Jatni Municipality Accountant held taking bribe
Bhubaneswar: Vigilance police on Saturday arrested Jatni Municipality office Accountant Sarat Kumar Das on the charge of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs35,000 from a contractor, Pradeep Kumar Baral, to process his CC road bill amounting Rs9.3 lakh. Acting on Baral’s complaint, the Vigilance police laid a trap and caught Das red-handed while taking the bribe money from the complainant in his office room. His residential house at Khanati village was under search.
Boudh NHM manager caught taking bribe
Boudh: Vigilance sleuths on Saturday arrested National Health Mission Boudh District Project Manager Santosh Kumar Sathpathy on the charge of demanding and accepting bribe of Rs6,000 to sanction a leave application of a doctor. Acting on the complaint of AYUSH doctor Biswaranjan Jena, the sleuths laid a trap and caught Satpathy red-handed while taking the bribe money from Dr Jena in his office room.
Health camp benefits many in K’jhar dist
Anandapur: A health camp was organised at Berunapadi under Hatadiha block in Keonjhar district on Thursday. The camp, organised by the local Maa Berunai Youth Association, was inaugurated by social activist Khetrabasi Sahoo. Over 1,600 patients registered their names at the camp. Nearly 12 experts from the AIIMS Hospital, New Delhi, SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, VSS Medical College, Burla and Hi-tech Medical, Bhubaneswar attended the camp and provided counseling, check-up facilities along with medicines to the patients free of cost. The camp was conducted by association president Bikram Sahoo and secretary Harekrushna Sahoo.
Driver dies as truck overturns in S’garh
Rourkela: A driver of a 12-wheeler truck died on the wee hours on Saturday when the iron-laden truck overturned at Tensa area in Sundargarh district. The deceased was identified as Rusia Gadmajhi (35) of Keonjhar district. Gadmajhi was rushed to the Koira Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. Police have seized the truck and started investigation into the incident, said lahunipada PS IIC RK Sahoo.
Stage set for Balangir lok Utsav
Balangir: Balangir lok Utsav would be organised here for four days from Sunday to Wednesday. The cultural festival would be organised jointly by the Balangir lok Utsav Samiti and State Culture Department. Cultural troops from different districts of the State and outside would perform, informed Samiti Chairman and district Collector Dr M Muthukumar. A total of 240 stalls would be put up on the festival ground.
Vodafone holds road safety rally
Bhubaneswar: The Vodafone India ltd, a telecommunication service provider, organised a road safety rally, ‘Walk for Safety Campaign’, here to educate people about importance of road safety and traffic rules. Company employees holding placards with road safety messages took out a walkathon from the KIIT campus to Damana. leaflets were also distributed to people on the occasion. Vodafone India’s Odisha business head Deepak Saluja was present.