Athagarh BJP celebrates Vajpayee birthday
Athagarh: BJP activists under the leadership of Biswasundar Mishra, lenin Rath, Prakash Sethi, Sanjukta Tripathy, Bibudha Mishra and Ramnarayan Mohanty celebrated former Prime Minister and BJP founder Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday here on Thursday. After lighting diyas before lord Hanuman at Chandabali Square, the BJP members swept the roads along Kantol and distributed fruits and biscuits in some slum areas.
Herbal Fair concluded in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: The four-day Herbal Fair organised by the Forest Department at the CT High School ground here concluded on Wednesday. A total of 49 participants had opened their stalls in the fair with their herbal products and medicines. At the valedictory function, Professor of Medicine Dr PC Sahu, All India Radio Brahmapur station Director-in-charge Hrushikesh Panigrahy, MKCG Medical College Associate Professor Dr Abinash Panda and District Ayurvedic Medical Officer Sri Balakrushna were present.
Eight poachers held at Rairangpur
Baripada: As many as eight poachers were arrested at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district and three leopard hides were seized from their possessions on Thursday. Acting on some intelligence inputs, a team was engaged by the Mayurbhanj Wildlife Division to track them, said Deputy Director of the Simlipal Tiger Reserve Ajit Satpathy.
S’pur engineer gets 3-yr RI for fund bungling
Sambalpur: The Chief Judicial Magistrate here on Tuesday sentenced Maneswar block Stipendiary Engineer Ashok Kumar Panda to undergo three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him while convicting him in a misappropriation case. Panda had misappropriated Government money of Rs 73,752 without executing a construction work in the year 2000. He would undergo rigorous imprisonment for six months more if fails to pay the fine, the court directed.
B’garh CDMO clerk gets 2-yr RI for graft
Bargarh: The Sambalpur Special Vigilance Court on Wednesday awarded two years of rigorous imprisonment to Bargarh CDMO office Clerk Haradhana Behera and slapped a fine of Rs 4,000 on him after convicting him in a graft case. Behara was caught red-handed taking bribe of Rs 500 from complainant Brundabati Dasi, an ANM of the Pahadasrigida PHC, to process her sick period in February 2003. He would undergo 30 days more of RI if fails to pay the fine amount, declared the court. Graft cases against Govt officials has seen a spurt in the recent months in the State.