2 brothers die; two injured as bike falls off bridge
Deogarh: Two brothers were killed and two others seriously injured as a bike by which they were travelling fell off the old Kalajeera bridge near Balam village in Deogarh district early on Wednesday morning. The injured were admitted to the VIMSAR in Burla. The mishap took place at around 4 am when the brother duo and the other two were on their way to a nearby village.
ICSE results: M’bhanj schools post 100% success
Baripada: In the Class-X examination conducted by the ICSE, both the schools of Mayurbhanj have put up an excellent showing. The Saint Anne Convent School of Prafulla Nagar, Baripada and the Kerala Public School of Asanbani, Rairangpur have achieved 100 % results. While 30 out of 110 examinees of the Baripada school secured 90% or more marks, at Rairangpur the number of the students scoring 90% marks is 10 out of 40. Both Baripada Convent Principal Sister Jain and Rairangpur KPS Principal Geetanjali Tripathy complimented the successful students examinees for their impressive performance.
MlA lays stone for road project in Jajpur
Jajpur: Dharmasala MlA Pranab Balabantaray laid foundation-stone of Gangadharpur-Kanpur RD road on Wednesday. The road is to be constructed at a cost of Rs 5 crore. Block Chairman Pravat Balabantaray, RD Executive Engineer lokanatha Mishra, SDO Narayan Ojha and BJD leader Srinibash Jena were among others present.
Maa Ghara, K’put holds annual function
Sunabeda: The Aama Maa Ghara, Koraput celebrated its annual function here recently. Pottangi MlA and DPC Chairman Prafulla Kumar Pangi inaugurated the function. CUO Assistant Professor Pradosh Kumar Swain and social activist Surabhi Mahapatro spoke on a topic titled “Developmental Pledge: Equal Opportunity, Equal Rights”. Organisation VP Prabhati Rout presided over the function and secretary Mamta Ray presented the annual report. A tribal woman of Pakjhol village, Basanti Pujari, was felicitated with the Aama Maa Ghara Samman and three couples, Shaheda Parween-Shaik Ibrahim, Pranoti Nayak-Kishore Beura and Prabhati Rout- Jayakrushna Rout were felicitated for their outstanding contribution towards the women’s cause.
JK Paper felicitates martial artist Ogesh Ganta
Rayagada: JK Paper Mills limited Executive VP (Works) Pawan Kumar Suri felicitated Ogesh Ganta of K Maligaon village for winning second position in 85 kg senior category in the 2nd National level Martial Arts Games-2017 held in New Delhi. Ganta would participate in the upcoming 11th World Martial Arts games in September 2017 to be held in Florida. “Ogesh has been selected as one among seven players from India and has made entire region proud. This is exactly the reason for felicitating him by JK Paper Mills”, said JKPM ltd, CSR assistant manager Harihar Khamari.