Car hits truck in M’bhanj; two killed
Baripada: Two persons were killed and three critically injured when a car carrying them hit a truck from behind near Kalama Square on NH-18 in Mayurbhanj district on Sunday morning. The injured persons were rushed to the Baisinga hospital. later, they were shifted to the Baleswar DHH as their conditions deteriorated. The incident took place at around 8 am under the Baisinga police limits. The identities of the victims were not yet known.
Two kids drown in Baitarani in Keonjhar
Anandpur: Two children, including a baby girl, drowned in river Baitarani while taking bath at different places in Keonjhar district on Sunday. Of the two, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl met watery grave at a ghat in the river near Kantipala village in Anandpur while taking bath along with her mother Hemalata Naik. A two-year-old boy drowned at a ghat near Bato while taking bath along with his sister.
Sand artist Sudarsan pays tribute to mothers
Puri: Eminent sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik paid his tribute to all mothers on the World Mother’s Day on Sunday. He sent his message through a sand art featuring a woman with his child at the sea beach here. Taking to microblogging site Twitter, he also wished his own mother. “Your love is an ocean- my SandArt message on #HappyMothersDay at #Puri beach, Odisha to all caring mothers in the world,” he tweeted.
District-level lok Adalat held in B’ pur
Brahmapur: A lok Adalat was held under the aegis of the Ganjam District legal Services Authority at the Civil Court premises here on Saturday. District Judge and DlSA Chairman Malay Ranjan Dash presided over the district- level lok Adalat in which 3,258 criminal and revenue cases were solved and fines of Rs 6.60 lakh was collected. Family Court Judge SKZ Ahmad, Senior Civil Judge Gyanendra Kumar Barik, Additional Senior Civil Judge Bidyadhar Prusty, Junior Civil Judge Poonam Jena, ADJM Sarita Mohanty and all the JMFCs took part in the proceedings. DlSA secretary Gundicha Samant Singhar , Registrar Dilip Kumar Biswal and others staffs of DlSA coordinated the event.
Ravi Shankar birthday celebrated in B’pur
Brahmapur: The Vyakti Vikas Kendra, Brahmapur Cetnre celebrated the 61st birthday of Shri Shri Ravi Shankar at the Geeta Bhavan here on Saturday. Gouri Panigrahi conducted guru puja while a Satsang and a meditation programme conducted by all members. District teacher coordinator Amar Prasad Sahu, secretary Sudhir Sabat and teachers B Shyamsundar, Jyoti and Krushna Prasad Mohaptra read out messages of the Guruji. Among others, Sunil Patnaik, Shreenu, Mihir, Monoj, Bipin, Balaram and Kalyan coordinated the event.