ASI held taking bribe in Kendrapada
Kendrapada: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Aul police station in Kendrapa\da district was caught red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 on Tuesday. ASI Ranendra Samal had demanded the illegal gratification from one Banambar Das to settle a village dispute. Das brought the matter to the notice of Vigilance. A Vigilance team laid a trap and nabbed Samal while he was accepting the bribe.
Mohapatra takes over as JSpur DM
Jagatsinghpur: New Jagatsinghpur Collector Sangram Keshari Mohapatra assumed office on Monday. He took over from Guha P Tapas Kumar, who was transferred to the Health Department recently. The new Collector held a meeting with the senior officials and emphasised on performing duties following five Ts -- Technology, Transparency, Teamwork, Transformation and Time. The ADMs, Jagatsinghpur and Paradip, Sub-Collector, CDMO, Assistant Director Statistics, DIPRO, among others, greeted the new Collector.
Fake doctor held in Jajpur
Jajpur: Police on Tuesday arrested a person for impersonating as a doctor at the Barchana Community Health Centre (CHC) in Jajpur district. The arrestee was identified as Nihar Ranjan Samal of village Kadei. On Monday night, Samal had entered the maternity ward of the hospital with a stethoscope and examined many pregnant women. He also misbehaved with some patients under the pretext of examining them for which some women raised an alarm and detained him. One Kishore Chandra Barik filed an FIR against the accused and based on it, police arrested Samal, said Barachana PS IIC Deepak Jena.
SABARD holds 1st meeting in B’pur
Brahmapur: The Special Association of Advocates against Barred Corruption and Range Domination (SABARD) held its first meeting under the chairmanship of its founder Dillip Kumar Patro here recently. Members discussed steps to be taken in protecting public interest against corruption and different programmes to be taken up in coming days. Among others, SABARD VP Dr Siva Prasad Mishra, secretary Kailash Panigrahi, joint secretaries Minati Rath, Rama Panda and Chhini Reddy, treasurer Hemanta Mishra and lawyer Surendranath Sahu were present.
Aryabhatta holds annual function ‘Prerana’
Brahmapur: The Aryabhatta held its annual function ‘Prerana 2019’ here recently. Parala Maharaja Engineering College Principal Dr Ranjan Kumar Swain, MKCH Medical College Hospital Pathology Department HOD Prof Debi Prasad Mishra, Dr PSN Rao and Aryabhatta founder Sudheera Kumar Rout attended as guests. On the occasion, 52 students excelled in different national level examinations of the institute and their parents were felicitated by the guests. Besides, one Ashutosh Moharana was felicitated with Rs 50,000 from the institute for his commendable work towards saving the environment. He was also awarded with Rs 15,000 by Maruti Food.
Kotak contributes Rs 5 cr to OSDMA Bhubaneswar: The Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) as part of its CSR agenda is implementing a programme, under which disaster management activities will be undertaken in the Cyclone Fani-affected areas in the State. The programme would be implemented in partnership with the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA), for which the bank provided Rs 5 crore to the OSDMA.
Modern dental unit opens at NTPC Kaniha
Talcher: A modern dental unit was inaugurated by NTPC Kaniha CGM Ramesh Babu V at the NTPC Hospital, Kaniha on Monday. The unit consists of advanced dental chair with ultrasonic scaling, light cure filling, root canal treatment intra-oral camera for better visibility and radio-visio-graphy for better X-ray viewing.