AAP starts poll campaign in P’khemundi
Parlakhemundi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched its election campaign at the Paralakhemindi Assembly constituency on Saturday. The party’s Brahmapur lok Sabha seat Dhanada Mishra toured Paralakhemundi town by an auto-rickshaw along with hundreds of party members. At a Press conference, Mishra along with party leaders Rajat Panigrahi and Gupteswar Sarangi said, “By winning elections, we aim to serve to people and solve social issues.”
Two landmines recovered in N’rangpur
Nabarangpur: The bomb removal squad of the joint forces of BSF and SOG on Saturday recovered two landmines from the Dhabalapara forest when a combing operation was going on, sources in the police said.
Mahila Cong observes Women’s Day
Bhubaneswar: The Pradesh Mahila Congress committee led by its vice-president Pranati Mishra observed the International Women’s Day at the Congress Bhawan here on Saturday. State Congress vice-president Sameer Routray, Sibananda Ray, Sulochana Das and Pradesh Mahila Congress general secretaries Sarita Rath and Sriya Mohanty spoke on the occasion. Besides, the meeting decided opening of Mahila police stations in each block and resolution of each woman-related case within three months if the party comes to power in the ensuing elections.
Women’s Day celebrated at DAV CSpur
Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia writer Dr Prativa Satapathy addressed the students of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here on the occasion of the International Women’s Day on Saturday. Dr Satapathy was also felicitated by the school during the celebrations.
Health camp for women, kids held at Puri
Puri: On the occasion of International Women’s Day, a free health camp exclusively for women and children was organised by Public at Swetaganga Balisahi at Puri. It was inaugurated by Rajesh Mishra of e-24 Hospital, Puri in the presence of Public secretary Shakti Prasanna Nayak and Bhakta Das.
Man held from Bhubaneswar for polygamy
Rourkela: The Rourkela Mahila police arrested a person and forwarded him to court on Friday on the charge of keeping extramarital relation for last seven years here. K Durga Prasad Rao (46) of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh had married Jayanti Prasad (40) of Basanti Colony here about 20 years ago. Jayanti had lodged an FIR at the Rourkela Mahila police station on November 29 last alleging that her husband has dumped her since last six years and secretly married another woman in Bhubaneswar. The Rourkela Mahila police led by IIC Prativa Majhi went to Shastri Nagar of Bhubaneswar and arrested Durga Prasad, who was residing there with one Madhusmita Swain (40) and a six-year-old daughter.
Woman, daughter killed due to slab fall
Rourkela: An old woman and her daughter died on Saturday after a slab fell on them in their house in the lahunipada area under Bonei Sub-Division in Sundargarh district. The incident occurred while Malati Patra (60) and her daughter Anjana (21) were standing near to the wall of their house where the renovation work was going on.