One injured in firing at Banpur
Banpur: Some unidentified miscreants opened two rounds of fire at the main market of Paika Sahi here and fled from the spot on Thursday afternoon. One Ramesh Pradhan, a businessman, was seriously injured in the incident as the bullets hit his left arm and leg. Irate over the incident, local traders closed the market and demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident.
Paradip Vidyamandir holds annual function
Paradip: The Paradip Saraswati Sasu Vidyamandir celebrated its 23rd annual function at its premises on April 20. lecture Ajay Kumar Bhoi was the chief guest and other guests were PPT Board Member Antaryami Pattanaik and Bhubanananda Jena. School headmaster Manoj Ranjan Sethy presided over the function. Noted storywriter Rabi Swain was the chief speaker. Welcome address was given by the headmaster. The guests were introduced by Guruma Mamata Kar. School secretary Rabindra Kumar Das read out the annual report and declared that a Yoga Mandap would be at the school premises where about a thousand students would learn yoga. A vote of thanks was given by Srikanta Satapathy.
B’pur Club to hold photography campaign
Brahmapur: For the second consecutive year, the members of the Photowalk would conduct a photography campaign near Komapali junction in the city on the first week of May as a part of the special photowalk of the club. The members would take various photos of the city. later the photos taken during this event would be highlighted in the website www.therootsofindia.com. “last year photos taken by our members were highly appreciated at national level,” informed founder member of the club Dr Jyoti Prasad Pattnaik.
K’pada teacher commits suicide
Kendrapada: Madhusmita Parida (27) of the Madhusagar Vidyapitha at Angulai in Kendrapada district committed suicide on Tuesday night by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her room. Sources said the teacher took the extreme step after losing mental balance as her jilted lover Surendra Jena managed to break her recently-fixed marriage by defaming her at her fiancée’s house and threatening her fiancée to kill him if he married Madhusmita. Police have started investigation in this regard, said Kendrapada SP SK Gajbhiye.
Mangrove wood seized; 3 held in Bhitarkanika
Kendrapada: Rajnagar Forest Range personnel on Tuesday night seized a mangrove wood laden tractor and arrested three persons for deunuding carrying the same from the Bhitarkanika National Park area. They were identified as Nirmala Jena of Brahmanisahi, Ashok Bhuiyan of Khandamara and Manguli Padhihary of Naukana village. They were later sent to jail custody after rejection of their bail pleas, said Ranger Binod Acharya.
C’garh youth dies in road accident in S’garh
Rourkela: A 22-year-old youth died on Thursday afternoon when the speeding bike he was riding on dashed a Neem tree on the road side at Talsara area in Sundargarh. The deceased identified as Anuj Chowhan hails from Singhibahal in Chhattisgarh. Sources said Chowhan had gone to Rauldega in Sundargarh and on Thursday, he was going towards Talsara when the accident took place. Police recovered the dead body and seized the bike. Investigating was on into the incident, said Talsara police station IIC AK Giri.
NHDC inks MoU with Ministry of Textiles
New Delhi: The National Handloom Development Corporation ltd (NHDC) has signed an MoU for the financial year 2015-16 with the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, here on Thursday. It may be mentioned that the NHDC had received “Excellent” rating from DPE under the category of Trade & Services for the years 2013-14. JG Mahajan, DGM (F&A) - NHDC, Sarvepalli Srinivas, Managing Director, NHDC, SK Panda, Secretary (Textiles), Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India and MC Gupta, Additional Development Commissioner (Handlooms), were present during the occasion.