Parla Cong readies for civic elections
Parlakhemundi: Ahead of the municipal elections, the Congress held a massive rally here on Wednesday. Hundreds of party members holding anti-BJD placards and banners started went round the this Gajapati district headquarters town. later, the party held a public meeting under the leadership of Parla Nagar Congress president Basant Panda. Former Union Minister Chandra Sehkar Sahu spoke about the various welfare schemes of the Central Government and criticised to the State’s Naveen Patnaik-led BJD Government. Among others, senor district party leaders K Surya Rao, Jayman Rao, S Gajapati Rao, Sangram Sahoo, Sudhi Ranjan Mohapatra and Monoj Sahoo were present.
‘BJP will get majority in Parla civic polls’
Parlakhemundi: Gajapati district BJP president Tripati Nayak on Thursday claimed that the party would get a clear majority in the forthcoming Parla Municipality elections. Stating that the party has already formed organisational committees in every ward to strengthen the party, he said candidates’ names would be declared after the Congress and the BJD announce their candidates. “We will field the candidates who have worked for common people in past,” said Nayak. When asked about some party leaders having quit the BJP recently, he said their departure would not affect the party’s prospects in the municipal elections.
2 snatchers held; chain recovered in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: Two bike-borne young miscreants on Tuesday night snatched a gold chain from Jyotirmayi Sahoo, a nurse in the District Headquarters Hospital here when she was returning to her residence at Deuligrameswar on the outskirts of the town. The police later nabbed the duo and recovered the gold chain. The miscreants had intercepted Sahoo at a deserted location and asked about a patient undergoing treatment in the hospital. One of them suddenly attacked her and snatched the chain and then both fled from the spot. Shortly later, the snatchers faced with an accident at Charchika Bazaar and were nabbed by the police. They were identified as Swadhin Das [21] and Trilochan Sahoo [22] of Purana village.
Cyclist killed in JSpur accident
Jagatsinghpur: A middle-aged man, Kishori Sahoo, from Gokalipur village in the Raghunathpur area, was killed in a road accident at Tarpur on the Cuttack-Paradip State Highway on Wednesday. He was returning home by his bicycle when a speeding truck ran over him. After the accident, hundreds of residents from the locality staged a road blockade demanding compensation for the deceased’s kin. The blockade was withheld after Rs 10, 000 was sanctioned from the Red Cross fund for the deceased’s family.
NINl product gets BIS certifications
Bhubaneswar: The steel billet produced by the Neelachal Ispat Nigam ltd (NINl), Kalinganagar has bagged the BIS certification licence. Many leading steel players, including the SAIl, have shown interest in the NINl billets. With the commissioning of its steel melting shop (SMS) on March 31, 2013 and subsequent production of billets with the BIS certification, the NINl has been included in the elite club of integrated steel plants in the country.