6 kg ganja seized, peddler held in B’swar
Baleswar: Excise squads on Thursday seized ganja weighing 6 kg and arrested the accused peddler Nityananda Giri of village Sartha under the Singla police station and forwarded him to court.
Safe Motherhood Day observed in B’swar
Balaswar: The Mahila Arogya Samiti and the ICDS observed the National Safe Motherhood Day here on Wednesday being presided over by social and health activist Ubachak Mohanty. Chief guest CDMO Bibekananda Das mentioned about the nutritional requirements of mothers during the pre- and post-delivery periods. DPM PP Pati and CDPO Urban Sabita Rout, NHM Assistant Manager Phanibhusan Patnaik and Public Health Manager Sanjay Parida also spoke. Asha Workers, Anganwadi Workers and members of Mahila Arogya Samiti attended the meet.
Temple Hundis looted in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: Unidentified miscreants looted two Hundi boxes of the Baldevjew temple at Siddhala village, 5 km from here, on Wednesday. Head priest Arun Panda lodged an FIR at the Jagatsinghpur police station. Temple management trust secretary Jyoti Ranjan Parida said both the Hundis had not been opened in past five months and were believed to be containing enough valuables and currencies.
B’pur pharma college holds campus drive
Brahmapur: The Royal College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Brahmapur organised a campus interview drive in its premises on Thursday for the MPharma, BPharma and DPharma students. Pharma major Macleods Pharmaceuticals limited selected students from different Pharma colleges of Odisha and other States for QA, QC and production departments. Company QA senior manager Ajit Kumar Raut, HR manager Ajit Srivastav, production deputy manager Amiya Kumar Swain conducted the written examinations and interviews. College Vice-Principal Prof Susanta Kumar Panda, Prof AK Mohapatra, Ajit Kumar Acharya and Tapan Kumar Nayak assisted the drive.
M’bhanj Ex-GRS gets 1-yr RI in graft case
Cuttack: The Vigilance Special Judge on Wednesday convicted Mayurbhanj district’s Gidighati GP former Gram Rozagar Sevak (GRS) Manoranjan Mohanta and sentenced him to one-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) and a fine of Rs 5,000 and in default, to undergo two more months of RI. Mohanta had demanded and accepted bribe of Rs 3,000 from one Ramesh Kisku of Gayalkata village in Mayurbhanj district for processing of a running advance bill of the work “Improvement of Road from Gayalkata to PWD Road” executed by Kisku.