:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Truck driver fined ₹6 lakh in Odisha, but under old traffic rules
The truck that was fined ₹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.
Updated on Sep 14, 2019 03:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
Rajasthan truck driver fined ₹1.41 lakh in Delhi for overloading
Earlier, a truck driver of Odisha’s Sambalpur district was fined a whopping ₹86,500 for violating several traffic rules on September 3.
Updated on Sep 11, 2019 07:43 AM IST
BIKANER | Aparnesh Goswami
‘Like a postman’: PM Modi counters Naveen Patnaik on credit for schemes
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.
Updated on Apr 16, 2019 12:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Sambalpur, Odisha | HT Correspondent
Odisha minor gang rape: 5 awarded life term in 30 days
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.
Published on Jun 03, 2018 12:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty, Bhubaneswar
13-year-old girl gangraped in Odisha, six held
This is the 15th case of the rape of a minor reported in the state in about a month.
Updated on May 05, 2018 11:40 PM IST
Bhubaneswar, Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent