BJP Kujang Mandal president suspended
Paradip: BJP Jagatsinghpur district president Upendra Nath Biswal on Sunday suspended Kujang Mandal president Gatikrushna Satapathy from his post for his indiscipline activities in the party. In a statement, Biswal said when the BJP district unit had carried oit the Satyagraha Padayatra at Rahama on October 2, Satapathy was busy doing his own work by using the party banner along with his own supporters at Paradip. When opposed, Satapathy misbehaved with party leader Dipti Rekha Nayak and other party workers, Biswal said.
Boudh GP woman Tech Asst held taking bribe
Cuttack: Boudh district’s Butupali Gram Panchayat Technical Assistant Salila Pattnaik was arrested by Vigilance officials on Monday for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 12,000. Pattnaik had demanded the bribe from one Hrushikesh Dehury of Kankala village in Boudh district to release cash for construction of the Kankala Primary School’ s compound wall. On Dehury’s complaint, a trap was laid and Pattnaik was caught red-handed by Vigilance officers in her rented residential house at Butupali.
Keonjhar DM‘s grievance meet held at Champua
Champua: Keonjhar Collector’s grievance meeting was held in the conference hall of the Champua block office on Monday. In the absence of Collector Dr N Tirumalla Naik, the meeting was held by ADM Sangram Keshari Swain along with SP Kabita Jalan, DRDA PD Biranchi Narayan Mohanty, Champua Sub-Collector SK Mishra and Champua Tehsildar Narayan Dhala. Others present were Champua BDO Kushal Naik, Keonjhar DlO Jit Mohan Hasda and Champua SDMO Dr Debashis Dey, DSP PK Jena, PS IIC Sangram Tudu and Assistant Executive Engineer Manoj Behera. A total of 87 grievances were registered and referred to the concerned officials.
Utkal Alumina bags CSR award
Rayagada: The Utkal Alumina International ltd (UAIl) at Tikiri, Rayagada, has bagged OTV CSR Award 2015 for excellence in the CSRin women empowerment category. The company received the award for its contribution towards women empowerment by giving an opportunity to bring the women to mainstream of life and make them self-sufficient through its Project Saksham. At a function held in Bhubaneswar, HINDAlCO Advisor SK Mishra, Senior VP M Ramesh Kumar and CSR AGM Siba Mahapatra received the trophy from Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram.
VS Vidyalaya hosts annual expo
Sunabeda: The VS Vidyalaya here organised its annual exhibition on Sunday with HAl, Koraput Division General Manager Debasish Deb inaugurating the event. More than a thousand of students from Class-IV to XI participated in the expo displaying projects of various subjects , including physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, EVS, math, history and, art and craft and sports. Among others, AES Vice-Chairman Arup Chatterji, General Secretary NC Satpathy, school secretary SN Pati and Principal HK Seth were present.