Vaish Federation chief, secy elected
Bhubaneswar: Mahendra Agrwal has been elected as the president of the International Vaish Federation, Odisha Chapter and Akshya Khandelwal has been elected as its secretary. MlA and former Minister Ved Prakash Agrawal and former Chief Secretary Sahadev Sahu along with many industrialists were present on the occasion.
Five women held, liquor seized in R’kela
Rourkela: Under instruction of the Excise Superintendent, the departmental sleuths led by Inspector Manoj Sethy seized huge quantities of foreign and country-made liquors and arrested six persons, including five women, in this connection after conducting raids at different places near the Ispat Gajapati Market here on Wednesday. Basing on a tip-off, the excise team conducted raids and seized 70 liters of country-made liquor, 20 bottles of beer and other varieties of foreign liquors. The arrested were identified as Bitu Mahanada, Seeta Naik, C Oram, B lakra, Sunita Sahu and B Mangi.