B’ngir BJP youth wing protests load-shedding
Balangir: Protesting low voltage and load-shedding in Balangir Town, members of BJP Yuva Morcha, Balangir unit led by Dinesh Sharma staged a demonstration before the Wesco Balangir Executive Engineer Office here on Thursday. The activists criticized the State Government for the undeclared power cuts and raised slogans against the Energy Department. The activists later submitted a memorandum to a senior employee of Wesco office as the Wesco Executive Engineer was absent.
Pentavalent vaccine introduced in B’swar
Baleswar: The Pentavalent vaccine intended to protect infants from five deadly diseases was introduced in Baleswar district on Wednesday. The vaccine would be given to children in place of the DPT on regular interval; in six week, 10 week and 14 week after birth. It has been sponsored by the Unicef and would be also included in the National Immunisation Programme. The vaccine protects a child from diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, Hepatitis B and Haemophilus type-B, the bacteria that may cause pneumonia and meningitis, informed CDMO Dr BS Pani. District Collector Sanatan Mallick inaugurated the programme.
Sex racket: Phulbani hotel owner, 2 girls arrested
Phulbani: Police on Thursday arrested one Sisir Kant Das, manager of a hotel here, in connection with a sex racket in the hotel. Police also arrested two minor girls from that hotel while four others fled from the scene. The arrested girls were sent to hospital for medical test. Police registered a case in this connection.
Inter-personal media campaign held at P’khemundi
Paralakhemundi: An inter-personal media campaign was organised by the Agragami at the Paralakhemundi Maharaja Boy’s High School here on Thursday. DEO Sanjeeb Kumar Singh joined the event as chief guest and said, “Education is supposed to go out of boundaries. It should reach beyond the boundaries in various ways. We should not think for ourselves only, rather we need to think about others”. Among others,
Binod Chandra Jena, Bechitrananda Babarta, Asalata Amana and Sathyapathi Panigrahi were present.
Two women among 3 held for liquor trade in K’pada
Kendrapada: Excise personnel on Wednesday conducted raid at three different places under the Rajnagar police limits in Kendrapada district and arrested three bootleggers, including two women for operating illegal liquor trade in their localities. During the raids, the Excise officials seized a total of 12.5 liter foreign liquor from their possessions. The arrested were identified as Hrushikesh Patra of Endulapur village, Amari Panda of Junapangara village and Pramila Das of Balikana Sasan village. The trio arrested was later produced before the Rajnagar JMFC court, from where they were remanded into jail custody as their bail petitions were rejected.
V-Mart opens store at Brahmapur
Brahmapur: North India’s fastest growing value retail chain V-Mart Retail ltd opened its first store in the State at Brahmapur on Wednesday. Inaugurating the facility, V-Mart Store Manager Dusmant Panda shared the company’s future plan and possible expansion. “The V-Mart caters to the fashion need of customers in Tier-II and Tier-III cities, where penetration of organized retail is not so much,” he added. Senior vice-president (Marketing and Operations) Snehal Shah said the store also offers various offers on shopping including free gifts to first 50 customers for the first five days.