Guv dedicates firefighting vehicles to people
Bhubaneswar: Governor Dr SC Jamir dedicated firefighting vehicles to the people of the State at the passing-out function of newly-recruited Firemen at the Odisha Fire Service Training Institute in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
Sammilani pays tribute to Bijubabu
Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Sammilani paid rich tribute to former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik on the occasion of his 18th death anniversary here on Friday. Sammilani Mancheswar Industrial Estate Branch head Dillip Dashsharma garlanded the statue of Bijubabu at the Biju Patnaik Park here. later, Sammilani members, including its State general secretary Dr Adwaita Patra and Bhubaneswar branch vice-president Nirakar Mahalik paid floral tributes to the statute. Earlier, Dashsharma and general secretary Patra along with the Chief Minister, Speaker and other Ministers paid floral tributes to Bijubabu’s statute at the Assembly premises.
DAV kids make image of Taj Mahal
Bhubaneswar: Tiny-tots of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur tried their hands in Taj Mahal making out of Gulal and rice powder on the occasion of the World Heritage Day at the school campus on Saturday.
Kendrapada youth held for rape
Kendrapada: The Marshaghai police on Friday arrested one Susant Mallick of Gatanai village in Kendrapada district on the charges of kidnapping and raping a 15-year-old girl of his village recently. Susant had kept the girl at his uncle’s house at Khandasahi since April 12. Victim’s family had lodged an FIR in this regard. Police have also rescued the girl. Susant has been sent into jail custody after his bail plea was rejected, said IIC Sukanta Kumar Patra.
K’mal man gets 4-yr jail for assaulting girl
Phulbani: The District and Sessions Judge on Saturday awarded four years of imprisonment to one laxmikant Digal of Srirampalli under the K Nuagaon police station in Kandhamal district for misbehaving with a minor girl of Kuduteli. The Judge also imposed a fine of Rs5,000, in default of which Digal will have to undergo three months’ more jail term. On July 1, 2014, when the minor girl had gone to a nearby place to defecate, Digal tried to misbehave with her. Hearing her scream, one Mania Pradhan had rescued her.
Two killed in J’Spur road mishaps
Jagatsinghpur: Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Jagatsinghpur district on Thursday. Kanhu Bhola, a resident of Alasudha under Piteipur Panchayat, was hit by an unknown vehicle at in Alasudha in evening. In the second mishap, at Madhuri Bazar on the Cuttack-Machhagaon road, Ashok Kumar Swain, a resident of Nuagaon, was killed in night. The deceased contractor was returning home by his four-wheeler when a truck hit his vehicle from behind killing him on the spot.
B’ngir Kendu leaf workers launch indefinite dharna
Balangir: Members of the Odisha Asthayee Kendupatra Karmachari Sangha (temporary Kendu leaf employees) led by Promod Mishra and Govinda Chandra Panigrahi began an indefinite dharna in front of the Chief Conservator of Forest(CCF), Balangir Kendu leaf Circle on Friday demanding fulfilment of two demands. The demands include increase of work period of Munshi and Chaparashi up to three months and issuance of work charge for circle checkers, binding checkers and others.