Man killed in road mishap in Baleswar
Baleswar: A 60-year-old man died on the spot and two others were seriously injured in a collision between a truck belonging to an opera party and a tractor near Baisinga on Sunday afternoon. The victims were travelling in the open tractor. The deceased was identified as Ratha Singh of village Kuamara.
Two held for extortion from vehicles
Baleswar: The Town police arrested two persons on Saturday night on the charge of extorting money from passing vehicles. The accused were identified as Sk Habib and Sk Jallauddin, both 28 years old.
Scribe’s demise condoled in Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal: Members of the Dhenkanal Journalists’ Association condoled the demise of octogenarian journalist Bijay Kumar Panda here on Wednesday. Panda was 83 and was reporting for the Odia daily The Matrubhasa for the tribals-populated area of Kankadahad in Kamakhyanagar sub-division.
Red Cross Day observed in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: The World Red Cross Day was observed by the district administration at a function held at the Collector’s office here on Thursday. Presiding over the meeting, district Collector SK Mallick highlighted the success story of the district Red Cross unit and stressed on strengthening Red Cross funds in the coming days. later, Mallick felicitated some Government officers, who have worked promptly accumulating Red Cross funds in the district.
Gopabandhu Choudhury remembered in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: The 119th birth anniversary of freedom fighter Gopabandhu Choudhury was observed by the District Freedom Fighter Association at the Alaka Ashrama here on Thursday. Veteran freedom fighters, including Madhabananda Manohari, Yogendra Moharana and Bhagirathi Swain reiterated manifold activities of Choudhury during the freedom movement in the country. Besides, the meeting adopted a resolution to establish a park in the name of the legendary freedom fighter at the district headquarters.
700 patients benefitted at l’garh health camp
lanjigarh: The Sesa Sterlite under its CSR wing, in association with the National Rural Health Mission Rayagada unit, organised a free medical camp at the Old Ambadola under the Muniguda Block on Saturday. The programme was arranged by the Nirmala Kruti Bikash Trust, in-charge of the operation and maintenance of the Vedanta Hospital here. Around 700 patients, including octogenarians, women, children and handicapped persons, were rendered treatment and free medicine at the camp. COO Dr Mukesh Kumar said the company endeavours to provide better health care service to the inhabitants of remote peripheral villages.
NINl achieves record single-day billet output
Bhubaneswar: The Steel Melting Shop of the Neelachal Ispat Nigam limited (NINl) recorded a single-day steel billets production of 789.20 tonnes on Thursday. It made eight heats on the same day which is also highest in a single day, exceeding seven heats. By this, it has surpassed its previous record of 700 tonnes on December 16, 2013. The NINl, situated at the Kalinganagar Industrial Complex, Jajpur, on May 2 commissioned its ladle Heating Furnace (lHF), which will increase the qualitative and quantitative production of billets at the plant.