K’mal ABVP protests Govt apathy
Phulbani: Students belong to the ABVP from eight colleges came in a rally and staged protest against the State Government’s alleged failures in the fields of education, health and employment. They termed the Government as anti-youth. They alleged that the Government is threatening the youths through the Biju Yuva Vahini. ABVP district coordinators Vikash Nayak and Abhilash Panda, national secretary Kavita Kanhar, State secretary Badrinath Kanhar and Pitabas Gunthmajhi were present.
Senior MCL civil engineer commits suicide
Jharsuguda: MCL IB Valley Area Senior Civil Engineer Kishle Kumar (55), suffering from depression, allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan in his official chamber on Wednesday morning. The Brajrajnagar police reached the spot after being informed by the MCL security officer. Police registered a UD case and sent the body for postmortem to the MCL Central Hospital. No suicide note was recovered from the post, said police. The deceased is survived by his wife and two daughters.
NINL sets new benchmark in production
Jajpur: The Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) continued to set its new benchmark in production with posting all-time high monthly liquid steel, steel billet output at its steel melting shop and best January monthly hot metal output at its blast furnace. The Kalinganagar-based integrated steel plant produced 21,805 tonnes of liquid steel, 19,641 tonne steel billet and 79,640 tonne hot metal in January. The company also registered highest single-day billet production of 1,362 tonnes on February 4 surpassing the previous best of 1,270 tonnes on January 18. The company has also planned to produce TMT bars and wire rods next fiscal.
NTPC Kaniha distributes school bags
Talcher: The NTPC Talcher Kaniha distributed schoolbags at the Government Upgraded High Schools, Barihapur and the Harichandanpur UP School of Badatribida GP. Around 200 schoolbags were distributed in the presence of DGM (HR) PK Sahu and other HR executives. The headmasters of the schools appreciated the initiative of NTPC Kaniha.
2 K’jhar boys win bronze in int’l Karate meet
Keonjhar: Two athletes of the Praveen Unified Martal Academy (PUMA) of the town won bronze medals in individual category in the third International Karate Championship held in Visakhapatnam from February 1 to 3. They are Chandan Prakash Nayak (8) and Piyush Kumar Debverma (14). Contestants from seven countries had participated in event.