Man held for raping deaf, dumb girl in K’mal
Phulbani: A 26-year-old man, Sujit Kumar Dehuri, was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a deaf-and-mute girl at Jamajhari village in Kandhamal district on Friday. The accused is married and has a two-year-old child. Medical tests were conducted in connection with the case, said Phulbani Sadara SDPO PK Panigrahi. Police said the accused allegedly raped the 18-year-old girl in her house when she was alone. “He was arrested from his home in the same village,” said Tumudibandh police station IIC BC Ghadei.
Martyrs’ families felicitated at J’suguda
Jharsuguda: On the Martyr’s Day, a programme was held by fortnightly Kosal Times here on Sunday to felicitate families of martyrs of Bargarh and Jharsuguda districts Umakant Nayak, Balaram Pradhan, Dipaksen Bhoi, Ashok Kumar Behera,, Padmolochan Majhi, Debendra Panda, Gangadhar Dalei, Sanjay Kumar Bag, Sanatan Dhal, Kousik Mishra and
Jagatram of Kudoi. Padma Shri Haladar Nag was chief guest. Jharsuguda ADM Sitaram Patel, SP Umasankar Dash, educationist Dr Aditya Prasad Padhi, Prof Tahalu Sahu and Kosal Times editor Sanjib Kumar Mohapatra shared the dais. Haladar Nag was felicitated on behalf of the Diamond Engineering College.
IG College girls hold special winter camp
Jajpur Road: A seven-day special winter camp of the Indira Gandhi Women’s College NSS unit, Jajpur Road was recently held at Santara of Vyasanagar Municipality in Jajpur district. The team comprising 25 girls conducted various welfare and awareness programme like plantation, cleanliness drive in slum areas, health camp and free medicine distribution along with awareness programmes on AIDS, use of polythene, women education and training on self-defence, yoga, legal consciousness, etc. The valedictory ceremony was presided over by college Principal Dr lalita Rout. PK College Principal Dr Dushmanta Nayak, Jajpur Road Medical In-Charge Dr Prasanjit Kar and Udayabata editor Dushmanta Rout joined as guests.
Exhibition held at Jajpur Rd St Xavier’s School
Jajpur Road: An exhibition was held at the St Xavier’s High School at laxminagar in Jajpur Road recently. Several projects on Mathematics, Science, Geography, History, patriotism and on English, Odia and Hindi literature were put on display. The programme was inaugurated by Kalinganagar ADM Abdul Alim Khan and Korai BEO BK Sahoo. Many guardians and locals visited the exhibition.
Senior Clerk held taking bribe in S’garh
Rourkela: A senior Clerk-cum-record keeper Manoj Majhi of Birmitrapur Tehsil of Sundargarh district was arrested by Vigilance officials and forwarded to court on Tuesday for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 1,000. Majhi had demanded bribe from one Umashankar Sahu of Raiboga village in Sundargarh district to provide him the certified copy of a mutation case. On Sahu’s complaint, a trap was laid andManoj Majhi caught red-handed by Vigilance officers.