Parala teacher held for sending obscene photo on FB
Paralakhemundi: Police on Saturday arrested and court-forwarded a teacher on the charge of sending an obscene photo to a woman through a fake Facebook account here. The arrested was identified as G Shatish (27) of Poluru village under the Parala police limits. He was working as a teacher at Partada School in Gajapati district. A complaint had been lodged in the Paralakhemundi police in this regard.
Two kids drown in Kendrapada
Kendrapada: Tragedy struck Lokapada village under Aul block in the district after two children drowned on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Abu Bakar Siddique and his cousin Sheik Farhan. They fell into a pond near their house while they were playing. “I was away from home when the incident took place,” said Nasiba Khatun, mother of Bakar.
2 held for attacking ex-Corporator’s son
Brahmapur: The Big Bazaar police arrested and court-forwarded two persons in connection with the attack on former Corporator Krushna Chandra Sethi’s son Gourav Sethi. They were identified as Vishal Behera (19) and Rama Jane Ghadei (23) of Dharnamera Street. They had allegedly attacked Gourav during a negotiation between them and the manager of a liquor shop owned by Krushan Chandra at Sano Bazaar on Tuesday evening.
Swachhta rally held at B’pur St Vincent School
Brahampur: The Brahmapur Rotary Club organised a meeting and a rally in the St Vincent Convent School premises here on Saturday to spread messages of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and road safety. Brahmpur SP Pinaki Mishra gracing the occasion addressed the students on road safety. Students of Classes-VI to X, teachers participated in the rally. Club functionaries, school Principal Sister Monthi, Vice-Principal Sister Veena coordinated the programme.
34 kg ganja seized; 2 held in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: The Gasaninuagaon police arrested two persons for transporting 34 kg of ganja here on late on Friday evening. They were identified as Simanchal Patra and Siba Prasad Behera of Digapahandi. The accused were carrying the contraband item in three trolleys near Platform No 4 of the Brahmapur railway station, said police.
Vedanta holds floriculture training event
Jharsuguda: The Vedanta Ltd, Jharsuguda in collaboration with the Subhalaxmi Cooperative organised a floriculture training and demonstration programme for women farmers recently. The company conducted programme on commercial cultivation of marigold for women farmers at Barihapada, Kumudapali and Sialrama villages. The training sessions were conducted by KVK, Jharsuguda senior scientist Dr Jyortimayee Udgata and Santosh Dhruva, a progressive floriculturist from Padiabahal, Sambalpur. The sessions were attended by women farmers of the cooperatives belonging to 26 SHGs hailing from Jharsuguda, Kolabira and Kirmira.
PPL supports Divyang athlete
Bhubaneswar: Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) Chief Financial Officer Sailesh Pati handed over a cheque of 25,000 to Divyang athlete Rakhal Kumar Sethy, who will participate in the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in South Korea shortly. Sethy has won many national and international medals earlier. PPL Head (Corp Affairs) Sudhi Ranjan Mishra was present.
Asian Wushu event: Keonjhar lad bags silver
Champua: Babulu Munda, a tribal lad of Shialjoda village under Deojhar panchayat in Keonjhar district, has won silver medal in the 10th Asian Junior Wushu Championship held at Brunei from August 16 to 24. A total of 398 contestants from 16 countries had participated in the event. Earlier in July 2018, Bablu had also won silver medal in the 7th Woshu championship held in Brazil. JSPL Foundation cochairman Shallu Jindal has congratulated Bablu for his feat. The JSPL Foundation lent him all support for his achievement.