2 killed in college bus-bike collision in Ganjam
Brahmapur: Two persons were killed when the bike by which they were travelling collided head on with an engineering college bus near Sitalapalli village under the Chamakhandi police limits in Ganjam district on Friday morning. The deceased were identified as cousin brothers. The impact of the collision was such that a wheel of the motorcycle got detached from it. The driver of the bus fled the spot after the accident, sources said.
Bengal man dies in Baleswar road mishap
Baleswar: A passenger of a bus died and five others were injured when the bus had a collision with a truck on NH-5 near Bidu Chhak. The deceased was identified as S Sasmal (40) of village Purosottampum, Dantun, West Bengal. The bus was heading for Dantun from Chandbali.
‘Odisha history can’t be written sans MKCG’
Paralakhemundi: The Gajapati District Citizen Committee observed the death anniversary of Odisha’s first Prime Minister Maharaja Krushnachandra Gajapati here on Thursday. Members garlanded Krushnachandra’s statue on the occasion. Noted persons like Ramnath Mishra, Basant Panda, Jagannath Mohapatra, Surya Narayan Patnaik and Bharat Bhusan Mohanty said Odisha’s history can’t be written without mentioning Krushnachandra’s contributions, patriotic values and ideologies. Apart from being a maker of Odisha, he served the State as Prime Minister for two times. He died in 1947.
Krushnachandra death anniv held at MKCG College
Brahmapur: The Pujya Puja Samiti of the Manav Adhikar Surakshya Manch observed the death anniversary of one of makers of Odisha and its first Prime Minister Maharaja Krushnachandra Gajapati in the MKCG Medical College Hospital premises here on Thursday. Samiti president Bansidhar Bhuyan presided over the commemorative meeting. Members lamented that Gajapati’s contribution in formation of Odisha has not been given right place in history and textbooks. Among others, Ashok Nirmal, Rajendra Kumar Panda, Kishore Chandra Patra and Suresh Chandra Tripathy were present.
Axis Bank opens new branch in K’jhar dist
Bhubaneswar: The Axis Bank has opened a new branch at Ghasipura in Keonjhar district. Anandpur Sub-Collector Nityanand Barik inaugurated the branch. Axis Bank branch banking head Sanjay Silas said, “We have witnessed an increasing demand of banking services, and to bridge this gap we have expanded our existing network.”