B’pur scribes demand Routray’s removal
Brahmapur: The working journalists here at a meeting on Tuesday demanded immediate removal of Revenue Minister Bijayshree Routroy for his alleged misbehaviour to journalists in his official chamber in the State Secretariat. They pointed out that the Minister had also shown similar erratic behaviour to mediapersons during an earlier visit to Ganjam when the mediapersons wanted to know about the remedial steps taken after the death of six elephants while crossing railway line near Rambha early this year. The journalists had earlier submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister through the RDC here demanding Routray’s removal from the Cabinet.
Oil Min gives Rs14.9l to lPG blast survivor
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan recently handed over a cheque of Rs14.9 lakh as compensation to one Shubam Nayak, an 11-year-old boy, who lost his parents and his younger brother in a lPG cylinder blast in Surat, Gujarat, here. Shubam, who was away during the mishap and survived, has now returned to his native place Bhubaneswar and is staying in his uncle’s house.
lachhman Balajew College welcomes freshers
Jajpur: The lachhman Balajew College, Angalo in Jajpur district organized a welcome ceremony for the newly-enrolled students of the college, recently. Inaugurating the event, College Principal Prof Upendra Panda advised the freshers to adhere to the college’s principles. Similarly, the college student leaders asked the new entrants to maintain discipline in the campus and concentrate on study. The programme started with the enchanting of Vedas by Prof Sarojkant Rath. Among others, Prof Bibhuti Bhusan Samal, Prof Prakash Chandra Baral, Prof Abani Ray, Prof Gajendra Dhal, Prof Alok Samal and Prof Sunil Routh (B) spoke.