ASKA PS GETS NO. 1 AWARD IN DELHI
Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah awarded the Aska police station of Ganjam district as the Number One in the country during the DGPs/IGPs’ Conference-2022 which began in New Delhi on Friday. Odisha DGP Sunil Kumar Bansal attended the conference. The Aska police station has been adjudged as the number one in the Annual Ranking of Police Stations for the year 2022. Aska PS IIC Prashanta Kumar Sahoo received the award with certificate of appreciation from the Union Home Minister.
MAN KILLS INFANT SON OVER PROPERTY ISSUE IN B’SWAR
Baleswar: The Khaira police in Baleswar district on Friday began an investigation after a body of a missing four-month-old child was found from a paddy field in village Panisiali under Gagandhuli GP on Thursday evening. The child’s mother Gouri Baskia lodged an FIR with police alleging that her infant son was killed by her husband Dularam Baskia and three others after hatching a conspiracy over property disputes. The child was missing since Saturday and the body with injury marks was spotted by villagers triggering suspicion.
SBI CELEBRATES SWACHHATA PAKHWADA (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of Swachhata Pakhwada from January 16 to 31, the SBI Bhubaneswar Circle organised a cleanliness drive and a health checkup camp on January 19. Around 50 persons participated in the cleanliness drive. The health camp was inaugurated by CGM Chandersekhar Sharma in the presence of GM Ponnambalam and CDO Manoj Kumar Singh and other staffs and pensioners. Doctors from AMRI and ASG Eye Hospital conducted the health checkup camp in which about 350 SBI staffs and pensioners participated.
FIRE SAFETY DRILL CONDUCTED AT PPA HOSPITAL (Pix)
Paradip: The CISF Fire Wing conducted a mock drill at the Paradip Port Authority (PPA) Hospital to scale the preparedness and promote awareness to tackle possible fire mishaps. The fire personnel demonstrated different methods to douse the flames in case of a blaze at the hospital. They also trained the hospital doctors, staff nurses, staffs and security guards to rescue patients trapped inside the hospital during fire emergencies. The capacity of the hospital is for 64 patients, but everyday over 200 patients come here; so, it is very important to tackle any kind of mishap, said hospital CMO Dr Prahallad Chandra Panda.
NDRF MUNDULI OBSERVES 18TH RAISING DAY (Pix)
Athagarh: The 3rd Battalion NDRF Mundali celebrated the 18th National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Raising Day. A grand parade was organised under the command of Insp/Exe SK Bhoi. Second-in-Command Vardhaman Mishra was chief guest, who inspected the parade. He told about the big role of 03 Bn NDRF Mundali in 2022 during floods in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. He also said various programmes have been conducted by this battalion like Famex, Community Awareness and school safety, etc.
STONE SCULPTURE OF VISHNU IN PURI (Pix)
Puri: National awardee Rajendra Mishra is giving final touches to a stone sculpture of Vishnu in Puri on Friday.