Student Cong burns CM effigy at P’khemundi
Parlakhemundi: The Gajapati District unit of the Student Congress on Wednesday burnt the effigy of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Higher Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra in protest against the recent lathi charge on agitating student Congress activists during a protest rally at Bhubaneswar here at the district headquarters.
led by District Student Congress president J Bhargav, general secretary K Bijaykumar, vice president Bijay Kumar limma the protestors also denounced the forceful entry of police forces to Congress Bhawan on that day.
Odisha Day celebrated at Nabarangpur
Nabarangpur: The district-level Odisha formation day was celebrated here by the district I&PR unit on Monday. Chief guest Sports and Youth Affairs Minister RC Majhi paid rich tributes to the leaders who played key roles in the formation of the separate Odisha State. Collector Yamini Sarandi presided over the meeting, which was also addressed local MlA Manohar Randhari, Municipality Chairman Prahlad Tripathy, Public Prosecutor PC Mishra.
Police Formation Day observed at N’rangpur
Nabarangpur: The 77th Odisha Police Formation Day was observed here on Monday with Nabarangpur SP Brajesh Kumar Rai taking the salute. Rai recalled the heroic sacrifices made by the Odisha police on different occasions. He said every policeman must see that the poorest of the poor in society gets justice. Kundei police station’s Renu Prasad Pradhan was felicitated as the best ASI. Balhab Duari and Siba Sankar Sahu were felicitated as the best Head Constable and best Constable, respectively. Reserve Police Inspector AK Jena and DSPs, Uddhab Nayak, Ashok Sahu and Prakesh Parida were present.
MP opens renovated B’ngir Council Hall
Balangir: local MP Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo formally inaugurated the renovated Council Hall of the Balangir Municipality on Wednesday. On this occasion, the MP gave way cheques to 12 beneficiaries under the National Family Benefit Scheme. Among others, Municipality Chairperson Damayanti Bag and Executive officer Santosh Kumar Behera were present on the occasion.
Ib Thermal achieves highest yearly PlF
Jharsuguda: The Ib Thermal Power Station (ITPS) of the Odisha Power Generation Corporation has added one more feather to its cap by achieving the highest yearly PlF (plant load factor) of 86.48 per cent among the State sector thermal power utilities in India in the financial year 2012-13. The plant also recorded the lowest cold startup time (21 hours) and the lowest warm startup time (7 hours) in 2012-13, which is a record in the history of the plant. The Unit-1 of ITPS set a record of running uninterrupted for 95 days on March 27 breaking its previous record of 94 days set in the year 2005-06.