DAVians observe Kargil Vijay Divas
Bhubaneswar: The students of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here, observed the Kargil Vijay Divas amidst enactment of skit plays while paying rich tributes to the martyrs on Saturday in the school premises.
CRPF holds blood donation camp at Sunabeda
Koraput: The Cobra Commando CRPF organised a blood donation camp under the leadership of Camp Commandant R Jay Kumar at Sunabeda here on the occasion of the 15th Kargil Vijay Diwas on Saturday. A total of 102 units of bloods were collected at the camp. Besides, different programmes were held on the occasion to pay homage to the martyrs of the Operation Vijay. Among others, Deputy Commandant Sailendra Singh and Dr Amitabh Sahu were present.
K’pada scribe remanded to jail custody
Kendrapada: Pravat Kumar lenka, a journalist of an Odia daily, of Marshaghai block in Kendrapada was remanded to jail custody after his bail plea was rejected by the district SDJM Court here on Saturday. lenka was arrested by the Patkura police station for allegedly assaulting Kabindranath Ojha, a dealer of Talasanga.
‘Electrocuted staff not of Vodafone’
Kendrapada: A report titled “Vodafone staff electrocuted in Kendarapada” was published in this paper on July 24. However, the victim Srinibash Parida was not an employee of Vodafone, the company authorities have stated, saying he was working as a technician at the OATS (Odyssey Advanced Telematics Systems), which has taken franchise from Vodafone for maintenance of tower network. The news had been filed as per the Sadar police station IIC’s information.
Minor girl drowns in pit in B’swar
Baleswar: An 11-year-old girl drowned after falling into a water-filled pit on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Sanjukta Rout of Maharathipur village in Bahanaga.
Child drowns in pond in JSpur
Jagatinghpur: A six-year-old child of Chhapada village under the Raghunathpur block drowned in a pond while washing off his body on Thursday. Suryakant Dash, who had gone to the residence side pond along with his grandmother, accidentally slipped in to the water. later villagers recovered the child and sent him to the District Headquarters Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.