Phulbani UTP escapes from judicial custody
Phulbani: Under-trial prisoner (UTP) Saroj Guchhi at the Phulbani District Jail here ran away from custody on Wednesday. Guchhi, a resident of Ekdal village under the Kanpur police station in Cuttack district, was taken to the court for his trial on the day and kept in the judicial custody. He managed to escape from the custody through the urinal ventilator.
Elephant killed for tusks in Dhenkanal
Dhenkanal: An adult elephant has been killed by smugglers for its tusks in the Hindol jungle in Dhenkanal district. The pachyderm was shot in the stomach, and the smugglers cut out its both tusks. After seeing the dead elephant, locals informed forest officials. The elephant was suspected to have killed four to five days ago. Within a week, two elephants have been killed in the area.
D’nal boy gets `15K for topping in talent show
Dhenkanal: Manoj Barik of Gondia block in Dhenkanal has been awarded `15,000 as first prize in a State-level Talent Search programme. He was given the cash reward at prize giving ceremony held at the Saikrupa Plus Two Science College for Science and Technology on Sunday. The Sai Krupa had organsied the talent search programme among high school students here on November 22. About 2,000 students from a hundred of high schools of Cuttack, Jajpur, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Angul and Dhenkanal districts participated. Smruti Ranjan Rout and Gudi Samal of Dhenkanal received second and third prize of `10,000 and `5,000, respectively.
Women’s Day celebrated at J’suguda
Jharsuguda: With the theme on ‘Planet 50-50 by 2030 step it up for gender equality’, a district-level Women’s Day celebration was held at the Shanti Bhawan in Jharsuguda Township on Tuesday. District Collector Bibhuti Bhushan Pattanaik and Police SP Umashankar Dash attended the programme as guests and spoke on the importance of women in the society. A rally was also organised on the occasion with the participants distributing placards with messages on women’s rights and issues. A seminar on woman empowerment was also held. NGO Sangini organised the programme.
One dies, another hurt in K’pada road accident
Kendrapada: A person died and another was injured on Tuesday when a truck rammed into them while they were standing near the Kalaghar Jadupur Square after keeping the bike on the roadside on the NH-5(A) under the Marshaghai police limits. The deceased was identified as Susant Mallick of Baradanga village under Mahakalapada. His fellow villager Syayambhu Samal, who sustained critical injuries, was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital and later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack.