Preparatory meet for Vyasa Sarowar Yatra held
Jajpur Road: A preparatory meeting for the upcoming 11-day historical Vyasa Sarowar Yatra and Vyasa Marathon was held at the Vyasanagar Municipality Conference Hall on Monday. The Yatra will begin on February 18 and conclude on 28. At a Press meet held later in the day, Municipality Chairperson Sabita Rout, Vice-Chairman Subas Bal and Executive Officer Suresh Chandra Mohanty informed about the expenditure, security and sanitation arrangements and cultural programmes to be held during the festival.
RIET Int’l School holds annual day
Jajpur Road: The RIET International School celebrated its annual day in a glittering function held at the Jajpur Road Town Hall on Saturdayevening. Korai MlA Akash DasNayak, VN College former Principal Akshaya Mohanty, Vyasanagar Municipality Chairperson Sabita Rout and RIET International School Principal Diganta Rout joined the function as guests while school chairman Janmenjaya Rout presided over it. Many cultural programmes were held on the occasion.
Boudh OFDC Section Officer held taking bribe
Cuttack: Boudh district’s Odisha Forest Development Corporation Section Officer K Kameswar Patra was arrested on Tuesday by Vigilance officials for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 3,000. He demanded bribe from one Madhusudan Mohapatra of Adenigada village in the district to process and draw the arrear bill in favour of his wife lalita Mohapatra. On Mohapatra’s complaint, a trap was laid and the accused was caught red-handed by Vigilance officers in the office of Divisional Manager, OFDC, Boudh.
Youth held for hacking aunt in K’pada
Kendrapada: A 22-year-old youth, Arakhita Nayak, of Akhua in Kendrapada district hacked his 50-year-old aunt Nisamani with an axe on Monday evening. Arakhita had visited his aunt’s house. An altercation erupted between Arakhita and his aunt over a matter. The youth, who is mentally unbalanced, hacked her in a fit of rage. Injured Nisamani was finally rushed to the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack as her condition deteriorated. later, police arrested Arakhita.