Road blocked after student dies in mishap in M’bhanj
Baripada: Tension ran high in Kuliana block in Mayurbhanj district following the death of a college student in a road accident on Tuesday morning. Siba Shankar Jena, a Plus Three final year student of the BB College, was on his way to the college by a bike to appear at the annual examination when a private bus coming from the opposite site collided head-on with the bike at Kalabadia Chhak killing him on the spot. Irate students rushed to the mishap site and blocked the road.
Spotted deer rescued in Kendrapada
Kendrapada: Forest personnel of the Kendrapada Forest Range on Monday rescued a male spotted deer from Binchana Balighat under Patkura block in Kendrapada district after it sneaked from the Kharanashi protected forest. The locals noticed the deer while it was moving near Binchana Balighat and informed the forest personnel. A forest team rushed to the spot and rescued the deer aged around five to six year old. The animal was later released to the Kharanashi protected forest under the Mahakalpada Forest Range.
Civet rescued in Balangir
Balangir: A small Indian Civet, locally called Sialpatni, was rescued by local forest officials here on Monday. The animal had entered into a banana godown at Sunday night, after which locals beat it. It was rescued by the local Snake Helpline and deposited in the forest office. “We have taken the animal to veterinary hospital here and it is under treatment,” said a forest official.
World Forestry Day observed at Balangir
Balangir: The World Forestry Day was observed in the district on Monday. Divisional Forest Officer Rashmi Ranjan Nayak, Kenduleaf DFO Prasanna Kumar Sahu, The Pioneer correspondent Sudhir Mishra, Dolagovinda Bisi and VSS members spoke on the occasion. Speakers stressed on the conservation and preservation of the forest and water resources to meet the challenges of global warming and emerging water crisis.
8 Gajapati +2 students caught for malpractice
Paralakhemundi: Eight students were caught cheating in the Plus-II Economics examinations on Monday. The flying squads appointed at the Shri Krushna Chandra Gajapati Autonomous College informed that the eight students while appearing at the examination were caught at the Ramagiri College in the district.
GATEFORUM students shine in GATE
Bhubaneswar: The results of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2016 have been announced. GATEFORUM CEO Mohit Goel said the students of GATEFORUM have performed exceedingly well in the test. GATEFORUM student Ronika Goswami secured All India Rank 1 in Chemical Engineering followed by Debangshu Chatterjee and Pooja Kulkarni in the Computer Science Engineering stream. In total, 11 students of the institute secured ranks in the Top-10 and more than 70 students secured ranks in the Top-100 this year. From Bhubaneswar, Bhavit Boolchandani secured All India Rank 18 in Mechanical Engineering stream and Gourav Kumar secured Rank-37 in Computer Science Engineering Stream.