Energy Minister visits Jajpur
Vyasnagar: Energy Minister Pranab Prakash Das on Tuesday met veteran trade union leader Mayadhar Nayak and educationist Indira Das. He was accompanied by Korei MlA Akash DasNayak. Hundreds of BJD workers from Korei and other places came to meet the Minister.
Baleswar jeweller robbed off ornaments
Baleswar: Some unknown miscreants attacked a jewellery shop owner and looted gold and silver ornaments worth lakhs of rupees from him near the overbridge adjacent to the Sadar police station here on late Monday night. Victim Debendra Sahu of Sribantapur fell unconscious after the miscreants’ attack. The police were yet to nab the culprits.
Elephant Trust gives aid to tribal girl Bhubaneswar: The Save Elephant Foundation Trust of Odisha has provided assistance of `10,000 to tribal girl Nirmala Topno, whose father was trampled to death by an elephant in an elephant drive-away operation in the Rourkela Forest Division on November13, 2013. Trust managing trustee Prakash Jena handed over the cheque to the girl on May 23. Earlier, the State Government had provided a compensation of `2 lakh to her family. The organisation gave the money to Nirmala, a second year student, to meet part of her educational expenses. The girl, known as an elephant whisperer, used to accompany her father Marianus Topno during elephant-drive operations.