Man poisons infant daughter in Ganjam
Brahmapur: In a shocking incident, a man allegedly poisoned his two-month-old daughter at Dihapadhala village in the Bhanjanagar area of Ganjam district on Wednesday. The girl was admitted to the Bhanjanagar hospital in a critical condition, reports said, adding that the accused is a mentally-retarded person. The incident came a few days after a person smashed his 10-month-old daughter to death on road at Bhubanapur village under te Jenapur police limits in Jajpur district.
2 contract labourers injured in Emami mill
Baleswar: Two persons working under a contractor sustained critical injuries in an accident in the Emami Paper Mills unit at Balgopalpur here on Wednesday. Sources said they fell off a height while erecting a machine. The injured were identified as Upendra Ram of Basudevpur and Ajay Prasad of Siwan district of Bihar. They were shifted to Cuttack for treatment.
Workshop on vector-borne diseases held in B’pur
Brahmapur: In view of the ongoing rainy season, an awareness workshop was organised to check vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria in the district here on Wednesday. Brahmapur Municipal Corporation Commissioner Nikhil Pawan Kalyan, presiding over the meeting, said people of the city in every ward would be made aware on this from the first week of July. Entomologist VNB Rao explained about reasons and prevention of the vector-borne diseases. According to official sources, till now no dengue cases have been registered though in 2016 there were 60 cases. Among others, BMC Mayor K Madhavi and Deputy Mayor Jyotsna Nayak were present.
2 get 10 yrs’ jail for dacoity in K’mal
Phulbani: Two persons, Risa Kanhor and Kabidhar Kanhor, of Pahiraju under the Gochapada police station were sentenced on Wednesday by Additional District Judge Susanta Patel to 10 years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 each in a dacoity case. On November 1, 2015 night, both the accused along with four others had barged into the house one Kartekshwar Digal of Dumuriketa in Gochapada, brandished sharp weapons and snatched Rs 1.13 lakh from him. The other four accused are still on the run.
GKEl holds animal health camp in D’nal
Bhubaneswar: As part of livelihood Restoration Project (lRP), the GMR Kamalanga Energy limited (GKEl) organised an animal health camp in association with the Veterinary Department, Dhenkanal. GMRVF employees invited veterinary doctors to conduct the camp at Manpur in Dhenkanal district. Odapada Block Veterinary Officer and other staffs attended the camp. Doctors treated 60 cows and 130 goats and sheep, provided them de-worming medicine, lever tonic, antibiotics, and mineral mixtures. Microscopic observation of stool carried out and treatment done. Fifty-six project-affected families benefitted. An awareness session facilitated by SDVO and BVO was also conducted. They explained about various important diseases, symptoms and preventions and treatment.