RSP workers to get Rs18,040 bonus
Rourkela: Ending all speculation, the SAIl has unilaterally declared Rs18,040 for Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) permanent workers and Rs8,330 for trainee workers as advance bonus from September 29 for the ensuing Durga Puja. Finalisation of bonus for SAIl workers had failed at the NJCS meeting in New Delhi on September 15 due to various reasons.
Kandri lohar murder accused freed
Rourkela: Rourkela ADJ Minati Panda has acquitted Rama Mahato, accused in the much-hyped Kandri lohar murder case, due to insufficient evidence. Source said Kandri, a surrendered Maoist, had been posted as a Home Guard under the Rourkela police. On February 12, 2011, she along with her young son was found dead under a mysterious condition at a railway gate under the Bisra PS. Police arrested Rama Mahoto after ascertaining that a group of 40 Maoists had killed the mother-son duo.
Brown sugar worth Rs10l seized in B’swar
Baleswar: Acting on a tip-off, the Excise Department sleuths seized 100 grams of brown sugar worth Rs10 lakh from one Sibu Soren (20) of Ardbazaar at the railway station market area on Friday. The sleuths nabbed Soren, a drugs peddler, while he was going to board a train.
K’put RWSS holds drive on sanitation drive
Koraput: The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS), Koraput held a district-level orientation programme on the National Sanitation Campaign, which began on Thursday and will continue till October 23.
On the occasion, a special Rath was flagged off by Opposition chief whip Tara Prasad Bahinipati and Collector Yamini Sadangi in the presence of Koraput MlA Chandra Sekhar Majhi and ZP Chairperson Malati Majhi. The dignitaries pledged to make Koraput a complete hygiene place and to aware the panchayat-level people regarding sanitation. Among others, RWSS Executive Engineer Manoranjan Mali, JE Sudhashree Das and DCO Murlidhara Swain were present.
Cracker-making unit exlodes in Balangir
Balangir: Residents of Gandhinagar pada and the adjoining areas woke up to a loud bang and fireball early on Friday morning as a cracker-making unit located behind the CT School caught fire. Sources said crackers were stored for Ravan Podi use on the occasion of Dusserha. No casualty was reported.
SVM, Damanjodi observes NSS Day
Jeypore: The National Service Science (NSS) Day was observed by the SVM, Damanjodi in Koraput district on Wednesday with school Principal Dr S Behera attending the event as the chief guest. Odia PGTs N Mohapatra and S Mohanty, Economics PGT G Dora and History PGT Sl Panda attended as the guest of honors.
JSpur bank cashier axed for embezzlement
Jagatsinghpur: The Cuttack Central Cooperative Bank authorities on Thursday suspended cashier Banshidhar lenka of the bank’s Raghunathpur branch for allegedly embezzling funds amounting to Rs3 lakh. The matter had come to the fore when some depositors noticed missing of some of their money abruptly from their accounts.
Paradip minor girl’s abductor arrested
Jagatsinghpur: The Paradip police on Thursday arrested a youth who had allegedly kidnapped a minor girl from Paradip two days ago. The youth, identified as Chinmaya Parida, is a resident of Kendrapada district. The girl had been abducted from BPl Colony of Paradip to Kendrapada.