Eye donation gesture in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: With the help of Friends Helping Club, family members of R Ramamurthy Patnaik of Sana Bazaar of the city, who died in the morning, donated eyes of Patnaik. Following an operation, his eyes were taken out by Dr Suchitra Singh and Dr Niranjan Jena of the MKCG Medical College Hospital. Club’s members including E Rao, S Durga Prasad, VV Raja and N Senapati helped in making the donation programme successful.
Three bears killed in Ganjam
Brahmapur: Three bears were found dead on Friday in the Kaliamba Reserve Forest under the Ghumushar Forest Division in Ganjam distt. Though the actual reason of the animals’ death was yet to be known, forest officials suspected death due to poisoning. They found two calves with a female bear dead in the forest. “After postmortem, we can know the reason of the death of the bears,” said a forest officer.
Woman drowns in river in Jajpur
Jajpur: A married woman, Kanaka Manjari Mall (52), met with her watery grave while taking bath in river Kelua at her village Nuagaon under the Dharmasala police station in Jajpur district on Friday. Her body was fished out by villagers.
Food Day held at Angul school
Talcher: The 34th anniversary of the World Food Day and the 69th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) were held at the Kosala High School in Angul district. It was organised by NGO NEWS. A seminar with theme ‘Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth’ was held. NEWS secretary Prasanna Kumar Behera, Pradeep Sahu and headmaster Bijay Ketan Pradhan, among others, spoke.
S’garh youth held for killing mother
Rourkela: The Bisra police on Thursday arrested and court-forwarded one Bicha Oram (25) of Mahipani Oram Tola in Sundargarh district on the charge of killing his widowed mother, Bhukli Oram. Sources said after Bhukli returned home with widow pension on Wednesday evening, Bicha quarrelled with her raising some issue and in a fit of rage hit her head repeatedly with an axe. Bhukli died on the spot. Acting on a complaint lodged by his brother, the police arrested Bicha and also seized the axe on Thursday.
B’swar Consumer Forum undertakes hygiene drive
Baleswar: The District Consumer Redressal Forum of Baleswar on Friday undertook a cleanliness drive in and around its office campus under the Swachh Bharat Campaign. The forum’s senior member Sukumarar Rana led the drive in which Baleswar Bar Association president Niranjan Panda, secretaries Manoj Nayak and Sambit Nayak along with their other colleagues participated.
Students hold Swachchh Bharat rally in D’nal
Talcher: The male and female NSS units of the Bapujee Higher Secondary School (BHSS), Garhpalasuni in Dhenkanal district held a rally and sanitation drive on Friday in which scores of students took part. They shouted slogans on cleanliness and hygiene and convinced the villagers to maintain a clean environment. They narrated about the Swachchh Bharat campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. NSS programme officers Kailash Sahani and Paramananda Biswal coordinated. The BHSS Principal provided active support.