BSF recovers landmines at 2 places in Koraput
Koraput: Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Thursday recovered landmines from two different regions of Narayanpatna and Boipariguda in Koraput district. A landmine weighing around 10 kg was recovered from under a culvert near Anchalpur on the Narayanpatna-Podapadar road. A BSF team led by Podapadar camp commandant Subhas Kumar Verma which was on its way to Narayanpatna discovered the landmine. The other landmine was recovered in the jungle of Kota junction under the Boipariguda PS. The five IEDs weighed five kg. It was suspected that Maoists could have planted the landmines targeting BSF personnel.
Jual honours Odia brave heart cop in Delhi
New Delhi: Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Wednesday felicitated an Odia policeman working in New Delhi for showing courage and presence of mind to save the life of a girl. CISF Constable Bikash Tirkey saved a 10-year-old girl’s life at the Kalkaji Temple Metro station here while she was trapped 10 feet under an escalator. Tirkey who hails from Harapada in Kutra of Sundargarh district, is working at the Kalkaji Metro station.
Girl dies of snakebite in Kendrapada
Kendrapada: A 14-year-old girl, Runu Nayak of Gulnagar village under the Sadar police station on Wednesday died of snakebite while she was going to pluck flowers. The girl was serious and rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital. But the doctor received her dead. She was a student of Class-IX.
Blood Donor Day held at Sunabeda
Koraput: The Koraput District Association of Deaf in association with District Blood Donors’ and Motivators’ Forum organised a programme to mark the World Blood Donor Day at Sunabeda on Tuesday. Sunabeda Municipality chairperson Shubhasree Mallick inaugurated the programme while DBDMF office bearers like G Sanjeev Kumar, Chittaranjan Mishra and Dr Uma Sankar Patra and BJD youth leader Bharat Mallick graced as guests. They highlighted about the Day’s theme “Blood connects us all”. KDAD president Shaik Ibrahim presided over the meeting while secretary Chintamani Prusty proposed a vote of thanks. A total of 31 units of blood were collected.
Sambhav celebrates Raja fest in Jajpur
Jajpur: Voluntary organisation Sambhav at Rekhidepur in Jajpur district celebrated Raja Utsav on Wednesday. Social worker Sudhanshu Kumar Bhanja, who was present as chief guest, said today’s young generation is much more interested in Western culture than in the traditional festivals. Varieties of cakes were prepared on the occasion. Social workers Sujata Dalai and Debabarta Rout were felicitated on the occasion. Dr Suresh Chandra Dalai, scribe Akshay Rout and Smarjit Mohanty spoke, among others.