3 drug peddlers get 10-yr jail term in B’swar
Baleswar: A local court, after convicting three drug peddlers on Monday, sentenced them to 10-year jail term each along with a fine of Rs 1 lakh each; and in default of payment of fine, another one-year term. The convicts were Sk Khalil, Sk Najbul and A Simadri Rao, who had been caught with a consignment of 36.400 kg of cannabis from the bus-stand area here following a raid by the Excise Department on January, 24, 2016 while they were preparing to smuggle it out.
Rs 3.5 lakh looted in B’swar; three held
Baleswar: The Town police detained three persons after a report of loot of cash of Rs 3.5 lakh from the box of a bike on Monday. The complainant, a contractor alleged that the miscreants looted the money the bike was parked at Niliabag in the morning.
Odisha-born IAS officer new TN CEO
Bhubaneswar: Odisha-born IAS officer Satyabrata Sahoo has been appointed as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Tamil Nadu. The 1997-batch IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre is currently posted as Managing Director of Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
Tiger pugmarks found in Bargarh forests
Bargarh: With the tiger census concluded recently in the State, tiger pugmarks have been spotted at the Barapahad Hills and the Debrigarh wildlife sanctuary in Bargarh district. The census was jointly carried out by Hirakud Wildlife Division and district forest officials. While three paw prints of a female tiger and its cub were found in Ambabhona block, one pugmark of a tiger was clearly spotted in the Matabandh area. The officials also traced the presence of tigers at the launsara Hurasil forest under the Dunguri section.
JSPl Foundation gets Edu Excellence Award
Bhubaneswar: The JSPl Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel and Power ltd (JSPl), was conferred with the Excellence in Education Award for its outstanding contribution in the field of Education. JSPl’s Angul Unit CSR Head and GM Puspalata Satpathy and DGM (CSR) Dr Srimat Roy receiving the award from Higher Education Minister Ananta Das in a function held here recently. Among others, noted poet Ramakanta Rath, writer Santanu Acharya, poet Banaja Devi and Jugashree Juganari women magazine editor Mamata Mohapatra were present.