Youth commits suicide after girlfriend’s death
Jharsuguda: A 20-year-old youth of Kutabaga under the Brajrajnagar police station committed suicide near the Jharsuguda Balijhori railway gate on Thursday night. Police recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. Sources said deceased Deepak Kumar Agarwal had met a girl on facebook who was studying in Bhubaneswar. On Tuesday morning, the girl died in a road accident near Dhenkanal while travelling. This incident caused severe impact which laid the youth to commit suicide, as stated by his family members. He had sent an SMS to his brother Sagar Agarwal and informed about his frustration and preparing himself to commit suicide.
VlW dismissed for misappropriation in J’suguda
Jharsuguda: District Collector Parmeshwaran B has dismissed Village level Worker (VlW) Binod Kumar Dalai for misappropriation of funds and PDS rice. It is alleged that while Dalai was working as the Rajpur Gram Panchayat Executive Officer of under Jharsuguda block, he was involved in misappropriation of 343 quintals of PDS rice. Earlier, he had been suspended for such illegal act and later reinstated at the Kirimira block headquarters. The Collector has also directed the concerned officials to recover Rs3,97,087 from him.
Clerk held taking bribe in M’bhanj
Baleswar: Vigilance sleuths of Baleswar Division on Friday arrested senior clerk-cum-record room in-charge, Radhaballav Behera, of the Kusumi Tehsil under Badampahad in Mayurbhanj district for taking bribe of Rs1,000 from one Sahadev Giri of Hatabadada village. The clerk demanded bribe from Giri to process a mutation case of the nephew of the latter. A trap was laid and Behera was caught red-handed while taking the bribe money inside the record room of the Tehsil office.
3 held, six stolen bikes seized in B’swar
Baleswar: The Baleswar Sadar police on Friday seized six stolen bikes and arrested three persons. The accused were identified as Bikash Sahu (22) of Seikhpatna of Sadar, Natayan Puhar (32) of Betagadia, Baliapal, and Sanjay Jena (50) of Charmara, Simulia. They were forwarded to court later.
Inter-State adventure camp held at Sikkim
Phulbani: The State Adventure Club, Phulbani and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), Sikkim Zone organised a five-day Adventure-cum-Youth Exchange Camp in Sikkim beginning from February 13. A total of 50 participants, including women, joined the camp. Adventurous activities like mountaineering, rappelling, commando obstacle, monkey crawling and jumaring were held during the camp. A team of instructors led by club secretary and camp commandant Deepak Rath imparted training to the participants. Besides, the participants held a rally to create awareness about adventure sports. Zonal Director of the NYKS, Sikkim Zone Naveen Kumar Naik attended the opening ceremony.
Tribal lit fest on Mother Tongue Day today
Bhubaneswar: To give an exposure to tribal communities in the State for showcasing their creativity, the Sikshasandhan, a resource centre for education, has decided to organise a Tribal literature Festival every year on the occasion of the International Mother Tongue Day on February 21.
The festival has objectives like bringing together artists, story-tellers, singers, musicians and dancers from across the country, encouraging tribals to use resources of tribal heritage for their own development and boost the morale of tribal writers and artists by enabling them to interact with each other and with writers and artists from other communities.