Court allows CB to take Panda on remand
Brahmapur: The Court of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) of Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district on Wednesday allowed the State Crime Branch police to take top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda on a three-day remand, subject to conditions. As per the order of SJDM Manoranjan Das, the Crime Branch can take Panda on a three-day remand between September 10 and 18, for which the permission of the Brahmapur SDJM would be necessary. SDJM Das intimated his order to his Brahampur counterpart later in the day.
Book ‘Capturing Nature’s Fury’ released
Bhubaneswar: Health and Family Welfare and Information and Public Relations Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak released a photo-feature book Capturing Nature’s Fury by journalist Akshay Rout here on Thursday. Published by the Indus Valley Times, the book is an attempt to capture the nature’s devastation through camera lens. Nayak said the photographs in the book bear the signature of Rout as a daring journalist, who ventured into the difficult areas to bring to light the plight of the affected people. Indus Valley Times publisher Nalini Sahu said the book depicts the 2014 floods in Jajpur district.