SEO held taking bribe in Kandhamal
Phulbani: Brahmapur Vigilance sleuths arrested Kandhamal district’s
K Nuagaon block Social Education Organiser Nabakesi Desinayak while he was taking bribe of Rs 8,000 from one Padmacharan Sahu to pass a pending bill of Rs 74,090. Further investigation is on in the case.
R’kela BJD leaders released on bail
Rourkela: BJD women wing president Minati Debta and party leader Prakash Paswan, who were sent to judicial custody since July 12, were released on bail bond on Wednesday. The duo was arrested by the Sector-19 police over a scuffle between the two BJD members during a local event.
RSP bags People Connect award
Rourkela: The Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has been conferred with the People Connect award by the State Pollution Control Board and Times of India, Bhubaneswar for its efforts to create environment awareness among the general public. The award was presented by Governor SC Jamir at a function organised in Bhubaneswar last month. It may be mentioned that the plant is making efforts to involve public in general and students in particular in the massive plantation drives taken up every year.
NITR ranked 8th top engineering college
Rourkela: The National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NITR) has been ranked as the 8th top engineering college in the country for the year 2014-15, reveals a national survey conducted by the EDU-RAND
pick-a-college.com. The EDU-RAND rankings are intended to guide students seeking admissions into an engineering colleges or university. It claimed that unlike other rankings, the EDU-RAND rankings rely on objective measurements, and not on surveys of perceptions of quality. This year ranking of the EDU-RAND was limited to about 850 engineering institutions, which are founded in 2009 or earlier and enroll at least 200 students in their engineering programmes annually.
Talk on steel industry solutions held
Rourkela: The Institution of Engineers (India), Rourkela centre held a talk on ‘latest Technologies in Position and Motion Sensing and Innovative Solutions for Steel Industry’ here on Sunday. On the occasion, Pune-based Kuebler Automation India General Manager (Marketing) Manasjyoti Baruah spoke on the applications and challenges of encoders in steel industry. He further elaborated on challenges for speed and position sensor in steel making. His presentation, which deliberated on probable causes of failure and solutions to prevent the damage, was followed by a brief interactive session on the theme.
Woman dies of snakebite in Bonei
Rourkela: A 35-year-old woman, Padmatula Munda, of Sanrajabasa village under the Bonei police station in Sundargarh district was killed due to snakebite late on Tuesday night. Munda was bitten by the reptile while she was sleeping in her house.