Syndicate Bank ED visits State
Bhubaneswar: Executive Director of Syndicate Bank TK Srivastava arrived here on Friday on a three-day visit. He would inaugurate the bank’s Chandanpur branch taking its branch network in the State to 85. He would also visit the Regional Office and a few branches of the bank and review the progress of the bank in the State.
FINO PayTech expands banking service in State
Bhubaneswar: Micropayments technology firm FINO PayTech, which provides doorstep banking services including disbursement of Government payments to the beneficiaries, has expanded its network in Odisha. Company Associate VP Rahul Jain said the company started its operation in the State in 2011. Soon, the company started offering services for five leading banks across 22 districts in the State. It recently received new mandates from two banks as well as for three new districts. This has helped the company extend its services to another 700 villages,, said Jain.
Gramarakhi drowns in river in K’pada
Kendrapada: A 55-year-old man, Krushna Jena, of Alapua village drowned in Kani river in Kendrapada on Friday as his feet slipped into floodwaters of the river while washing off his body. later, the locals managed to recover Jena, who was later rushed to the Pattamundai CHC, where he was declared dead. The deceased was a Gramarakhi in Alapua gram panchayat.
Mohapatra relieved as CS
BHUBANESWAR: Jugal Kishore Mohapatra was officially relieved as the Chief Secretary on Friday. He has been appointed as the Union Fertiliser Secretary. Gokul Chandra Pati, a 1978-batch IAS officer presently serving as the Union Secretary, Defence Production, is likely to assume his new responsibility as the Odisha Chief Secretary on August 1.