Biramitrapur MLA Covid +ve
Bhubaneswar: Biramitrapur MLA Shankar Oram has tested positive for Covid-19, he informed on Saturday. His condition was stated to be stable is advised to be under quarantine for 17 days.
Truck rams into shop in BBSR; 4 critical
Bhubaneswar: As many as four persons were seriously injured when a stone-laden truck rammed into a shop on a road at Mendhasal on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar on Saturday morning. The truck turned turtle after the driver lost control over it. A crane was engaged to remove the truck.
Sex racket busted at Jaleswar; 3 arrested
Baleswar: The Jaleswar police on Saturday raided a lodge in the town and apprehended five persons, including two women, on the charge of a sex racket. Jaleswar PS IIC Manas Deo said three people were arrested and the women were let off.
Coastal Cleanup Day observed at INS Chilka
Khordha: The INS Chilka observed the International Coastal Cleanup Day on the theme 'Achieving a Plastic and Non-Bio Degradable Waste Free Coastline' on Saturday. A cleanup drive, taking all precautions against Covid-19, was organised all along the Chilika lake front by the station community. Individual departments also conducted motivational lectures emphasising rotection of marine environment. NWWA Chilka members keenly participated by igniting the young minds on the theme "Save the Seas and Coasts, Save our Lives" through an online picture and poster competition.