Meeting for B’ngir constituency bandh held
Sonepur: A preparatory meeting was held here for a bandh in the Balangir Parliamentary constituency on November 24 demanding a separate Koshal State under the leadership of former Minister Kartika Prasad Taria. Koshal State Coordination Committee leader Pramod Mishra said, “We all should unite irrespective of political parties to fight for a separate Koshal State before 2019.” Among others, State coordination committee member Sunil Purohit, lawyer Gourishyam Panda, District Congress president Shankar Das, Sambit Nanda, Ganesh Sahu and Dipak Mahapatra were present.
Subarnapur Junior Clerk held taking bribe
Cuttack: Sananda Nanda, Junior Clerk in the office of the Additional. Tehsildar, Dunguripali, Subarnapur, was caught red-handed in his office room by the Vigilance police while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 1,000 from one Siba Prasad Pradhan to process the file and send it to the Tehsildar, Rampur for issuance of Patta. His residential house at Palace line, Balangir Town, was also searched. The accused was arrested.
School dress distribution held in Jajpur Rd school Jajpur Road: A school dress distribution programme was held at the Dhabalgiri UGME School here under the leadership of school Headmistress Basantilata Das. Among others, Vyasanagar Municipality educationalist Kulamani Mallick, CRCC Haraprasad Satapathy, Councillor Pramod Behera and Guardian Forum president Ganesh Patra were present.
Balanga PS gets new OIC
Balanga: Susanta Kumar Sahoo joined as the new Officer-in-Charge of the Balanga police station on Thursday. As per an order of the Puri SP, former OIC Pravat Kumar Sahoo was promoted to Inspector rank and transferred to Ganjam district. He handed over charge of the police station to Susanta Sahoo. After joining, the new OIC conducted a review meeting with his staffs and emphasised on improvement of the law and order situation in the Balanga area.
Press Day observed in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: The Ganjam District Information and Public Relations Office observed the National Press Day at the Sub-Collector’s office here on Thursday. DIPRO Gurbir Singh presided over the programme. Collector Prem Chandra Chaudhury, Sub-Collector Sidhartha Sankar Swain, Brahmapur Municipal Corporation Commissioner Nikhil Pawan Kalyan, Brahmapur University retired Professor G Seshagiri Rao, Manmohan Padhy and SDIPRO Pramila Majhi attended as guests and emphasised on the protection of mediapersons. Prizes were distributed to the participants of the debate competitions held in English and Odia.
National Press Day held at Jharsuguda
Jharsuguda: The National Press Day was observed here with the meeting chaired by Jharsuguda Press Club president Santosh Mishra. Chief guest district Collector Bibhuti Bhusan Patnaik sought cooperation from media for development of society. Prof Tahalu Sahoo, Jharsuguda Bar Association president Raghumani Patel, senior advocate Tapas Roy Choudhury and Senior Citizens’ Association president Balgobind Mishra were guests of honour. A seminar on "Challenge Before Media" was conducted. The Collector felicitated senior journalist Raj Kumar Sharma for ‘Constructive Journalism’. DIPRO AK Jena coordinated the programme while Press Club general secretary Mehboob Mahtab offered a vote of thanks.
Press Day observed in Phulbani
Phulbani: The District Information and Public Relations Office organised a debate on the occasion of the National Press Day on “Challenges before the Media.” Khandhamal Collector Dr Brunda Das, ADM Pradipta Kumar Sahani, senior journalist MD Nazir Akhtar and Dr Arup Kumar Jena attended as guests. Many eminent persons, students and mediapersons were present.
National Press Day observed at N’rangpur
Nabarangpur: The journalist fraternity of the district observed the National Press Day here on Thursday. SC and ST Development Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, MlA Monohar Randhari, MP Balabhadra Majhi, Special Development Council Chairman Motiram Nayak, BJD district president Prahalad Tripathy, senior advocate Jhadeswar Khadanga, senior journalist Satyapriya Dash, social worker Jagannath Mohapatra, District Congress president Muna Tripathy, freedom fighter Md Bazi spoke on the occasion. Six senior journalists of the district along with freedom fighter Md Bazi were felicitated.