3 BALESWAR COPS AXED FOR LETTING DRUG MAFIA ESCAPE
Baleswar: On the charge of dereliction of duty, three police personnel of the Jaleswar police station have been suspended following a probe. The action has been taken after a brown sugar peddler escaped from the police station. The suspended are Sub-Inspector Priyadarshani Khatua and Constables Sk Mairuddin and Rabindra Hansda. On June 18, one Muktar Khan, a brown sugar peddler, had been arrested and 150 grams of the contraband was seized from him. However, Muktar escaped from police custody next day. This drew severe criticism from several quarters suspecting police’s intention. Different teams have been formed to nab the culprit.
DAVCMC DIR ADDRESSES PRINCIPALS' CONF (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: Director of Public Schools & Academics, DAVCMC, New Delhi Dr Nisha Peshin addressed at the Principals’ Conference of DAV institutions, Odisha Zone held at the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur premises on Wednesday. He emphasised on the role and responsibilities of the Principals both in academic and administrative development of the institutions. DAV Regional Director Dr KC Satapathy, Regional Officer LN Pradhan and Asst Regional Officers Dr Sujata and SK Bhoi were present along with 55 heads of DAV institutions. Dr Peshin was felicitated during the occasion.
VSS NAGAR SR CITIZENS’ FORUM HOLDS YOGA DAY (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The VSS Nagar Senior Citizens’ Forum on Tuesday organised a meeting to mark the International Day of Yoga. Guests MLA Susant Kumar Rout, Mayor Sulochana Das, Indian Yoga Institute State chief Suresh Kumar Mohapatra and Corporator Pravasini Mohanty spoke about importance of yoga in everyday life. While forum president Krupasindhu Sahu chaired the meeting, general secretary Er Suresh Chandra Kar moderated it. Among others, secretary Gouri Shankar Praharaj, treasurer Bhamrabar Pradhan and members Prakash Kumar Das, Debendra Kumar Biswal and Maheswar Biswal joined the meeting.
GPCDA OFFICE-BEARERS ELECTED (Pix)
Brahmapur: The 54th General Body meeting of the Ganjam-Phulbani Chemists’ and Druggists’ Association (GPCDA) was held here on Sunday. BeMC Mayor Sanghamitra Dalai graced the event as chief guest, while Drug Controller of Southern Division Sunil Kumar Nayak; ADCs Debasih Lal and Prasanna Kumar Mallick and UCDA secretary Prasant Kumar Mohapatra attended the meeting as guests of honor.
The meeting unanimously elected the new office bearers for the year 2022-23. Those who got elected include Bishnu Prasad Panda as president and P Satyanarayana was elected secretary. Ballahab Panigrahi, Nageswar Prusty, Kedarnath Jena, Girish Pradhan, Manoj Pati and several others coordinated the event. BeMC Mayor congratulated the newly elected office-bearers.
SANKALP SECONDARY SCHOOL HOLDS YOGA DAY (Pix)
Brahmapur: The International Day of Yoga was celebrated at the Sankalp Senior Secondary School, Ralab with spirituality and integrity. Yoga guru Ashok Kumar Sahu from Patanjali Yogapeeth conducted the programme,in which around 200 students and teachers of the school participated. Students performed pranayama and various asanas like Vajrasana, Vrikshasana and Tadasana. NCC Commanding Officer Col Suresh and Admin Officer, Group HQ Brahmapur, Col Shree Krishna joined the celebration and encouraged the students to be fit by practising yoga on a regular basis. School Chairman ET Rao enlightened them about the benefits of yoga.
K’MAL DLSA HOLDS INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY (Pix)
Phulbani: The Kandhamal DLSA celebrated the International Day of Yoga in its premises. The programme was joined by District and Sessions Judge Sithikantha Samal, Specail Judge (Vigilance) Santosh Kumar Jena, Family Judge Smrutilekha Barik and POCSO ADJ Sanjit Kumar Behera. Among others, Ramadevi Soren, Bhaskar Chandra Sahu, Biraja Prasad Panda and court staffs practised yoga.