Inspector held for molesting Home Guard
Rourkela: The lahunipara police arrested and court-forwarded police inspector Rajendra Munda of Cuttack GRP on Sunday for allegedly molesting a woman Home Guard on Saturday. The Home Guard, who works at the Chandiposh police station, stays with her husband in a rented house at lahunipara. The inspector, who had been to lahunipada, entered the woman’s house and tried to outrage her modesty while she was alone. Basing on a complaint lodged by her husband, the police arrested Munda from Rourkela.
D’nal villager trampled to death by elephant
Dhenkanal: A villager was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Dhenkanal district on Sunday. Hemant Boral (50), a farmer of Rasasingh under the Dhenkanal Sadar forest range, was going somewhere in the early hours when he came face to face with the jumbo, and later villagers spotted him dead in the forest, said Forest Ranger Bidhu Bhushan Patnaik.
Dolphin rescued from Chandbali nullah
Bhadrak: A seven-foot dolphin was rescued from the Chandi nullah near Badasingharpur village under Bhadrak district’s Chandbali block on Sunday. Some villagers found the marine mammal in stable condition and soon informed forest officials, who rescued it and released it in Shalindi river, about 8 km from the nullah. The dolphin might have deflected from the sea to the Chandi nullah, which is connected to the Shalandi river, a member of the rescuing party said.
Paradip Sathya Sai body holds Festival of Joy
Paradip: The Sathya Sai Seva Samiti organised the Festival of Joy here on Saturday, as part of its three-day State-level Sathya Sai Bal Bikas students annual meet at the Paradip Saraswati Vidya Mandir beginning from December 26. Jagatsinghpur MP Dr Kulamani Samal inaugurated the event. Sathya Sai Bal Bikas students from all the districts in State participated in the function. Various competitions like essay, debate, drawing, drama, dance and song competitions were held among the students. Samiti State convener Antaryami Pattanaik, Books Publication convener Parsuram Sahu and State president P Jagannath Prasad Rao were present, among others.
N’rangpur District Transport Office opened
Nabarangpur: A District Transport Office of the OSRTC was inaugurated by Commerce and Transport Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi here on Monday. Majhi said as many as ten OSRTC buses have been sanctioned for this district and the vehicles would ply soon. Among others, Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi, MlA Manohar Randhari and ZP President Motiram Nayak were present.
D’nal Rural Sports competition concludes
Dhenkanal: The four-day State-level Rural Sports competition, organised by the Dhenkanal district administration at the stadium ground here, concluded on Saturday. A total of 1,103 athletes from all the 30 districts took part in the competition, which included sports like football, Kabaddi and Kho-Kho. Sundargarh, Jajpur and Dhenkanal districts bagged the Champion trophies in football, Kabaddi and Kho-Kho, respectively. Attending the valedictory ceremony as chief guest, Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick distributed trophies to the winners.