Inbrief

BDA clerk caught taking bribe

Bhubaneswar: BDA Planning Section Senior Assistant Bijaya Ketan Bramha was arrested on Friday by Vigilance sleuths for taking bribe of Rs 3,000 from complainant Sanatan Dalabehera of Talagada village under the Balianta police limits. He took the bribe for processing his file for issue of NOC for allotment of land to instal a fly ash brick unit at Bhubanapur under Balianta.

K Sena, Cong members join Utkal Bharat

Bhubaneswar: Kalinga Sena State youth wing president Ramakanta lenka, former president Priyabrata Gadnayak and women wing chief Banaja Basini Tripathy joined the Utkal Bharat at its State office here on Friday. Besides, Nayagarh Congress leader Jagabandhu Champatti, Siba Prasad Mohanty, Reeta Saha, Bansi Das of Bhanjanagar and many others joined the party. Utkal Bharat members, including State spokesperson Benudhar Samanta and secretary Kamiladdin Ahmad welcomed the new members. Addressing the gathering, Utkal Bharat State head Kharabela Swain said the party is determined to remove the corrupt Naveen Government in coming days.

Odia prof’s book finds place in us libraries

Bhubaneswar: A textbook, Advanced Engineering Chemistry, authored by Dr Manas Ranjan Senapati, has the honour to be listed in libraries of the world’s leading universities like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Saskatchewan University and the Alberta University. The book is published by Jones and Bartlett, US. Dr Senapati has published more than 25 research papers in national and international journals of repute. He is working as the Head of Department of Chemistry at the Trident Academy of Technology, Bhubaneswar. He is life member of many professional societies.

DAV kids celebrate Raksha Bandhan 

Bhubaneswar: Children of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here celebrated Raksha Bandhan amidst fun and merry in the school premises on Friday ahead of the festival on Saturday.