Postmaster held for siphoning off money in D’nal
Dhenkanal: Anantapur Post Office Postmaster under the Bhuban police station in Dhenkanal district was arrested and sent to judicial custody for allegedly misappropriating depositor’s money. A case had been registered against him under Section 409 IPC in the Bhuban PS. Another Postmaster of Kandabindha village, who had also siphoned depositors’ money in crore, has not been nabbed yet.
OPS College holds meet on call of democracy
Dhenkanal: The Odapada Panchayat Samiti (OPS) College’s Political Science Department organised a seminar on ‘The call of democracy and need of conditions for its success’ here on Friday. College Principal Dr Sambhu Prasad Pradhan inaugurated the seminar. Among others, Dr Mansi Kar, Dr Ramesh Prasad Mihsra and Dr Sucheta Mishra were present.
‘Vegetarian Movement’ reaches Phulbani
Phulbani: The Yatra for Animal ‘Vegetarian Movement’, which is on an all-India tour, reached here on Friday to persuade people not to kill animals and to spread the message to become vegetarians. The movement has been started by Acharya Srinivas and Dibya of Hyderabad. Later, they would go through Boudh, Sonepur, Balangir and Bargarh and would sensitise people about vegetarianism.
SUDHA holds ‘Consumer Mela’ in Puri
Puri: On the occasion of Kartika Purnima, the SUDHA, a State-level NGO supported by the Consumer Welfare Fund (CWF), organised a two-day “Consumer Mela” here to encourage and raise consumer awareness. Leaflets and booklets were distributed containing the salient features of consumer the Protection Act 1986, Provisions of Weights and Measures Act. SUDHA chairman Sanjaya Kumara Mishra coordinated the programme. Sand artist and scribe Ranjan Kumar Ganguly and Bejoy Kumar Pattnaik were the guests.
Tributes paid to martyr Laxman in B’pur
Brahmapur: The 119th birth anniversary of Saheed Laxman Nayak was celebrated on Thursday here with the dignitaries paying floral tributes to him. Local MLA Dr Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik, Brahmapur Development Authority Chairman Subash Moharana, Sothern Jail Deputy Superintendent Raghunath Majhi, Sub-Collector Diganta Routray and Sashikant Mallick joining the programme recounted the martyr. DIPRO Biranchi Pradhan coordinated. Similarly, the Manav Adhikar Surakshya Manch and Saheed Laxman Nayak Memorial Government Municipal High School celebrated the birth anniversary and held different programmes on the occasion.
Mahtab Jayanti celebrated in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: The fortnight newspaper ‘Ajira Odisha Darkar’ celebrated the Utkal Keshari Dr Harekrushna Mahtab Jayanti here on Wednesday. ‘Ajira Odisha Darkar’ editor Rabindra Kumar Maharana presided over the meeting. Eminent litterature Dr Chandramani Swain, State Headmaster awardee Ajit Kumar Maharana, educationist Chitaranjan Panda and scribe Balkrushna Patnaik were present.
Fisheries Day observed in Ganjam
Brahmapur: The World Fisheries Day was observed at the Kanheinala MIP in Digapahandi block of Ganjam district with a theme “Healthy Water, Healthy Planet and Healthy People" recently. A public meeting and demonstration programme was organised to highlight the importance of fisheries, benefits of eating fish, problems to fish population due to water pollution, overfishing and ghost fishing. Assistant Fisheries Officer Nikhil Kumar Moharana attended the meeting and advised the fisher folks to regularly observe fishing holidays, avoid zero sized fishing nets, maintain water bodies, remove the damaged gill nets from the water bodies to avoid ghost fishing.