Odagaon Bandh demanding NAC status held
Nayagarh: A 12-hour bandh called on Friday by the Odagaon Bikash Parishad demanding NAC status for Odagaon in Nayagarh district evoked good public response in the town. Normal life was thrown out of gear as vehicular movement at Odagaon came to a standstill while all shops and other business establishments remained closed. The Odagaon Bar Association, the Auto Associations and trade associations supported the bandh. “Odagaon has all the criteria needed to be declared as a Notified Area Council (NAC). Hence, the Government should immediately accord the status to the town,” a Bikash Parishad leader said.
Niali Junior Clerk held taking bribe
Cuttack: Niali Sub-Registrar office Junior Clerk-cum-Head Clerk in-charge Rabindra Nath Barik in Cuttack district was arrested by Vigilance officials on Friday for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 2,500. Barik had demanded bribe from one Jyotiranjan Rout of Purbakhanda village in the district to issue an incumbency certificate in respect of three plots of different mouza of Niali. On Rout’s complaint, a trap was laid and Rabindra Nath Barik caught raid-handed by Vigilance officers in the office premises of Niali Sub-Registrar.
GMR CEO meets Health Secy on ambulance service
Bhubaneswar: Global Medical Response (GMR) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Anderson met Health and Family Welfare Secretary Arati Ahuja here on Wednesday. He discussed about various issues pertaining to emergency services and stressed for a collaborative effort to improve ambulance service in the State. He said, “To improve the service quality, we have to continue road improvement, increase area coverage and oxygen tanks replacement sites. We are continuing to enhance the communication between 102 and 108 control rooms to ensure callers get the appropriate services.”
Woodland targets 15% growths in State
Bhubaneswar: Woodland, a leading shoe manufacturer of country is targeting 10 to 15 per cent growth in the State in current fiscal in its foot print expansion. Addressing a Press conference here on Thursday, Woodland MD Harikirat Singh said, “We are targeting 1 per cent to 15per cent growth in the State. last year, our turnover was Rs 30 crore.” During his visit to the city to attend the Unicef programme, he also visited the primary schools in Khandigaon and Jagannathpur to review the ongoing wash projects. He also declared that the company plans to open three more stores at Jajpur, Brahmapur and Puri.
CITU, Udayabata remember scribe Dhal
Jajpur Road: The Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and fortnightly news magazine Udayabata organised a condolence meeting here for eminent journalist and columnist Barendrakrushna Dhal, former minister and writer Jagannath Mallick and senior BJD leader of Korai, Kailash Jena. CITU Jajpur district president Prafulla Nayak, Vyasadeb BJP Mandal president Nityananda Mahalik, TU leader Dhirendra Behera, Ganesh Sahoo, Kartikeswar Palai, women leader Bidyutprava Ray, Kanchan Nayak, Dr Amiya Kumar Jena, Mirza Hafizul Baig, Samir Mishra, Prafulla Sahoo, Rajkishore Sahoo, Suman Ray, Abhisek Malla, Prafulla Barik, Sumitra Mishra, scribe Biswa Ranjan Patnaik, Pradeep Jena and Abhiram Parida participated in the meet. Udayabata editor Dushmanta Kumar Rout presided over the meeting.