New Ganjam Sessions Judge appointed
Brahmapur: Madhusudan Dhala on Thursday joined as the District and Sessions Judge of Ganjam. Previously, he was the Chairman of the Sales Tax Tribunal at Cuttack. Ganjam Bar Association members led by its president Basant Panda felicitated Dhala and expressed happiness over his appointment as the post had been lying vacant since November 27 last year.
Man dies in train accident in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: One Subash Chandra Dalua of Chikania village under the Raghunathpur police station in Jagatsinghpur district was killed after being hit by the Paradip passenger train on Wednesday. He succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment in the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack.
7-feet dead crocodile retrieved
Kendrapada: Forest Department personnel of the Rajnagar Forest Range under Bhitarkanika National Park on Thursday retrieved a 7-feet-long female dead estuarine crocodile that was floating on Mahara Jora, a branch of Brahmani river at Attala village under Ali block, said Rajnagar Forest Range Ranger Bonod Acharya. He informed that the reptile’s body was sent for autopsy to Ali Veterinary Hospital. The forest personnel suspect that the estuarine crocodile might have died due to suffocation after it entangled with the fishing net.
Kids Planet School’s summer camp concludes
Brahmapur: The Kids Planet play school here organised the valedictory ceremony of its summer camp course conducted for students up to Class-VI from various schools across the city. Various programmes on art and crafts, yoga, music, dance and fashion shows were performed by the kids. Retired Bioscience professor of the Mohuda Pharmacy College Dr Santosh Kumar Dash attended the event as the chief guest and CDPO Amita Mishra as the guest of honour in the presence of school chairman Sunita Rani Sabat and advisor Sucheta Panigrahi. The programme aimed at all round development of kids.
Adhunik Metaliks holds Environment Day
Rourkela: The World Environment Day was observed by the Adhunik Metaliks limited here on Thursday. A cycle and motorcycle rally was taken out from the Rourkela Uditnagar ground to the AMl premises at Kuarmunda to mark the day. Environment engineer Dilip Kumar Sahoo, who was the chief guest for the event, flagged off the rally. later, a sapling plantation drive was carried out behind the pump house number-II. Among others, company’s Vice-President (HR) BP Pandey, ED Arun Kataruka, AVP VK Verma and GM SPS Dhaka were present.