Rajkanika ASI in Vigilance net
Cuttack: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested Rajkanika police station ASI Bijay Kumar Parida while accepting bribe of `2,500 from one Batakrushna Bal of Mahurigaon village in the police station premise. A case was registered against the ASI after complainant Batakrushna Bal of Mahurigaon village under Rajkanika police limits lodged a written complainant with the Vigilance alleging that the former has been demanding `2,500 from him for sending a case diary to the High Court, said a Press release of the Vigilance department. His residential house located at Garapur in Kendrapada district is under search.
JSpur man given 5-yr in jail for attacking son
Jagatsinghpur: The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court here on Monday sentenced a man to five years imprisonment for attacking his son. He was identified as Sambhunath Bardhan from Gothina village under Raghunathpur block. He was arrested by police on the charge of physically assaulting his son Sangram Burdhan owing to a family dispute. The victim’s mother Binapani Burdhan had lodged an FIR at Raghunathpur police station in this regard.
149th Pension Adalat held in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: The 149th district-level Pension Adalat was held at the district headquarters town on Monday. Principal Secretary Public Grievance and Pension Sangram Kumar Mishra inaugurated the one day colloquium. Officials from Controller of Accounts and civil administration and persons getting superannuation participated.55 pension holders were awarded annuity. District Collector SK Mallick, Controller of Accountant Raj Kishor Mishra, Deputy Accountant General Manasi Das, senior accounts officer M C Sahoo, among others, attended.
Paradip Sathyasai Samiti holds blood donation camp
Paradip: On the eve of the 89th birth anniversary of Bhagawan Sri Sathyasai Baba, the Sri Sathyasai Seva Samithi here in association with the Cuttack Red Cross unit organised a blood donation camp ‘Prema Sanjeevani’ on Sunday. A total of 126 units of blood were collected from the camp. Among others, Sri Sathyasai Trust, Odisha Convener Antaryami Pattnaik, Sri Sathyasai Seva Organisation Jagatsinghpur district president Bipin Bihari Panigrahi and members of the samithi coordinated the camp.
Entrepreneurship trainees get certificates at NSpur
Narasinghpur: A total of 25 trainees received certificates for a 10-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) at a special certificate distribution ceremony, organized by the Social Human Action for Rural Poor (SHARP) here on Tuesday. Micro Small and Medium (MSME) Assistant Director Pradip Kumar Mishra and Umasankar Mishra attended the event as guests and distributed certificates among the trainees. SHARP advisor Prof Prafulla Kumar Sahoo presided over the meeting, while secretary Bijaya Kumar Panda coordinated the event.
Parala college students boycott classes
Paralakhemundi: Students of the Shri Krushna Chandra Gajapati (SKCG) Autonomous College here on Tuesday boycotted their classes to press for their various demands. The students alleged that their teaching has been affected due to lack of lecturers. Many lecturer posts have been lying vacant for long, they said. Their other demands include increase in the number of students’ seats, provision of electricity in all classrooms and drinking water facility. The irate students also threatened to intensify agitation if their demands are not met soon.