2 criminals held; bike, gun seized in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: Acting on a tipoff, the Jagatsinghpur police on Wednesday arrested two dreaded criminals and seized a bike, a gun and live bullets from their possession. The criminals were Manua Chand of local Panisalia village and Jagannath Das, a resident of Kherasa village. Jagatsinghpur police station IIC Rajanikanta Mishra said many cases have been pending against them in different police stations. The accused were forwarded to court.
PS IICs reshuffled in Subarnapur
Sonepur: Subarnapur SP Prafulla Kumar Patra reshuffled some police officers in the district. While Sonepur PS IIC Amarendra Sandha has been transferred to the Dunguripali PS, IIC of Dugnuripali Surubabu Chatria has been transferred to Tarbha PS. Similarly, Tarbha IIC Srikanta Tripathy has been transferred to Sonepur PS and Binika IIC Reena Behera and DCRB Kalyani Behera transferred to the Ullunda PS.
Godavarish birth anniv observed in Banpur
Banpur: On the birth anniversary of eminent litterateur Pandit Godavarish Misra, educationists and others paid floral tributes to his statue here on Wednesday. All India Boy Scout Association State Organising Commissioner Omprakash Agrawal, former local NAC Chairman Dr Surendranath Patra and Executive Officer Bikram Keshari Jena, Santosh Kumar Nial and Saswati Mishra also paid tributes to Misra. The Godavarish Mahavidyalaya also observed the occasion. local MlA Dr Bibhuti Bhusan Harichandan and former MlA Raghunath Sahu spoke.
Science exhibition, drama held at Tarbha school
Tarbha: On Thursday the Boys’ High School here organised a science exhibition and a drama in its premises. Students from Sibatula, Sargarh and Jhartarbha also participated in the programme. Teachers urged the students to work for sanitation, green energy and Digital India. After judgements of AEC College PET Sanjeeb Sahu and senior artist Manabhanjan Mishra, block-level students will be selected for the district-level event.
JSpur farmer electrocuted on paddy field
Jagatsinghpur: A middle-aged farmer, Ananta Charana Rout, of Urali village under Jagatsinghpur’s Mandasahi gram panchayat was electrocuted as he came in contact with a live electric were that had fallen on his paddy field on Wednesday evening. The villagers blamed the Enzen Global for his death and demanded compensation for the deceased’s family.
MCl gets ‘Best Miniratna’ award
Sambalpur: The Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl) has been conferred with Dun and Bradstreet PSU “Best Miniratna” Award-2017.
Ministry of Finance, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management Secretary Neeraj Kumar Gupta presented the award to MCl CMD AK Jha at a ceremony held in New Delhi.