While Sambalpur recorded 46.7 degree Celsius during the day, it was followed by Hirakud and Sonepur (46.2 each), Jharsuguda (46),Titlagarh (45.8), Balangir (45.5) and Sundargarh (45). Many western and southern districts also experienced temperature ...

Rourkela: A man allegedly hacked to death two minor girls after which he was lynched by irate villagers at Gidei village in Odisha's Sundargarh district, police said on Sunday. Laxman Munda (35) of Dudita village had been to his sister's place at Gidei ...

RAJGANAPUR:(SUNDARGARH): A local member of the dreaded criminal extortion gang People Liberation Front of India (PLFI) was arrested and produced in court on Saturday, while another two managed to escape. The Rajgangpur police under Sundargarh police ...

Of the nine deaths reported on Saturday, four came in from Malkangiri, while another four deaths were reported from Sundargarh. CuttacAk also recorded the season's first sunstroke death. The unofficial death toll, meanwhile, climbed to 81, ...

ROURKELA: With heatwave sweeping across Sundargarh district, at least six people have died of sunstroke in the past one week. Water scarcity and long hours of power cuts continue to take the sap out of life. Sources said Sundargarh town and its ...

Among the high temperature districts, Sundargarh too has reported four deaths. The government on Saturday confirmed total 19 deaths from sunstroke in the current season. Of the 77 reported suspected sunstroke deaths, the government ruled out sunstroke ...

While Hirakud and Sonepur each registered 46.2 degrees Celsius, the temperature at Jharsuguda was at 46 degrees, Titilagarh 45.8 degrees, Balangir 45.5 degrees, Sundargarh 45, Bhawanipatna 44.7, Keonjhargarh 43.2 degrees Celsius.

Briefing newsmen here after presiding over a high-level review meeting at the State Secretariat here on Friday, chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik said that that one of the three UMPPs has been finalized at Bedabahal in Sundargarh district while the ...