WOMEN AMONG MISCREANTS lOOT BOlERO IN B’SWAR
Baleswar: A Bolero vehicle was looted by around seven miscreants, including two women, on Sunday. In an FIR lodged at the Sahadevkhunta police station, driver Biswajit Mahakud alleged that the group had hired his vehicle from Digha to visit a patient at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. While returning, the culprits overpowered Mahakud and later threw him from the vehicle near Baleswar town outskirts after tying him with a rope.
PARENTS-TEACHERS MEET AT CHIlKARANI
Banpur: The Chilkarani English Medium School at Balugaon held a parents-teachers meeting on Saturday last. The meeting, presided over by school president Brajasundar Senapati, started with a welcome address by school Dean Prof Bijaya Nanda. School Principal Binayak Mohapatra and Secretary Dhirendranath Patra assured for all-round development of the school and its students. Director M Behera offered vote of thanks. Among others, BK Tripathy, Sarbeswar Maharana, Sidhartha Mishra, Srikant Paikaray, Durgesh Mishra, Aintha Rout, Manoj Patra and J Abadhan participated in the event and gave valuable suggestions.
TWO-DAY IB MAHOTSAV CONClUDES
Jharsuguda: An audience of more than 10,000 from different areas witnessed the closing ceremony of the two-day Ib Mahotsav held much fanfare at the OPM Swimming Pool Ground here on Sunday. The event was attended by Brajrajnagar MlA Radharani Panda and IB Valley Area (MCl) GM RP Gupta. A souvenir Parampara was also released on the occasion which witnessed poetry recital and felicitation of 25 poets. Altogether, 14 cultural troupes from various districts presented cultural programmes. The Odishi dance of the Natraj Group, Cuttack, was arguably the most attractive performance.
ONE DIES, 4 HURT AS MISCREANTS OPEN FIRE
Rourkela: The Koira police on Monday recovered the body of a 75-year-old man, who was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants on Sunday midnight, from his house. Wife, son and two nephews of the deceased lochan Barik of Kriyakudar village, who were wounded in the attack, are undergoing treatment at the local hospital. Investigation is on to nab the fugitive criminals, said Koira PS IIC HK Naik.