Umarkote cop caught taking bribe
Umarkote: Gaganeswar Majhi, Sub-Inspector of Police, Umarkote police station in Nabarangpur district, was arrested by the Vigilance police when he accepted bribe of Rs 15,000 on Wednesday. He had demanded the bribe from Rabi Narayan Samarath of village Chandiabeda for not arresting him in a case registered against his younger brother. A trap was laid and Majhi was caught red-handed at the Umarkote police station. The bribe money was recovered from his office almirah.
MCl officers resort to black-badge protest
Sambalpur: Protesting the apathy of the Government and the Coal India limited (CIl), 1,900 officers working in various mines and establishments of the Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl) have resorted to their weeklong agitation by wearing black badges from August 5. The Officers’ Association had on July 12 issued a notice to the CIl Chairman for redressal of their long pending issues including fianalisation of performance-related pay, implementation of the new pension scheme, revision of pay from January 1 last year and correction of the faulty promotion policy. But nothing has been done till yet.
MCl to build community hall at J’suguda
Jharsuguda: Mahanadi Coalfields ltd (MCl) CMD AN Sahay laid the foundation-stone of a 2,000-seat community centre here in the presence of chief guest local MlA Naba Kishore Das. A staggering amount of Rs 4.67 crore will be spent from the company’s CSR fund to build the community centre, making it the biggest project ever in the history of Jharsuguda. Among others, Brajarajnagar MlA Anup Kumar Sai was present.
Debraj Panda new DRM in Sambalpur
Sambalpur: Debraj Panda has taken over as the new Divisional Railway Manager of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) here, succeeding Ashok Kumar Gupta, on Wednesday. Earlier, Panda was the Chief Freight Transportation Manager of the ECoR in Bhubaneswar.
Van Mahotsav held in VS Vidyalaya
Sunabeda: With the slogan ‘Each one, plant one’, the VS Vidyalaya of HAl Township held a Van Mahotsav programme here in the presence of HAl DGM AB Pradhan. Semiliguda Forest Ranger Gouri Prasad Rath and Forester Simanchal Mishra admired the efforts of the school for encouraging students for plantation. While all the dignitaries planted saplings, each student also took part in the programme.