Widow of 1942 Quit India martyr dies
Jajpur: Hadiani Mallick (96), widow of the 1942 Quit India Movement martyr Saunti Mallick, died on Friday in her village Srirampur under Bari block in Jajpur district. Besides Saunti Mallick, Sananda Swain and Hadibandhu Panda of Krushnanagar village and Mayadhar Bhuyan of Hatasahi laid down their lives while fighting the British police on August 22, 1942 on the Rakha Bandhan day at village Kalamatia. Hadiani was six months’ pregnant when her husband was shot dead by British police. Jajpur MP Mohan Jena, Panchyati Raj Minister Kalpataru Das and social workers Dr Manzoor Ali and Prabhuranjan Satpathy condoled her death.
11-ft hill crate snake rescued
Jajpur: Some villagers rescued on Friday afternoon an 11-foot-long hill crate snake, locally called as Pahadi Boda, at village Majhipada under Badachana block in Jajpur district. Earlier, some locals had managed to catch the rare snake and kept in the village. On a tip-off, forest officials rushed to the village and released the snake in the nearby Asei Reserve Forest, forest officer of Bairi Dilip Singh said.
Elephant dies in Narsinghpur forest
Athagarh: An elephant of about four years of age died of chronic lungs infection at lambanal of the Debhuin Reserve Forest under the Narsinghpur (West) Range on Friday, said local DFO Arun Kumar Mishra.