Union Min meets jawans injured in Maoist attack
Brahmapur: Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Sunday visited the MKCG Medical College Hospital here and met jawans injured during the recent Maoist attack in which one Special Operations Group (SOG) jawan was martyred. He urged the Maoists to shun violence and join the social mainstream. Singh told reporters, “The ultras should quit the path of violence and everyone should join hands for nation-building. Stress should be laid on development of rural areas to solve the Maoist problem.” Earlier, Singh attended a programme on Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikash at Digapahandi.
3 B’pur Vidya Mandir students get JEE Adv
Brahmapur: Three students of Nilakantha Nagar Saraswati (Junior) Vidya Mandir passed the JEE (Advanced) 2017 conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). While Subham Subrahjyoti Rana and Smurtisavrav Gouda got 818 and 2,449 rank, respectively, Chandan Mishra made it to the IIT (Advanced). The students achieved success for self-confidence and hard work, said the school Principal S Mohan Rao. School managing committee president Srikant Mahapatra, secretary Sudarshan Padhi and teachers congratulated the students.
Three of family injured in B’swar road mishap
Baleswar: In a collision between a truck and a car on Sunday, three persons of a family including a man, his wife and their five-year-old daughter, residents of Bhimpura under the Industrial police station suffered serious injuries. The critically-injured woman Ujjaini lenka (35) and her daughter Nityashree were referred to the SCB Medical College Hospital as their conditions deteriorated.
K’handi cop caught in Vig net taking bribe
Bhawanipatna: Vigilance police on Sunday apprehended a policeman while he was accepting bribe of Rs 5,000 from an accused to release him on bail in Kalahandi district. ASI Sibanarayan Dip was apprehended while taking the bribe from Bhairaba Jagat. A case has been registered against Jagat at the Dharmagarh police station, where the cop is posted.
Marwari Yuva Manch holds seminar on GST
Brajrajnagr: The Brajrajnagar branch of the Marwari Yuwa Manch (MYM) organised a seminar on GST on Saturday. Chief guest and guest speakers were CAs S Agarwal and Rohit Gupta of Rourkela and CA Amit Agarwal of Jharsuguda. The seminar had a session on ‘Special Economic Zones’. The objective of the seminar was to offer detailed insights into the GST framework and its implementation challenges and it was attended by students, faculty members and executives. MYM president B Agarwal and general secretary Rajiv Sharma were also present.
Jaipur BJD leader passes away
Jaipur: BJD leader and Danagadi block Chairman Ranjit Harichandan Singh passed away on Friday at a hospital in Bhubaneswar. He was suffering from kidney ailments. Former Minister Prafulla Ghadai, Sukinda MlA Preeti Ranjan Ghadai and many others condoled the death of the leader.