Two Bol Bam devotees killed in mishaps
Nayagarh/Boudh: Two Bol Bam devotees were killed in road accidents in the State on Monday morning. In the first incident, a devotee died and four others were injured when a bus hit an auto-rickshaw, in which they were travelling, at Badaput Chhak near Nayagarh town. In another incident, another Bol Bam devotee was killed when a bus hit him at Janhapanga in Boudh district.
Man trampled to death in Nilgiri
Baleswar: A 60-year old man was trampled to death by an elephant in Nilgiri on Sunday night. The body of deceased Fatu Soren was found on Monday. Soren had been attacked by the elephant on the road between Jamuna and Risia while he was returning home from a weekly market.
Trees uprooted; NH traffic hit in Brajrajnagar
Jharsuguda: Due to rain, two large roadside trees near Barghat in Brajrajnagar were uprooted and fell on a truck on Monday morning. The truck was totally damaged while its driver managed to escape without injury. The traffic on busy Raipur-Chandikhol NH-49 came to a standstill for almost four hours with thousands of trucks being stranded on both sides of the road. Even after removing the damaged truck from the accident site, it took another two hours for traffic to get streamlined.
Foto Factory Maxx gallery opened in B’pur
Brahmapur: A state-of-the-art decorative and photographic showroom Foto Factory Maxx was inaugurated at the Old Bus Stand here on Friday evening. Police DIG (Southern Range) Amitabh Thakur and his wife Richa Thakur inaugurated the facility. The ultramodern showroom, which is first of its kind in the Silk City, houses decorative and photographic items, said its owner Debesh Kumar Patra. Richa hailed the efforts Patra for having established such a rich and varied gallery of such alluring items.
Rural students’ tributes to Kalam
Baleswar: About 70 students attended an art competition conducted by artist Kesu Das in Bahabalpur GP on Sunday as a tribute to late former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.