Miscreants loot Rs 2.2l from VlW at gunpoint
Jajpur: Three criminals looted Rs 2.2 lakh from the Village level Worker (VlW) of Bartana gram panchayat Ashok Mallick at Bartana Chhack under the Sukinda police station in Jajpur district on Friday. While the VlW was carrying the money in a bag to the block office, the miscreants snatched away the bag after brandishing guns at him. They assaulted him when he tried to prevent them from taking away the bag. Police are investigating the case, said Sukinda police station IIC Niranjan Kumar Dhir.
CM approves 16 projects for Balanga GP
Balanga: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved 16 projects and sanctioned Rs 40-lakh assistance for all-round development of Balanga gram panchayat under the Ama Gaon, Ama Vikash Yojana by videoconferencing on Friday. He asked Sarpanches Ajit Dalai about the GP’s problems. Dalai requested the CM for approval of 16 projects, which the CM approved. Puri district Collector Arvind Agrawal handed over the CM’s approval copy to the Sarpanch and directed for completion of all projects in the stipulated time. Nimapara BDO Khirodra Pradhan, Nimapara MlA and Puri District Planning Board Chairperson Samir Ranjan Dash were present.
Aurobinda Shiksha Kendra holds annual day
Nimapara: The Aurobinda Punnanga Shiksha Kendra celebrated its annual function here on Thursday under the leadership of Benudhar Senapati. School president Padma Shri Bhabani Charan Pattnaik, Rajya Sabha MP Soumya Ranjan Pattnaik, local MlA Samir Ranjan Dash, BEO Anil Kumar Biswal, Puri district Aurobinda Siksha Kendra organiser Sukanta Kumar Jena and Headmaster Minati Senapati attended as guests. Various cultural programmes were performed. Soumya Ranjan Patnaik was honoured at Jayashree Chhak here by BJD workers.
MCl holds meet on Departmental Inquiry
Talcher: The Mahanadi Coalfield limited (MCl), Jagannath Area in association with the Vigilance Department organised a two-day workshop on Departmental Inquiry here on Thursday for executives who are inquiry officer and management representatives for disciplinary cases. Union Department of Personnel and Training’s former Director Mukesh Chaturvedi attended as guest. The purpose of the workshop was to impart knowledge to the executives to complete departmental inquiries proceedings within time limit and dispose them of effectively. Jagannath Area GM MG Brahmapurkar, executives from Talcher, Sambalpur and Ib-Valley Coalfield participated.
Tata Power's IEl holds blood donation camp
Kalinganagar: The Tata Power’s Industrial Energy limited (IEl), Kalinganagar in association with the Central Red Cross Blood Bank, Cuttack organised a blood donation camp here on Thursday. IEl CEO Vijayant Ranjan inaugurated the camp and donated blood first. A total of 80 units of blood were collected.