Sudarsan wins award at sand sculpting
Bhubaneswar: Odisha sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won a prize at the sand sculpting World Cup in the US, he said on Saturday. Pattnaik said he won the People’s Choice prize in the solo category for his sand sculpture “Save Tree, Save the Future”. The 37-year-old artist was the lone participant from India at the June 15-29 competition in Atlantic City which was attended by artists from several other countries.
Robbery bid in Jajpur foiled; 7 held
Jajpur: The Badchana police arrested seven criminals on Friday night while they were planning to commit robbery at the Chandikhol Chhack on NH-5. The police also seized two revolvers, four motorbikes and six mobile phones from them. Many criminal cases are pending against them in various police stations in and outside the district, said Badchana PS IIC RK Sahoo. The criminals were produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) court at Chandikhol. The court rejected their bail applications and remanded them to jail custody.
3 bullocks die in BQ disease in S’garh
Rourkela: Three bullocks have died reportedly suffering from Black Quarter (BQ) disease in Urumkela village under the lahunipada block of Bonei subdivision in Sundargarh district. In fear of spread of the fatal disease, Veterinary officials took up a vaccination drive soon and administered BQ vaccines in hundreds of cows and bullocks in the village and nearby areas on Friday and Saturday. Two healthy bullocks of a farmer suddenly felt weak and could not walk properly. After a few hours, they died. later another bullock belonging to another farmer died with the same symptoms.