Nine poachers held from Similipal Park
Baripada: A team of forest officials arrested nine poachers from the Similipal National Park on Monday night. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of a group of poachers from the Khunta area of Mayurbhanj district inside the core area of the Park out to hunt wild animals, the team raided the forest and arrested them and seized nine bows, 30 arrows, sharp weapons, rice salt and spices from their possession. However, some of the poachers of the group managed to escape.
Dhamra Port felicitates 4 fishermen
Bhadrak: The Dhamra Port Company ltd (DPCl) observed the 51st Maritime Week from March 31 to April 5 in its port premises at Dhamra. DPCl CEO Santosh Kumar Mohapatra and COO Subrat Tripathy felicitated four senior sea fishermen of Bhadrak district on the occasion. They are laxman Mallick (80) and Ratikanta Mallick (75) from Chudamani and Debendra Das (65) and Susanta Patra (67) from Chandinipal area near Dhamra.