LAMPCS MD held taking bribe
Cuttack: Vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested Large Area Multipurpose Co-operative Society (LAMPCS), Koraput Managing Director Banambar Pattnaik for demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs 1,500 from one Motiram Bhatra of Digaguda village in Nabarangpur district in order to purchase 99.32 quintals of paddy at the Sanamasigaon mandi from him. The Vigilance officers caught Pattanaik red-handed while he was taking the bribe.
Ganja plants worth Rs 12.60 cr destroyed
Paralakhemundi: The Mohana police and excise department officials on Saturday conducted raids in Rakeshpanga village in Gajapati district and destroyed cannabis plants worth around Rs 12.60 crore. The total cultivation, spread over an area of 60.8 acres and having around 1.21 lakh plants, was set on fire.
Varanasi Mahotsav held in GajapatI
Paralakhemundi: A two-day Varanasi Mahotsav at Varanasi High School ground in Kashinagar block in the district was inaugurated here on Friday. Paralakhemundi MLA K Narayan Rao, Mohana MLA Dasarathi Gamango, block Chairman CH Simardri, Vice-Chairman K Jaya, ZP Memeber Sukant Sabar, D Bhagyalaxmi and BDO Rajendra Prasad Panda attended as guests and inaugurated the Mahotsav. On the occasion, different cultural programmes were organised.
Nat’l Multilingual Drama Fest ends in Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal: The annual National Multilingual Drama Festival, Kapilash Natya Mahostav, organised by the Kalaparisad in collaboration with the District Council of Culture at the Mini Stadium here from Wednesday concluded on Saturday. Minister of Mines Prafulla Mallik had inaugurated the festival. Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahu was chief guest on the valedictory day. Veteran dramatist Nityananda Das was felicitated with the Kalaparisad Samman. Noted dramatist Dilliswar Moharana presided over the function. Kalaparisad Dhenkanal, Natyam of Angul, Panchamveda Bhubaneswar, Dramatology Theatre Delhi and Bivab Naatry Akademy Kolkata took part in the five-day festival.
Seminar held at Mathakaragola College
Dhenkanal: A State-level seminar on the topic “Wonderfun Universe” was held at the Mathakaragola College organised by the Department of Physics recently. Former HoD of Physics, Utkal University Prof Lambodar Prasad Singh was chief guest and Prof Rajashree Mohapatra chief speaker. The seminar was presided over by College Principal Prof Chittaranjan Dash.