OMC worker attacked by miscreants in K’jhar
Anandapur: A worker of the OMC chromite mines at Anandapur in Keonjhar district was seriously injured when nine miscreants attacked him with stones when he was going to work on Thursday. Narayan Parida, who works as a window operator at the mines, is now undergoing treatment at the Bhadrak District Headquarters Hospital. Some villagers alleged that under the direction of a mines manager, the miscreants including the mines manager’s brother attempted to kill Parida. Though a case has been registered at the Soso police station against the nine persons, no arrest has been made so far.
INTUC wins Bilt employees’ union polls
Koraput: The INTUC-supported employees’ union won the union elections in the Bilt Graphics Paper Product ltd (BGPPl), a unit of the Sewa, of Jeypore on Saturday. The INTUC union got 185 votes followed by the BIEU with 158 votes, the BSPEU with 116 and the BMS union with 82 votes. Jeypore Congress MlA Tara Prasad Bahinipati is the president of the INTUC union while N Suresh Kumar is its working president and Niranjan Tripathy general secretary.
G’pati people urged to use police portal
Paralakhemundi: Gajapati SP Dr Satyajit Nayak on Saturday said the district police are committed to giving best services to people and urged them to use State’s police portal, ‘CCTNS Citizen Portal’ for better services. The SP said this at a Press conference held at his office at Ranipenta. Nayak said the portal would help Gajapati police to reach out to people. Anyone can directly log on to the “CCTNS Citizen Portal,” he said.
Two boys drown in pond in Kamakshyanagar
Dhenkanal: Two minor boys in Dhenkhanal district met their watery grave after drowning in a pond during their bath on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Mithun Biswal (8) and Satyaban Sahoo (12). The incident happened at Badasuala village under Kamakshyanagar sub-division.
GKEl Manager awarded Best Safety Officer
Dhenkanal: Manager (EHS) of the GMR Kamalanga Energy ltd (GKEl) Chittaranjan Mahali received the Best Safety Officer Award during the Odisha State Safety Conclave held here on September 30. Mahali received the award from Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Joint Secretary UP Singh, State Chief Information Commissioner DN Padhi and former director of the Factories and Boilers Himanshu Sekhar Mohanty. The award was given to Mahali in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of industrial safety and innovative concepts in occupational health and safety for close to six years at the GKEl.