Second jaundice death reported in D’nal
Dhenkanal: One Gopal Chandra Mohanty (53) of Jhilli village under Gondia police limits in Dhenkanal died of jaundice on Wednesday. The victim had been admitted at the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack on Tuesday when the symptom of the waterborne disease was detected in his body. The deceased was a Government employee working at RWSS office in Sambalpur. A few days ago, former Councillor of Ward-7 of Dhenkanal Municipality Deptimayee Pattnaik had also died of jaundice.
Educationist Kanna Babu passes away
Brahmapur: Educationist, former headmaster of City High School, Brahmapur and President Awardee Dosapati Kanna Babu died on Tuesday night in Hyderabad at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife Jagat Kumari and son Dr DSV Raman Rao, now in Singapore, and daughter N Jayalalitha. Kanna Babu’s death has come as a shock to the denizens of Brahmapur. Former Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda described the death as a great loss to the society. A condolence meeting for Babu was held here on Thursday. His dedication to teaching profession would keep him immortal, said P Satyanarayana Babu.
Paradip College holds annual fest
Paradip: The Paradip College organised its annual function at its premises on Thursday. local MlA, Excise Minister Dr Damodar Rout attended the event as the chief guest and Jagatsinghpur MP Dr Kulamani Samal as the chief speaker. Students’ Union vice-president Gyana Ranjan Samal presided over the event while college Principal Prativa Manjari Mohanty gave the welcome address. Among others, Students’ Union adviser Surendra Mishra and assistant secretary Mrutunjay Mistry and lecturer Akshay Kumar Mishra were present.
D’nal UG Mahavidyalaya holds silver jubilee
Dhenkanal: The Utkalmani Gopabandhu Mahavidyalaya at Govindpur in Dhenkanal organised its silver jubilee celebration for two days beginning on Wednesday. Eminent social activist Padmashree Tulasi Munda inaugurated the event, which was also attended by former Samaj editor Dr Pramod Kumar Mohapatra in the presence of ex-Principal of GM Autonomous College, Samabalpur Prof Rabindra Kumar Rath, Dhenkanal MlA Saroj Kumar Samal and Prof Bhabani Sankar Mishra. The meeting was presided over by college Principal Chandrabhanu Mohapatra. Sstudents staged various cultural performances.
Gajapati JE caught taking bribe
Paralakhemundi: Jitendra Kumar Nayak, Junior Engineer, GPTA, Mohana block in Gajapati district, was arrested by the Vigilance police when he was taking bribe of Rs8,000 on Thursday. He was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe in his office room from Uma Sankar Sahu of Patigobindapur for construction of a CC road.
K’pada youth held for ill-treating girl
Kendrapada: The Rajkanika police on Wednesday arrested and cour-forwarded one Prakash Dhal alias Kalia (33), a father of two children belonging to Jharkata village in Kendrapada district, on the charge of outraging the modesty of a 15-year-old girl on January 9. The girl lodged a complaint with the police only on Tuesday after the accused threatened her of dire consequences. Kalia is a hardcore criminal and was also arrested earlier, police said.
RSP Quality Circles excels in national meet
Rourkela: The Quality Circles (QC) of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has excelled in the 28th National Convention on Quality Concepts (NCQC)-2014 held in Pune, recently. In all, 1,314 Quality Circles consisting of 7,245 members and delegates from 383 organizations participated in the convention. Of the 12 QCs participated from the RSP, nine bagged the highest award, Par Excellence Award, while three QCs got the Excellent Award for presentation of innovative projects. Besides, the employees of the RSP also bagged many other awards in various other competitions.