New Rourkela ADM takes charge
Rourkela: K Sudarshan Chakravarthy took charge of the Rourkela ADM on Monday as outgoing ADM RN Mishra was transferred as the Joint Secretary of IT Department. An IAS officer of 2011 batch, Chakravarthy will also be officiating as the Secretary of the Rourkela Development Authority. He said that he would focus on expediting pending development works, including construction work of the second Brahmani Bridge and widening of NH-143. Earlier, he was the Sub-Collector of Patnagarh.
R’kela youth drowns during idol immersion
Rourkela: D Shiba Rao (23), a resident of the Malgodown area here, drowned in the Brahmani river while he along with others was immersing lord Ganesh idol on Monday night. Though an ODRAF team has been pressed into serve, his body was yet to be traced.
Srimanta Das gets Rashtriya Gaurav Samman
Bhubaneswar: Bharat-Japan Maitri Kendra president Srimanta Kumar Das was awarded the Rashtriya Gaurav Samman at the Shree Jagannath temple at Hauz Khas in New Delhi. Das received the award from Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Tirupati Central Sanskrit University Vice-Chancellor Dr Harekrushna Satpathy.