Female elephant ‘electrocuted’ in Sambalpur
Sambalpur: A carcass of a female elephant was found near Haladigaon village under Maneswar block in Sambalpur district on Sunday. The injury marks on the body suggested that the animal died of electrocution. locals used to instal electric wires in the field to prevent forest animals’ infiltration. Even some use electric wires to hunt the animals for flesh in forest. The elephant probably died of electrocution after it came contact with a live wire while roaming in the forest. Forest officers rushed to the spot to ascertain the cause of death.
lawyers demand Dy labour Commissioner office
Brahmapur: City lawyers have demanded to upgrade the Assistant labour Commissioner office to a Deputy labour Commissioner office. The lawyers have submitted a memorandum in this regard to the labour Commission. Advocates Kailash Chandra Mishra, Pramosd Kumar Sahu, Kamla lochan Panda and others met the labour Department Principal Secretary G Srinivas in Bhubaneswar and discussed on the demands. Panda has assured the lawyers to take a decision soon in the matter.
Woman, daughter hurt in boar attack in Balangir
Balangir: In another incident of man-animal conflict, a woman and her daughter were critically injured after they were attacked by a wild boar in the district on Sunday. Reports said Kuni Parua and her daughter Brundabati were attacked by the boar while they were busy collecting Mahula flowers in a forest near Sirabahal village under the Tushura police station. They were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital. Meanwhile, Brundabati’s health condition was said to be deteriorating further.
Workshop on GST held at Paradip
Paradip: The Cuttack IT Central Zone organised a workshop on business progress on new GST (Goods and Services Tax) system here on Saturday. Additional Commissioner of Commercial Tax Anand Satpathy, Hrushikesh Mishra, Dipankar Sahoo, Nihar Ranjan Nayak and IT officers clarified the rules and regulation of GST and new registration of GST Act. IT returns file process, rules and norms were clarified by IT advocates. local traders, experts, importers and shopkeepers were present. The GST law will come into effect from July 1. Hemanta Kumar Das coordinated the workshop.
Yoga workshop held in Puri
Puri: State-level voluntary organisation SUDHA organised a 30-day training camps and workshop on promotion and propagation of yoga and naturopathy at 20 schools in Puri district recently. The objective was to create a healthy society, peace and harmony through yoga and naturopathy. Yoga Niketana principal Dr Ramakanta Rath, Sudersan Mohapatra, Parbati Pradhan, Bikasha Kumar Besoi, Bhabani Sankar Dash and Jasoda Barik trained the students about yoga and naturopathy at Shree Vihar Sisu Mandiram. SUDHA’s chairman Sanjaya Kumara Mishra coordinated the programme.
Aditya Aluminium bags Kalinga CSR Award
Bhubaneswar: Aditya Birla Group’s Aditya Aluminium Company has bagged the IQEMS Kalinga CSR Award 2016 for peripheral development activities in the close vicinity of the lapanga block in Sambalpur district. Aditya Aluminium president and COO along with HR head Sudheer Gupta received the coveted award from Nalco CMD TK Chand in an award ceremony organised by the IQEMS organisation here recently The company’s activities in the field of infrastructure development, health, education and sustainable development have been widely appreciated by the jury.