The process of admission into Plus 2 colleges in the State would begin on July 20, informed School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Saturday. Students can apply for the admission online through SAMS portal www.samsodisha.gov.in- between July 20 and August 10. The deadline for submission of the application forms is likely to be extended as the CBSE and ICSE Boards have not declared the Class-X results yet, the Minister added.
143 GRAM BROWN SUGAR SEIZED, TRADER HELD IN JSPUR
Jagatsinghpur: Acting on a tipoff, excise sleuths seized 143 grams of brown sugar from the possession of a woman, Bharati Sahoo, a resident of Sukida village near Machhagaon under Balikuda block on Friday. The woman was arrested and forwarded to court. District Excise Superintendent Baijanti Panda said a team led by Excise Inspector Nimain Charan Singh raided the residence of Bharati at Sukida village and recovered the brown sugar worth over Rs 14 lakh.
GOREKHANATH TEMPLE ROBBERY: 3 ARRESTED
Jagatsinghpur: Police picked up three thieves allegedly involved in the Gorekhnath temple robbery incident on Friday. The arrested persons were identified as P Kameswar and T Laxmikant, both belonging to the Rambha police limits in Ganjam district, and Rinku Das from Sunagada village under Badachana block in Jajpur district. Rs 98,000 and three mobile phones were recovered from them and they were forwarded to court. On June 22, miscreants had broken open the Hondi of the temple at Kerakera village under Raghunathpur block and taken away cash and jewelleries. After the crime, the thieves were staying at Barang in Cuttack district.
MURALI MOHAN ELECTED B’PUR COOP URBAN BANK (Pix)
Brahmapur: R Murali Mohan of the BJD has been elected unanimously as President of the Brahmapur Cooperative Urban Bank. Total 14 Directors out of 15 zones from 42 wards were present in the election. BJD district president and former MLA Dr RCC Pattnaik, MLA Bikram Kumar Panda, MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu and BeMC Mayor Sanghamitra Dalai were also present. Former Assembly Deputy Speaker Rama Chandra Panda conveyed his best wishes to Mohan.
HYVK OF BNM CELEBRATES GURU PURNIMA (Pix)
Brahmapur: On the Guru Purnima days, the Hasa,Yoga & Vyayam Kendra (HYVK) of Baristha Nagarik Manch (BNM), Lanjipalli here, held a function to offer gratitude to their founder Vyayam Guru late Laxmikant Satapathy and felicitate present Yoga Guru and BNM president Prof Bhaskar Padhy and Vyayam Guru and BNM treasurer Sibaram Panigrahi in the premises of Divine Life Society. BNM secretary Biswanath Padhi emphasised the importance of Guru Puja in the context of Sanatan Dharma. The members offered ‘mass Deepa Danam' to Swamy Sivananda and Chidananda Saraswati Maharaj.
SATYASWARUP NOMINATED SSSO STATE PRESIDENT (Pix)
Paradip: Dr Satyaswarup Pattnaik has been nominated as the new president of Sri Sathyasai Seva Organisation (SSSO) of Odisha State.
Nimish Pandya, All India president of Shri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation, announced the name of Dr Patnaik recently. Dr Patnaik is a cardiologist and son of Antaryami Pattnaik, a well-known businessman of Paradip and the convenor of Odisha Satyasai Trust.