SPO held for attacking police in Gajapati
Paralakhemundi: The Gajapati police on Saturday arrested a former Special Police Officer (SPO) on the charge of attacking an ambulance and police at Panchamile Chhak under the Gumma block in Gajapati district. According to Paralakhemundi police, a youth, who hails from Bihar, was allegedly beaten by some village people near the Gaiba outpost on the suspicion that he was a kidney racketeer. While he was being taken to the Paralakhemundi main hospital in an ambulance escorted by police, former SPO Shabar Nayak along with 20 to 30 others attacked them on July 1.
Youth dies in rail mishap in G’pati
Paralakhemundi: A 26-year-old youth, Kusha Chhinchada, of Singipur village in Gajapati district,was killed when a passenger train hit him on Friday night. The incident occurred when Chhinchada was defecating on the railway tracks. The train was going from Gunupur to Palasa via Paralakhemundi. The villagers have demanded immediate compensation to the deceased’s family.
Bodies of 2 G’pati women reach villages
Paralakhemundi: Bodies of two women, who had died in the Chennai building collapse, have reached their respective villages in Gajapati district. While the body of lokalapu lokesh (25) reached her Ranipentha village on Friday, that of the other woman Odhi Roja (22) reached her village Khandaba on Saturday morning. In this accident, Roja’s father Odhi Paparao (50) was critically injured and is now undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram district.
Property worth Rs3l gutted in office
Kendrapada: Official documents along with property worth Rs3 lakh were gutted in a fire that erupted due to electric short-circuit at the Garadpur Sub-Registrar office in Kendrapada on Saturday. The incident occurred when data entry operator Harmohan Pattanaik came to the office, which was functioning in a rented house, and opened a computer. Several computers, scanners, UPSs, web cams, printers and modems along with documents were reduced to ashes. later, Garadapur fire tender personnel rushed to the spot and doused the fire.
Mangala Club, Jobra Durga win in FAO
Bhubaneswar: Mangala Club and Jobra Durga Club defeated Western Mahavir Club and Rising Star Club respectively in the FAO Football league at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Saturday.Ranjit Bhoi , Sachikanta Rout , Anil Sasmal , Sagar Rout of Mangala Club scored a goal each in the 2nd,34th,39th and 72nd minutes respectively. Experienced Bijay Das netted double goals in the 42nd and 66th minutes respectively.
Mahesh Sahoo of Western Mahavir scored the solitary goal in the 74th minutes. Mangala Club edged out Mahavir by 6-1 goals. In another match, Jobra Durga Club defeated Rising Star Club by 2-1 goals. The goal scorer for Jobra Durga Club was Jhon Tapno one goal at 19 min and Rupai Hansdha one goal at 24 min. After the change of sides, Arjit Keora of Rising Star Club netted a goal in the 62nd minutes. P Rajeswar Rao, Sudip Das, Sekhawat Khan, Bhim Chetrri, Subrat Purohit, Shyam Sundar Saha and Jiban Jyoti Nayak were the officials who conducted the matches as referee. Jay Durga Club would meet Kishore Club on Sunday.
Semifinalists spotted in Rugby meet
Bhubaneswar: Defending champion KISS girls would meet Delhi in the semifinal of the All India Women’s 7s Rugby Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday. last year runners-up Pune would meet Kerala. Defending champion Future Hopes of Kolkata and KISS-A would meet Maharashtra and Jungle Crown of Kolkata respectively in the semifinal of the 8th Under-20 Boys National Rugby 7s Tournament here on Sunday.