455 doctors appointed on ad-hoc basis
Bhubaneswar: The State Government has appointed 455 doctors on ad-hoc basis.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved the appointment. The doctors were appointed against 462 vacant posts at various Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs) of the State. With the appointment, the State Government expects to improve the health delivery system across the State.
NHs in State to be double-laned
Bhubaneswar: Double-laning of all the National Highways in the State would be completed before 2016-17. A decision was taken at a high-level meeting here presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Till today, a stretch of 277.3 km of NHs in the State are yet to be double laned though it was decided that 135 km stretch would be doubled laned in 2014-15 and rest 2,42.3 km would be double laned in 2015-16. Notably, the State has a total of 3,593.2 km of NH roads.
OSSTA stages dharna in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: Members of the Odisha Secondary School Teachers’ Association (OSSTA) sat on dharna in front of the office of the District Inspector of Schools here on Friday in support of their five-point charter of demands including salary to teachers in accordance with new grant policy, payment of dearness allowance, finalisation of service conditions and formulation of suitable guidelines in the matter of grant-in-aid. later, the association submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister, Finance Minister and Minister of Education through the DI of Schools, said its leader Bhikari Gouda. Among others, BK Behera, HK Patnaik, Raghunath Sahu and Indu Mohanty led the dharna.
New BMC Commissioner takes over
Brahmapur: Senior OAS Class-I officer Dr Ajit Kumar Mishra took over as the Commissioner of the Brahmapur Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday. Earlier, he worked as Sub-Collector at Brahmapur for about five years, a record period of tenure. Mishra is known for his sincerity and balanced role in public service. When contacted, he said municipality service is quite typical and a difficult task which needs cooperation of the civil society to fulfil expectations of the denizens. The Corporators, employees and engineers of BMC gave a rousing reception Dr Mishra.
Mishra Parala Bar association president
Parlakhemundi: Siddheswar Mishra has been elected as president of the Parala Bar Association defeating his rival candidate Bibhuti Patra by 10 votes. Kashinath Das has been elected as vice-presiden, Prithvi Raj as secretary, laxmi Prasad assistant secretary and Sushant Sekhar Sabat treasurer.
Nine-day Parayan begins at Athagarh shrine
Athagarh: A nine-day Parayan and Gyan Yagnya began on Thursday at Chandabali Chhka Hanuman temple here. The events are being organised for the last for 15 years. About 100 devotees came in a procession for a Kalasi Yatra. Organiser Sri Sri Hanuman Krupa Parishad has scheduled the programmes for each day.
Man held for torturing wife
BAlESWAR: The Nilgiri police on Saturday arrested a man after his wife alleged that he was engaging her for immoral purposes.
The 22-year-old victim, a resident of village Chintamanipur, in her FIR alleged that she was tortured for dowry by her husband and in-laws and forced to be engaged in immoral work when she accompanied her husband Dinabandhu Barik (30) to Gujarat after marriage. The marriage between them had taken place in April last year after a love affair. SDPO SP Mallick informed, “The woman’s husband and in-laws were arrested and forwarded to court on the allegation of dowry torture. However, we are verifying the other allegation of using her for immoral purposes.”