A’garh girl ranks 5th in matric exams
Athagarh: SN Samiksha, a student of Government Girls’ High School here, ranked fifth in the State in the recently-announced matriculation examination results and also topped in Athagarh Sub-Division by scoring 575 marks out of total 600. Daughter of Santosh Kumar Behera, a Class IV employee of the same school, Samiksha has bagged various awards for her merit and co-curricular activities. “I want to be a doctor. My sole aim is to serve the poor and downtrodden people,” said an elated Samiksha. The Athagarh Press Club has decided to felicitate her shortly.
4 minor girls rescued, man held in B’swar
Baleswar: The railway police here on Sunday rescued four minor girls of Nilgiri from the possession of a person, who was arrested. Accused Dibakar Das (37), a native of Ganjam district, was taking the girls to Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh for working in a firm.
Mega lok Adalat held in Gajapati
Parlakhemundi: District level Mega lok Adalat was organised under the direction of Gajapati district legal service authority on the premises of Paralakhemundi and R Udaygiri courts on Sunday.
SDJM Prabir Kumar Choudhry, Raj Kumar Das, Sub Judge Nosad Alli Khan, Dilip Kumar Biswal and Civil Court Registrar P Suriya Rao were present at Paralakhemundi. First class Magistrate Binod Sahoo chaired the lok Adalat at R Udaygiri. More than 100 criminal and civil cases were solved in the Adalat.