EIC clerk held for taking bribe
Bhubaneswar: Vigilance police on Thursday arrested EIC, Civil, Bhubaneswar Senior Assistant Purna Chandra Majhi for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs6,000 from a person to process a file for issuance of a B Class contractor licence in his name. Jogeswar Behera of Pakamal village in Bargarh district had lodged a complaint in this regard. Acting on his complaint, the Vigilance police on Thursday laid a trap and held Majhi red-handed while taking the bribe amount from the complainant at his office room.
Ex-Puri cop gets 2.5-yrs’ RI for graft
Bhubaneswar: The Special Vigilance Judge on Thursday awarded two and a half years of rigorous imprisonment to former Puri Town PS SI Biswanath Das and imposed a fine of Rs2,500 on him while convicting him in a graft case. The judge ordered that Das would undergo three more months of RI if fails to pay the fine. The conviction related to case in which Das had demanded and accepted bribe of Rs500 from one Abhimanyu Das of the Puri Sadar PS lane to arrest some accused persons in a case registered in 2002. Das had been arrested in the case.
tech consultant, school prez get 1 yr jail
Phulbani: Vigilance Judge Pranita Mahanty on Saturday awarded one-year imprisonment to technical consultant of the DPC Kandhmal Kaliprasad Panigrahi and President of Baulimaha UP School at Baliguda block lulu Pradhan for misappropriating Rs 1,84,944 out of the Rs 3 lakh sanctioned money for construction of the school building during 2004-05. The Judge also imposed fine Rs 10,000, each, in default of which they would undergo three months more jail term. The Judge convicted the two after examining 11 witnessed.
Bandh partially hits normal life in K’pada
Kendrapada: Normal life was partially affected in Kendrapada district due to the Congress-called bandh on Friday. Congress activists staged protests at several places in the district. Party leaders Ganeswar Behera and Narayan Parida picketed in front of the district court while Ali MlA Debendra Sharma and his supporters picketed before the district Collectorate. While most of the business establishments remained closed, essential services and educational institutions functioned normally.
Bandh partial at Paradip
Paradip: The Congress-called bandh on Friday partially affected normal life at Paradip. Though train and bus service was stopped and banks, private offices and educational institutions remain closed, functioning of all industries, including the Paradip Port, Central and State Government offices were unchanged.
Bandh near total at Phulbani
Phulbani: The Congress-sponsored bandh on Friday was near total in Phulbani. Normal life was paralysed as all Government and non-Government organisations remained closed while vehicle movement came to a standstill. Functioning of courts, Collector’s office and banks were also affected due to protests.
iScholar signs MoU with KMBB College
Bhubaneswar: Bangalore-based iScholar Education has signed MoUs with the KMBB College of Engineering and Technology and the HDF School of Management here to offer its web-based course for students. iScholar CMD and Director (Academic) of the KMBB College and HDF School of Management declared their joint venture here on Friday to bring the benefits of technology-enabled education to students in the State.
Ola holds traffic safety campaign in city Bhubaneswar: The Ola, India’s leading mobile app for personal transportation, in association with the Commissionerate Police organised a weeklong traffic safety campaign here. The initiative was aimed at creating public awareness for safely. As many as 75 participants from various driving schools, 100 driver-partners and employees from Ola participated in the programme. Ola chief operating officer Pranay Jivrajka said Ola is committed for an investment of $20mn in the next one year towards additional safety and security initiatives. Traffic ACP Jatin Panda hailed the initiative.
Coast Guard holds Anti-Drugs Day at Paradip
Paradip: The Indian Coast Guard celebrated the International Anti-Drugs Day here at its District Headquarters premises on Friday. A procession was taken out in the township displaying placards and banners giving messages against drug menace and stating “Drugs-free life is real life”. Coast Guard DIG Sanjeev Dewan flagged off the event. Hundreds of Coast Guard Jawans and officers participated in the celebrations.