Parida takes over as MCl Director (Finance)
Sambalpur: KK Parida on Tuesday assumed the charge of the Director (Finance) of the Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl). A son of the soil from Jamapara in Kendrapada district, Parida has an illustrious career spanning over three decades in the coal industry. He had joined the Coal India in 1981. Earlier, he was General Manager (Finance) at the South Eastern Coalfields ltd and held many other key positions. He has travelled to Sweden, Germany and Switzerland for higher management course.
R’kela slum women trained on Jan-Dhan Yojana
Rourkela: A training programme for slum women dwellers was organised by Rourkela MlA Dilip Ray at Kalyani here on Sunday to make them able to take maximum benefit from the Jan-Dhan Yojana.
Ray said the objective of the scheme is to provide banking facilities to the economically backward families along with loans for household appliances, agriculture and non-agriculture purposes to make them economically sound. Ray urged all to open savings accounts in nearby banks. Basti Vikash Parishad convenor Asish Mohanty, Nirakar lenka and Ramesh Bal also spoke.
Medicine specialist Mishra passes away
Banpur: Medicine specialist Dr Dibyasingh Mishra (70) passed away following a cardiac arrest on Sunday. His last rites were done at the Puri Swargadwar by his son Deepu. Dr Mishra was a gold medalist and had been serving in Banpur and Balugaon area as a Government and private doctor since 1989. As a social activist, he was closely associated with the Rotary Club, Nehru Seva Sangh and Chilika Sahitya Samaj. On his demise, Dr SN Patra, Prof BK Nanda, JN Senapati, Sarojini Dash and OP Agrawal expressed their condolences.
Awareness drive on dengue held in Jajpur
Jajpur: The Kalinganagar Sangrami Yuva Parishad orgasnied an awareness campaign on dengue at Danagadi in Jajprur district on Monday. Sukinda MlA Priti Ranjan Ghadai urged upon people to adopt preventive measures against dengue on this occasion. The programme assumed significance in the wake of rising number of dengue cases being detected from the Tata plant area of Kalinganagar. Over 500 people attended the programme. Among others, Danagadi block Vice-Chairman Sudhansu Bhanja and Bibeka Bose were present.
B’garh Welfare Administrator arrested for graft
Bargarh: Vigilance sleuths on Sunday arrested Md Mahamad Farid, Welfare Administrator-cum-Coordinator in the DlO office at Bargarh for taking a bribe of Rs1,000 from a person for release of dues of Rs7,000. Acting on a complaint lodged by one Bhimsen Nag of Bhatabida village, sleuths laid a trap and caught Farid red handed while demanding and accepting the bribe amount from Nag.
BJD candidates win JSpur college elections
Jagatsinghpu: Tapas Mohapatra was elected as president and Chitta Ranjan Biswal as secretary of the SVM Autonomous College Students’ Union on Monday. Both were BJD-sponsored candidates. Similarly, BJD-supported candidates Kiranmayee Pradhan was elected as president, Surya Ranjan Senapati as vice-president and Satyajit Jena as secretary in the Students’ Union of the Alaka Mohavidyalaya.