Maroda Police Station SI held taking bribe
Baripada: Vigilance police on Thursday arrested Mayurbhanj district’s Morada police station SI Satyanarayan Kal on the charge demanding and accepting bribe of Rs4,000 from a person to release his Bullet motorcycle seized earlier by police. Acting on a complaint of Sachidananda Dhal of Haldipal village, the Vigilance police laid a trap and held the SI red-handed while taking the bribe money from Dhal inside the PS.
Nehru Seva Sangh observes Netaji Jayanti
Banpur: Inmates of the Nehru Seva Sangh here observed the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on Friday with Sangh vice-president Prof Rankanath Hota presiding over the meeting. Prof Hota, Sangh secretary Sarojini Dash and treasurer Omprakash Agrawal gave floral tributes near the portraits of Netaji as well as Sangh founder Swami Harihar Ram. The guests and the children recounted the contributions of Netaji in the freedom movement of India. Sangh assistant secretary BK Tripathy gave a vote of thanks.
Sankerko Govt HS holds golden jubilee
Baripada: A two-day golden jubilee celebration of the Sankerko New Government High School, organised by the Old Boys’ Association, concluded on Thursday. Youth and Sports Minister Sudam Marandi joined the inaugural event as the chief guest and Deputy Speaker of State legislative Assembly Sananda Marndi as guest of honour. Similarly, the valedictory event was attended by Rajya Sabha member Sarajini Hembram and Prakash Soren. Various cultural shows were staged by the school students. Besides, prizes were also distributed to successful participants of different sports competitions.
Cop excesses on B’garh scribe decried
Bargarh: The Civil Society Forum on Human Rights (CSFHR) and Report on Reporters (ROR) have condemned the brutality of police on a Padampur-based journalist after a team of the SHRC probed the case and blamed police for excesses. The victim Sushanta Kumar Padhan was harassed by the cops, on the pretext of collecting money illegally. The cops raided his house at night at Ammunda causing great suffering to the family members. On filing a complaint, a fact finding team of the SHRC conducted an inquiry into the matter.
Rayagada GIST Principal felicitated
Rayagada: Gandhi Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) Principal Prof Paras Nath Singh was felicitated by the entire college fraternity for obtaining PhD in Information Technology. Institute Director Gobinda Prasad Rath along with Management Committee members, faculties along with other academic staff and students felicitated Prof Nath, who was awarded PhD from the Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University. His topic of research was ‘Transformation of objects from derivation to delegation-Better design for Object Oriented Models’. Dr Singh has been awarded doctorate in a record time of two and half years after his PhD registration.