JSpur minor girl abductor gets 4-yr jail
Jagatsinghpur: Additional District and Track Court Judge Digambar Prusty on Saturday awarded four years of imprisonment to one, Harihar Tarai of Nuagaon village under Kujang block while convicting him in a minor girl abduction case. Besides, the court also imposed a fine of Rs3,000 on him. Tarai had abducted a minor girl of his own village on February 29, 2004. later, the girl was rescued from him from a village in Kendrapada district.
Vigilance Week concludes at Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal: The Vigilance Awareness Week, which was jointly held by the district administration and Vigilance department here, concluded on Saturday. Vigilance SP of Cuttack Division, Amitendra Sinha said at a meeting that a day would definitely come when India would be free from corruption. He appreciated the role of the media in highlighting instances of corruption. The introduction of e-governance system would gradually help curb corruption, he added. ADM Susamarani Devi said one should first make himself free from corruption. District Collector Rupa Roshan Sahoo said she would place a complaint box in front of her office to receive corruption-related matters, if any, in the Collectorate. Journalist Pradyumna Rath, ex-municipality Chairman Shreedhar Sahu social activist Prasant Mishra and Bar president Pratap Tripathy also spoke on the occasion. Vigilance DSP Himansu Sekhar Mishra delivered an introductory speech and DIPRO Manas Ranjan Biswal coordinated the programme.
Vig Awareness Week held at Phulbani
Phulbani: High-ranked Government officers observed the Vigilance Awareness Week here on Saturday. Phulbani ADM Ashok Kumar Bhuyan presided over the meeting where in DRDA PD Sailendra Dwivedi, Vigilance DSP Harekurshna Behera and ASP Panigrahi were present. Phulbani College Odia department HOD Ramakant Mangaraj graced the occasion as chief speaker. Mangaraj said more efforts should made to eradicate corruption from all the fields. Principal of BISWAS Prasanna Bisoi also attended the meeting.
Bajrang Dal holds blood donation camp
Jeypore: The Bajrang Dal organised a blood donation camp here to mark the 50th foundation day of the Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP). A total of 50 units of blood were collected. Jeypore MlA Tara Prasad Bahinipati, BDO Trinath Majhi and IIC Tapan Rath visited the camp as guests. Bajrang Dal and VHP members Nabakrushna Rath, Tejaswar Panda, Narendra Babubhai Bajrangi, G Mahesh, UN Mishra, lingaraj Patra, Debendra Bahinipati, Anil Mishra, Gopal Krushna Swain, Rajani Kanta, Bishnu Prasad Sahu, lalit Agrawal and lakhmi Narayan Padhi and DBDMF Pramod Raul and Abhay Panda were present.