Five Maoist militia members surrender in M’giri
Malkangiri: Five militia members of the outlawed CPI(Maoist) surrendered before Malkangiri SP Mitrabhanu Mohapatra on Friday. Realising that Maoists are drifting away from their ideology, they decided to quit the outfit and join mainstream, police said.
JSpur Asst Engineer in Vigilance net
Jagatsinghpur: Vigilance officials on Thursday conducted raids on the houses of Assistant Engineer Pravat Kumar Hota of Tendakuda Irrigation Sub-Division in Jagatsinghpur district on the allegation of acquisition and possession of disproportionate assets. The officials searched his residential house at Bhaliabadi in Khordha Town, paternal house at Kamalalochanpur in Khordha district, office rooms at the office of SE, Drainage, Gandarpur in Cuttack and at Drainage Sub-Division at Tendakuda in Kendrapada district. Movable and immovable assets worth Rs53,77,767 was so far detected in the names of Hota and his family members. A locker in the name of Hota and his wife at the IOB at Khordha was not yet opened. Search was on.
Youth gets three years’ jail for sexual assault
Baleswar: A court in Baleswar on Thursday convicted a 22-year-old man on the charge of sexually abusing a minor and sentenced him three year jail term along with Rs2,000 fine and in default one more month term. Convict Krushnagopal Behera of Saladahar village under Rajberhamour Police Station had committed the offence on November, 13. He was convicted under the POCSO Act.
Tata Power holds teacher’s orientation at K’nagar
Bhubaneswar: The Industrial Energy limited (IEl), a joint venture of the Tata Power and the Tata Steel, organised a teacher’s orientation programme for the instructors of its free Spoken English, Mathematics and Science coaching centres at the Kapileswar High School, Kalinganagar in Jajpur district. The programme was inaugurated by Headmistress Pravati Mishra in the presence of IEl CEO and Kalinganagar chief Vijayant Ranjan. “The Tata Power aims to empower teachers with specialised skills,” said Ranjan.
NTPC Kaniha QCC gets third prize at CII convention
Talcher: Quality Circle Chemistry spirit of the Chemistry Department has won third prize in the State level CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) Quality Circle convention held in Bhubaneswar recently. It has also won second prize in Easter Region-II, QC Convention held at Kolkata earlier. The team would participate in national level QC convention, organised by the CII in Mumbai soon.
ISeB launches ‘Edvantez’ for training of entrepreneurs
Bhubaneswar: The Indian School of e-Business (ISeB) has embarked upon a new venture ‘Edvantez’ for the training and making of entrepreneurs in the online space for thousands of people who are unable to avail of their offline course due to proximity. The ISEB is looking to train at least hundred thousand entrepreneurs through the new venture ‘Edvantez’ which symbolises the advantage of acquiring education online. It has been designed in a manner that every individual who takes the course will be trained to the hilt not only in ecommerce but the entire gamut of basics associated with business strategies by more than 30 veterans in the domain of e-commerce, said cofounder and serial entrepreneur Nayan Bheda.