12 held; four quintals fish seized at G’matha
Kendrapada: Forest officials of the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary on Wednesday arrested 12 fishermen for catching fish illegally after intruding into the prohibited area of the sanctuary near Babubali. The personnel also seized two fishing vessels along with four quintals fish catch, 13 fishing nets and other fishing equipments from the trawlers. The forest officials while patrolling at the sanctuary for protection of Olive Ridley turtles for the ongoing mating and breeding season came across the Dhamara-based and Balaramgadi-based fishing trawlers, said Sanctuary Forest Ranger Subrat Patra. The arrested fishermen, all from Bhadrak district, were later produced before the Rajnagar JMFC court, from where they were remanded to jail custody after their bail pleas were rejected.
Over dozen hurt in K’pada road mishap
Kendrapada: Over a dozen of persons were injured when a speeding truck collided with a private bus they were travelling in near the Patharkani Thakurani Chowk on the Cuttack-Chandabali road under the Nikirai police station on Thursday morning. The injured were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) and the Pattamundai CHC. The bus carrying nearly 45 passengers from Andara under the Ali police station was heading towards Cuttack. While the bus was stranded for sometime on the road, the truck coming from the opposite direction dashed it due to fog and rash driving, said Nikirai PS IIC Sukadev Das.
Vivekananda Jayanti Samaroha begins in B’pur
Brahmapur: A week-long Vivekananda Jayanti Samaroha kick-started here at the Shree Gundicha Temple at Gosain Nuangaan village from Wednesday. Veda Pathasala vice-president Saroj Kanta Diwedi inaugurated the event. Young students are the future of India and they should be cautious in nation building, said the guests in the inaugural meeting. Former Cooperator Bhishmacharya Chaudhury, Mahan Sangh president Sushanta Sabat, Ranjita Panigrahi and Surya Narayan Patra were present as guests. A school-level drawing competition was held on the occasion.
Spic Macay holds Odishi dance event
Jeypore: The Spic Macay, South Odisha chapter organised an Odishi dance programme at the Modern English School here on Thursday.
Noted danseuse Ileana Citaristi performed Manglacharan and Gita Govinda on the occasion enthralling the students, teachers and staffs of the school. She explained the schoolchildren about the Odishi dance form and its significance. The dancer also demonstrated some Odishi steps, different Mudras. The programme was held under the chairmanship of school director Kumuda Bala Mohanty in the presence of secretary Nayan Kishore Mohanty, vice-president Rajkishore Agrawal and Principal Supriya Panigrahi. Spic Macay South Odisha chapter coordinator Nishan Pattanaik coordinated the function.
Alipingala, Samagola sub-jails raided
Jagatsinghpur: Police conducted a raid on the Alipingala Sub-Jail, four km from here, and recovered seven mobile phones, SIM cards and a few intoxicant substances from inmate’s possession on Wednesday. The police conducted this raid acting on allegations that some inmates were making threat calls. The police team led by SDPO MK Mohanty conducted the raid in the presence of Tehsildar Padma Charana Sahu. A similar raid was too conducted in the Samagola Sub-Jail near Kujang from where three mobile phones and five SIM cards and intoxicants were seized from inmates.
One dies, 3 hurt in Paradip road accident
Jagatsinghpur: A person was killed and three were injured in a road accident at Paradipgada on the Cuttack-Paradip State Highway on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Amulya Swain. The incident occurred when Swain’s bike had a collision with another bike. The injured persons Subrata Mohapatra, A Pratap Singh and Upendra Singh were sent to hospital.