AAP holds volunteer training camp in D’nal
Dhenkanal: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) conducted a training camp for its volunteers at the Sambadik Bhawan here on Friday. A total of 120 volunteers from eight blocks of the district participated in the camp. Party’s national-level leader Ujjal Kumar Choubey, Sidharth Ranjan, Dr Tusar Nayak, Professor Ashok Sharan, Dr Bhabani Shankar Mishra, social activist Rajiv Kar, district secretary Sisira Satpathy and convenor Pankaj Nayak attended the camp.
Physically-challenged students shifted to SCB
Dhenkanal: The four physically-challenged students of the Alok Vidyalaya, who had been undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Hospital here after being struck by unknown illness for last two days, were shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack on Sunday in critical conditions. The inmates are suspected to have been suffering from food poisoning.
Teachers’ leader passes away
Jagatsinghpur: Renowned teachers’ leader and former OSSTA secretary Gouri Mohan Satapathy passed away in his residence here on Thursday last. He was suffering from the cardiac problems. local MlA Bishnu Das and Jagatsinghpur OSSTA president Niranjan Panda, in their condolence messages described him as student-friendly teacher who fought for teachers’ causes.
Husband gets 7-yr RI in JSpur dowry death
Jagatsinghpur: The Additional District Judge court here on Saturday sentenced a man to undergo seven years of rigorous imprisonment [RI] while disposing of a dowry death case. lopamudra Parija had married one Ananta Sahoo from Tirtol’s Jailo village five years ago, but the duo was spending a very bad martial life. lopamudra had been coming under immense pressure from her in-laws for bringing dowry. She died on December 23 last. Her father lodged an FIR at the Kujang police station stating that his daughter was killed by her greedy in-laws. The police conducted investigation and arrested lopamudra’s husband and three others of his family.
‘Gana Adhikara’ foundation day held at Paradip
Paradip: local fortnightly Gana Adhikara celebrated its foundation day here on Friday. Trade union leader Sudhakar Mantri presided over the meeting, where Jagatsinghpur MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai and noted actor Shankar Basu Mallick were the honoured guests. Paradip Port Trust CEME Sunil Kumar Pattnaik inaugurated the meeting by lighting the lamp. The welcome address was delivered by Gana Adhikara Editor Chitta Swain. Vote of thanks was given by noted writer of Paradip Rabi Swain. On the occasion, three eminent personalities of Paradip, sportsman Sanjaya Das, PPPl Public Relations Manager Sudhir Ranjan Mishra and musician lokanath Raiguru were felicitated by the newspaper.
Five injured in bear attack in Soro
Baleswar: At least five people, including two women, of Radhaballavpur and its adjacent locations under Manipur GP of Soro block sustained injuries after a bear attacked them on Saturday. The victims are undergoing treatment in different hospitals.