FIR lodged against chit fund firm in B’swar
Baleswar: Investors of the AIM Marketing, a ponzi firm, on Monday lodged an FIR with the Baleswar town police alleging that they have been duped lakhs of rupees by the company. They said the firm had collected money promising them of high returns.
SVM College new Principal assumes office
Jagatsinghpur: Senior lecturer lingaraj Behera, who was appointed as the new Principal of the SVM Autonomous College, assumed the office last week. The Principal’s post was lying vacant since the retirement of Birabar Pal. Meanwhile, the college management had suggested the name of another senior lecturer, Santaprasad Patra for the post. However Patra had refused to join in the post due to certain health grounds. later, the Higher Education Department selected Behera for the post.
Man’s body found hanging from tree in Jspur
Jagatsinghpur: The Biridi police recovered the body of a middle aged person hanging from a tree at Gausanagar village on Saturday. The body was not identified and was recovered in nude condition. The police sent the body to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) for autopsy where as investigation is on to ascertain the identity of the deceased.
NTPC distributes clothes to differently-abled
Talcher: The NTPC Talcher Kaniha in association with the Utkal Gopobandhu Blind Relief Society distributed garments among 700 blind and other physically-challenged persons on Sunday. Talcher Sub-Collector SB Mishra and NTPC Kaniha Group General Manager NK Kothari distributed the clothes. The NTPC has been supporting this initiative for the last 21 years since the inception of the Blind Society.
UCO Bank opens 237th branch in Keonjhar
Bhubaneswar: The UCO Bank opened its 237th branch in the State at Ghasipura in Keonjhar district on December 30 with bank’s Executive Director Jai Kumar Garg inaugurating the facility. Garg said that the bank aims at making a many fold growth of its Rs 16,000 crore business in the State. During his visit, Garg also inaugurated an ATM at Bankakhajur in Baleswar on December 29. Among others, bank’s Circle Head and Convener of the SlBC, Odisha BP Samantray, Baleswar Zonal Manager Tapas Pal and Cuttack Zonal Manager SD Sahare were present.