Bus rams into tree in city; 6 injured
Bhubaneswar: At least six persons were injured after a bus en route to Bhubaneswar from Puri hit a roadside tree near Kalpana Square here on Tuesday. The injured were admitted to the Capital Hospital. The bus, which was carrying around 60 passengers, had a break failure and hit the tree near the State Museum. The driver was reported to have absconded after the incident.
+2 Instant Examination results announced
Bhubaneswar: The results of the annual +2 Instant Examination conducted by the Odisha Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) were announced on Tuesday. The overall pass percentage was recorded at 84.71. While a total of 569 students of Arts, Science, Commerce and Vocational streams had appeared for the test, 484 of them passed. A total of 48 students got 1st Division, 200 2nd Division and 236 3rd Division. Girls outshone boys as 85.53% of them passed against 84.73% of boys.
Abbey West Service’s icons felicitated
Bhubaneswar: Badachana MlA Amar Prasad Satpathy felicitated six skill icons of the Abbey West Services in an event organised here on Monday. Satpathy visited the institute’s electrical lab and IT lab, met trainees and discussed about their courses and observed the effort of the organisation to create more employability opportunities for rural youths. Abbey West Services MD Prof Pruthwiraj Das, State Head Asim Das and Deputy Manager Satyabrata Mohanty were present.
Parsuram Panda now Dena Bank Vig chief Keonjhar: The Dena Bank has appointed Odia officer Parsuram Panda as its new Chief Vigilance Officer. Panda was the former General Manager in the Bank of India. Starting his career in1988, Panda has already worked as Branch Manager, lDM and Zonal Manager in different States. A Chief Vigilance Officer acts as a distant arm of the Central Vigilance Commission to check corruption in an organisation.
RailYatri introduces Rush-o-meter
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railways’ popular app is all set to solve the ticket issues. Train travel app, RailYatri has added a new feature which predicts the time in which confirmed tickets get sold out for every train. CEO and Co-Founder Manish Rathi said the new feature Rush-o-meter would help customers book tickets in just a few clicks and it increases the chances of getting confirmed ticket on time. So, this application is believed to be useful for the travellers.a