Jilted lover stabs girl to death in Jajpur
Jajpur: A 34-year-old jilted lover of Nibania village under Tamaka police station here stabbed a girl to death in front of her parents and other villagers on Friday, said Tamaka police station officer Prafulla Kumar Singh. Biswakalpita Behera (17), a Plus II Arts student of a college, was repeatedly stabbed by Banabihari Behera, a neighbour of the deceased girl in broad daylight in the village road on her way to the college.
The girl died on the spot. Behera had been trying to woo the girl for over a year but in vain. So the man, with the motive to teach a lesson, stabbed her to death. The police are on the lookout for the accused.
BJD Hartal partial in Kendrapada
Kendrapada: The hartal called by the BJD against “Central negligence” partially affected normal life in the district. Shops and business establishments remained open. Vehicular traffic was partially affected. Nearly 500 BJD activists led by the Kendrapada MlA Sipra Mallick staged a motorcycle rally raising anti-UPA Government slogans. However, several party leaders and their supporters skipped the hartal.
Hartal observed in Kandhamal
Phulbani: Kandhamal district on Friday observed the BJD-called Hartal in protest against the Central Government’s negligence towards the State. BJD district president Saroj Karna led party workers in staging picketing in front of various Central Government offices. Karna and another party leader Kamal Behera addressed the mass at the protest meeting held here.
Gajapati’s birthday celebrated at P’khemundi
Parlakhemundi: The 122nd birth anniversary of Odisha’s founder Parala Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati was celebrated here on Friday. The Parala Municipality undertook a cleanliness drive at the daily market. Gajapati district Collector Basudev Bahinipati, social worker Purna Chandra Mohapatra, Parala MlA K Narayan Rao, Municipality Chairman P Krishna ad ZP president P lata garlanded the statue of the Maharaja near the Bazaar Chhak. BJP members also celebrated the occasion at their party office here. Party district president Tripati Nayak was present. The Maharaja’s birthday was too celebrated by the Gourhari Pathagar.