K’handi CDMO Head Clerk held taking bribe
Bhawanipatna: Vigilance sleuths on Thursday arrested Head Clerk Chakradhar Nayak at the office of the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), Kalahandi for demanding and accepting bribe. Nayak had demanded bribe of Rs 5,000 from one Khageswar Bisi of Butipada village to process a medical examination file, which the former had applied to get a job for his mother on rehabilitation ground. Bisi’s father, who worked as a clerk in the Rural Works Division of Malkangiri, died in 2014. later, a trap was laid and Nayak was caught red-handed at the office.
100 blood units collected at Jajpur camp
Jajpur: Around a hundred persons donated blood at a camp organised by the Panikoili police station in Jajpur district on Wednesday. District SP Anup Kumar Sahoo inaugurated the camp. The camp witnessed participation from a large number of youths and police personnel, which is encouraging, said the SP. Among others, Panikoili PS IIC Jayanti Dalei, journalist Subash Dhal and Baishakhi Dhal were present.
Woman dies in lightning in B’swar
Baleswar: A 35-year-old woman died at Nilgiri in Baleswar district after being struck by lightning while she was working in a crop field on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as laxmimani Singh of Ayodhya.
Elderly man injured in bear attack in B’swar
Baleswar: A 65-year-old man, Mohan Singh, of Dhobsila village in Baleswar district was injured in a bear attack on Wednesday. He was later rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital for treatment. The bear attacked Singh when he was going to defecate to a nearby field.
Tribute paid to Kalam at B’swar Zilla School
Baleswar: local civil society organisation Bapa paid rich tributes to former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam at a function held at the Baleswar Zilla School on Wednesday. Several scientists of defence units like the ITR and PXE, who were associated with Kalam during his tenure as the Director of the Defence Research Organisation, shared their moments and feelings with the Missile Man. ITR Director MVKV Prasad and Additional Director Binay Das, PXE Director R Apuvraj and district Collector Sanatan Mallick, among others, addressed the school students.
Mohanlal joins Adhunik Group as CEO
Rourkela: Mohanlal has joined the Adhunik Group as the CEO with effective from August 1.Mohanlal will be operating from Rourkela and be responsible for steel business and mining operation of the group. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the NIT, Jamshedpur, Mohanlal began his career as Executive Trainee in HEC Ranchi in 1976and Graduate Trainee in Tata Steel Jamshedpur in 1978. Soon after joining, he visited Adhunik Metaliks limited (AMl) here along with Adhunik Group Managing Director Manoj Kumar Agarwal.
New Sambalpur DRM takes over
Sambalpur: DK Singh has taken over as Divisional Railway Manager, East Coast Railway, Sambalpur. Earlier, he was Chief Commercial Manager (Freight Marketing), Northern Railway, New Delhi. He is an officer of the Indian Railway Traffic Service of 1987 batch. He studied at the University of Allahabad (MBA) and the University of Minnesota, USA (Master in Public Affairs).
MCl bags Greentech Gold Award
Sambalpur: The Mahanadi Coalfields limited has been conferred the Greentech Gold Award-2015 for outstanding contribution in the field of safety, especially for achieving “0” fatal accident, in 2014 for the first time in our company. The award was received by AK Tiwari, Director (Technical/Operation), S Roychoudhury, GM and Rajeev Kumar, Sr. Manager (Mining and Safety& Rescue) at the 14th Annual Greentech Safety Award-2015 presented by the Greentch Foundation, New Delhi recently. MCl CMD AN Sahay has the dedicated the award to the entire MCl family,