Seashore agent arrested in Gajapati
Paralakhemundi: The police arrested an agent of chit fund company Seashore Rabi Kumar Nayak of Saneya Naidu village here on Monday and forwarded him to court on the charge of not refunding investors’ money, informed police officer Prasant Kumar Behera. Nayak had collected money from the small investors by promising high returns during the past couple of years. It may be mentioned that all employees of the tainted company had left the regional office here after the multi-crore chit fund scam in the State came to light; as a result of which the investors are yet to get back their invested money.
RSS provides relief in Ganjam
Brahamapur: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) provided relief materials including cooking foods to thousands of cyclone and flood-affected people in various parts of the worst-hit Ganjam district last week. The Sangh members distributed polythene, lanterns and foods to nearly 200 people in Hardanga, Mantridi and Baiarli villages near Bhairavi. Medical services were also provided to victims with the help of MKCG Medical College Hospital doctors. Cooked foods were provided to nearly 12,000 people in Gopalpur. The RSS members too were engaged in a sanitation drive in the district. RSS State media cell secretary Golakh Chandra Das among many district-level members participated in the relief operation.
Education leadership Award to NIT Rourkela
Rourkela: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela received the National Education leadership Award for Outstanding Engineering Institute (East) at a function held in Mumbai on Wednesday. The stars of the Industry Group of the USA and the Dainik Bhaskar Group of Newspapers selected the institute for the award. The award is also endorsed by the Asian Confederation of Business, World Education Congress, CMO Asia, World Federation of Academic and Educational Institutions. Though NIT Director Prof Sunil Kumar Sarangi was invited to receive the award, secretary of the institute’s PR Committee RK Sinha received the award on behalf of the institute.