30 injured as bus collides with truck in Jajpur
Jajpur: About 30 persons were injured when the bus they were travelling in had a head-on collision with a truck on NH-5 near Khairi under the Badchana police station in Jajpur district in the wee hours on Saturday. They were admitted to the Badchana hospital. An injured woman was later shifted to Cuttack after her condition deteriorated. The bus en route to Cuttack from Kolkata collided with the tomato-laden truck between 4 am and 5 am. Police and a fire brigade team reached the spot and sent the injured passengers to hospital.
Red Cross distributes relief in Ganjam
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Red Cross Odisha State Branch in association with the Kalinga Seva Samiti, Cuttack sent a relief team for the Titli victims of Sorada and Belaguntha blocks in Ganjam district. The team of ten members led by Red Cross advisor Chandan Kumar Mohanty provided service to the needy. Thousands of packets containing flattened rice, jaggery, biscuits, candle and matchstick were distributed along with 200 tarpaulin, mosquito net, kerosene stove, bed-sheets, lungi, bucket, mug and jarkin to the people. The team was sent under guidance of secretary Dr Binayak Prusty and joint secretary Major Dr Kalpana Dash.