Demolition of don Timan’s houses resumed
Balangir: After a brief lull, the district administration resumed the drive of demolition of local don Timan Kumbhar’s huge buildings at larkipali here. lack of machineries to demolish the tall buildings of Timan had earlier halted the anti-encroachment drive. There was no resistant to the demolition.
AAP demands action against KV
Balangir: Members of the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Balangir unit led by Ajay Das on Friday staged a demonstration before the district Collectorate here demanding action against BJP MlA KV Singh Deo, who is a former Urban Development Minister. A per a memorandum submitted to the Governor by the AAP through the district administration, when Singh Deo was the Minister, he allotted plots of land to Justice MM Das from his discretionary quota in the Cuttack Development Authority (CDA) area. “We demand a Crime Branch inquiry into this issue,” said Ajay Das.
Injured deer caught by villagers
Athagarh: A spotted deer on Friday morning strayed into Manitri village of Kandarei panchayat under the Khuntuni forest area and was caught by villagers. The animal was found bleeding from its thigh. later, Forest Range Officer Ratnakar Das arranged for its first aid and then left it in the nearby jungle.
S’pur Youth held for issuing false ID to workers
Sambalpur: The Sasan police on Thursday arrested a youth, Pramod Mirdha of the Sadar police station area, for issuing forged worker identity cards to construction workers of the rural areas in Sambalpur district. Mirdha also collected a huge amount of money from 48 labourers to give them cards. When the workers didn’t get the benefits under these cards, they informed the police regarding the matter. Mirdha’s wife Rashmi was also helping him in this work. “The exact amount collected from the innocent workers is yet to be known but may be in lakhs,” police said.
JSpur pensioners’ assn president Mohanty dies
Jagatsinghpur: The Jagatsinghpur District Pensioners’ Association president Parvati Charan Mohanty (79) passed away on Wednesday. He was recognised as founder of the association and occupied its president post until death. He had started modern farming in his native place and inspired locals to adopt modern techniques in agriculture and apiculture.
Elephant carcass recovered from Teherei forest
Rourkela: The carcass of a female elephant aged around 40 years was recovered from the Teherei revenue forest by Koira forest range officials in Sundargarh district on Thursday. Acting on information, the forest officials led by Koria Forest Range Officer Ashok Biswal and Bonei Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Sudhansu Sekhar Khora went to the spot and found the dead body. later, a veterinary surgeon reached the spot and examined the dead body. No external injury was found on the body of the elephant.
Godrej Appliances strengthens its premium segment
Bhubaneswar: The Godrej Appliances on Friday launched its most energy-efficient air conditioner under the NXW sub-brand in Odisha. The company’s National Sales Head Prasoon Kumar said, “We will continue to focus on the premium segment across all categories under the premium sub-brand NXW. This summer, we launched the NXW air conditioner which is a 5-star inverter AC with 5.2 ISEER and the greenest refrigerant R290- making it a pioneer in the AC market.”pl