Rourkela reports first dengue case
Rourkela: The first dengue suspected patient was detected here on Tuesday. The patient was identified as Raj Kumar Pradhan (26). He was referred to the Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneswar after a preliminary checkup. Pradhan, a resident of Fertiliser Township, was admitted in the Hitech Medical College and Hospital here due to fever. After his blood serum test, doctors suspected it to be dengue.
Pollution Day observed at Paradip
Paradip: The World Pollution Day was celebrated by the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) Saksharata Samiti at the PPT Officers’ Club premises here on Monday. PPT Chairman Rinkesh Roy attended the event as chief guest. PPT Deputy Chairman N Bhayapuri and Secretary URM Raju, PPT Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr P Panda, Biju Memorial Hospital Chief Medical Officer PK Dixit, Paradip Saksharata Samiti (PSS) vice-president Dibakara Pattanaik joined as other guests. The PSS secretary presided over the meeting. The chief guest distributed prizes to the winners of different topics on occasion of World Pollution Day.
Centurion Varsity student commits suicide
Paralakhemundi: A student of the Centurion University committed suicide at the university premises here on Tuesday. The deceased Pandu Banshikrishna of Barampalam village in Andhra Pradesh was a student of the agriculture department and staying in a rented house at Paralakhemundi. University officials rushed to the classroom and found him dead. The authorities informed his parents and the police about his death. Pandu was meritorious. Police suspected that the boy died after taking poison.
World Population Day held in Ganjam
Brahmapur: A district health awareness meeting was held at the CDMO office here on the World Population Day on Monday. CDMO Dr Manoj Kumar Behera, ADMO (Medical) Dr Saroj Mishra, ADMO (Public Health) Jagadish Patnaik and ADMO (Family Welfare) Dr Sukanta Mishra, District leprosy Officer Dr Gitanjali Das and District Malaria Officer Dr US Mishra and DPM Chinmaya Roul attended the meeting and emphasised on the need for creating awareness on population control. The meeting also had discussion on various programmes for birth control. An awareness Rath was flagged off by the CDMO to spread message on population control. The Rath would move across the district.
B’pur sports girls to perform dance in Mumbai
Brahmapur: Sports girls, who had won a traditional women sports event and performed a dance ‘Jahna lo’ marvelously on the last Kumara Purnima day, have gone to perform a dance in a Ratha Yatra programme in Navi Mumbai. They will be dancing on behalf of Maharashtra Odia Welfare Association. The sports dance to be presented has been devised by the Madhumaya Panigrahi Foundation.
Photo studio sealed for clicking obscene photos
Baleswar: The Khaira police on Tuesday sealed a photo studio and seized cameras and memory chips from it for allegedly clicking obscene photographs of a girl. The mother of the girl had lodged a complaint against the studio at the police station.