Puri temple admn takes over prime property
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple administration on Saturday took possession of a prime property worth about `20 crore located along the Grand Road side. This was the second such take over after the Gopaltirth Mutt property at Balisahi.
Four workers killed, 6 hurt on NH in Angul
Angul: Four workers were killed and six others injured in an accident on NH-55 at the Jarapada laxidhaur Square in Angul district. The tragedy took place when a truck ran over the victims working on the National Highway. The injured were hospitalised at Angul.
BTech students placement cell opened
Bhubaneswar: A Central Placement Cell for BTech students was inaugurated by Minister of Employment, Technical Education & Training Pratap Kumar Deb at the OJEE Building in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
Teacher killed in road mishap in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: A teacher, Abhay Kumar Rout of Marthapur village, died on the spot while a speeding truck hit his bike from behind at Ramkumarpur on the Cuttack- Paradip highway on Friday night. The truck fled from the spot after the accident. Rout, was working as a resource person in Raghunathpur block, was returning home by bike.
Two held in JSpur cheque fraud case
Jagatsinghpur: The Tirtol police on Saturday arrested two persons, including a woman, in a cheque fraud case. Report said that one Ajay Mohanty, hailing from Otala village in Bodhei Panchayat, had lodged a complaint with police that `1.76 lakh had been withdrawn from his UCO Bank account by producing a fraud cheque. The police, after investigation, found one Anil Das and Pritee Chhanda Swain, residents of Govindapur, had stolen a leaf from Ajay’s cheque book and utilised it for withdrawing the amount.
Clerk caught taking bribe in K’pada
Kendrapada: Vigilance sleuths on Friday nabbed Junior Clerk of the DI of Schools Sarangadhar Samal while he was taking bribe sum of `2,000 from one Dolagobinda Kar of Nasadipur for processing his pending arrear. The bribe money was recovered from his possession.
S’pur Map Moharir held for taking bribe
Sambalpur: Sadasiba Sahoo, Map Moharir in the office of Settlement Officer, Sambalpur, was arrested by the Vigilance police on Saturday when he was taking bribe of `2,000 from one Gatikrushna Guru of Jhadtarava under Tarava PS in Subarnapur district to issue a map of his landed property. Sahoo was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe as per his previous demand.