Pioneer scribe gets ‘Friend of Farmers’ award
Balangir: The Pioneer Balangir correspondent Sudhir Mishra was conferred with the ‘Friend of Farmers’ award on Friday at the Desi Bihan Parab-2014 held at Dangbahal village in Bargarh district. Mishra was given the award for his extensive reporting on agricultural issues of Balangir, Bargarh and other western Odisha districts.
K’pada teacher axed for skipping duty
Kendrapada: District Collector Ratnakar Rout suspended a teacher of Ayodhyanagar UP School as she was unathorisedly absent in the school on Thursday. Teacher Swapna Parida of the school had not turned up for duty while the district Collector along with senior officials of the district administration was inspecting several schools in which polling stations are going to be set up under Kendrapara township.
BIPF holds health camp at Agrahat
Bhubaneswar: The Bansidhar and Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF) in collaboration with the Cuttack district health team organised a health camp at the Panchyat Bhavan of Agrahat on Friday to mark its third anniversary. Hundreds of patients benefited from the camp, where a team of general physicians and specialists in medicine, pediatrics, skin, eye and chest and TB attended the patients. Foundation CEO Shaifalika Panda said various initiatives including medical camps are being carried out by the foundation to ensure improved health for the under privileged. The health camp was inaugurated by IMFA Choudwar VP Mfg (FA)-cum-EIC Dhananjay Senapati.
K’pada JE axed for MCC breach
Kendrapada: District Collector Ratnakar Rout on Thursday suspended Junior Engineer (JE) of Kendrapara Block Swarup Das for violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC). Das was constructing a concrete road with an estimated cost of Rs 2.5 lakh under the Gopabandhu Garamina Yojana scheme at Charigaon Harijanasahi, despite the fact that the MCC was inforce.