ROOP SUNKAR NEW EAST COAST RAILWAY GM (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: Roop Narayan Sunkar, an officer of the Indian Railway Service of Engineering (IRSE) of 1985 batch, joined the East Coast Railway as its General Manager on Tuesday. Prior to this, he was Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) of the South East Central Railway (SECR) at Bilaspur. Sunkar is a highly committed officer having brilliant knowledge and command on bridge works. Taking every task as a challenge, he always strives to move forward in fulfilling the mission of Indian Railways.
NMA CHIEF BASHA FELICITATED AT VSS NAGAR (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The Shri Shri Bhubaneswari Temple Management Committee in VSS Nagar here on Tuesday felicitated National Monuments Authority (NMA) Chairman Kishore Kumar Basha. VSS Nagar Development Council general secretary Dillip Dashsharma presented a memento to Basha in the presence of Bhubaneswari Temple committee president Dr Jayant Kumar Parida and general secretary Pratap Kumar Nanda. Treasurer Nityaranjan Nanda, Prakash Kumar Das, Asim Kumar Sinha, Rangadhar Mishra, Dharnidhar Raut, Manoj Patnaik, Nabakishore Buera , Santosh Kumar Satpathy and Umakanta Rayguru were present.
MAOIST POSTERS REAPPEAR IN KANDHAMAL (Pix)
Phulbani: After a long gap, Maoist posters were again spotted in different places of Budaguda village under Daringbadi block of Kandhamal on Monday. The posters threatened to kill Budaguda Sarpanch Tatura Pradhan. The poster also warned to complete the Dimahada-Baribandha road work immediately. People of the area are panicked over the posters. Police were yet reach the vilage.
MAN DROWNS AFTER FLOATING PAPER BOAT IN K’PADA
Kendrapada: A 49-year-old man, Santosh Mishra, of Kulasahi drowned in Luna river while taking bath after floating a paper boat on the occasion of Kartik Purnima on Tuesday. Locals started a search and rescue operation with the help of Nischantakoili fire tender personnel but Mishra wa yet to be traced. Notably, the deceased’s father Rabindra Mishra had also drowned in the Luna river while taking bath in past.
MAN DROWNS IN POND IN BHAPUR
Bhapur: A 55-year-old man drowned in a pond at Barput village under the Fategarh police station in Nayagarh district on Tuesday. The deceased, identified as Mayadhar Behera, had gone to take bath, but when he didn’t return home, his family members searched for him and found him floating in the water body. He was rescued and rushed to a hospital, where the doctor declared him dead. Later, police registered an UD case and sent the body for postmortem.
21.4 KG GANJA SEIZED IN GAJAPATI (Pix)
Paralakhemundi: At Mandrabaju junction under Adava police limits, a patrolling squad of local police seized 21.4 kg of ganja, while the contraband was being smuggled to Haryana State. A case was registered at Adava police station in this connection. SI BN Reddy and other
staff members of the police station were in the patrolling team.
NUKKAD PARTY, UCAKES OPEN 2ND OUTLET IN BBSR (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The Nukkad Party from Delhi, an all-season food outlet brand, partnered with ever-growing popular brand Ucakes from Bhubaneswar, expert in making healthy and delicious cookies, crackers and cakes, to open outlets in Bhubaneswar Their 28th outlet, 2nd in Bhubaneswar was inaugurated by Executive Director, Sambad Group and Co-Convenor INWEC Tanaya Patnaik in the presence of First Lady, 120 Inf Bn (TA) Bihar Komal Minhas.
NTPC RAISING DAY HELD AT ER-II HEADQUARTERS (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The 48th Raising Day of NTPC Ltd was celebrated at the NTPC ER-II headquarters here on Monday. Regional Executive Director AK Goswami hoisted the NTPC flag followed by NTPC Geet. Goswami elucidated the history and growth of the organisation since its inception. He said it is matter of pride that the NTPC today is a 70GW plus company, powering nation’s growth. He highlighted the operational achievements of the power stations under the jurisdiction of Easter Region headquarters.