PCR Van flagged off in Balangir
Balangir: Balangir SP R Praksh flagged off a new PCR (Police Control Room) Van for better policing in this town on Friday. The van would work for 24 hours with the police personnel being equipped with weapons and lathis to deal with the situation on the spot .
The PCR number is 8280190689 and people can contact the PCR Van for immediate help, said R Praksh. Nine stolen bikes seized, 4 held in Balangir Balangir: Acting on a tip-off, a team of Balangir police led by SDPO Narayan Naik and Town PS IIC Srimanta Barik nabbed Goura Sahu, Siba Niaal, Umakanta Behera and Bhakta Bandhu Panigrahi and seized nine stolen motorcycles from different places.
Debajani Pathagar holds annual function
Banpur: library is a centre of knowledge, what students can use to update their information on any topic, said guests and dignitaries in the fifth annual function of the Debajani Smaraki Pathagar held here last week. Activist of library movement Subash Chandra Mahapatra and noted legal book author Gauri Sankar Ram underlined the importance of library in the village. They said since all types of books, newspapers and periodicals in different languages are available in a library, avid readers should take maximum advantage of it. Among others, local MlA Raghunath Sahu, Bijay Ku Rana and Dr Surendra Nath Patra spoke. On the occasion, poets Balmukunda Das and Gopinath Dash were felicitated. Padmabati Devi, founder of the library, welcomed the guests and participants.
Devotees walk on burning coal in P’khemundi
Parlakhemundi: The locals in Reli Papadi Street of Parlakhemundi observed Alema Reneka Thakurani festival from March 20 to 22 with much excitement. The main attraction of the festival was devotees walking on burning charcoal on bare feet. Earlier, the devotees vow to walk over burning charcoal for fulfillment of specific wishes and do it on by chanting names of the deities on the final day of the festival. A large number of people gathered to witness the scene.