Ex-SBTC director’s death condoled
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa Voluntary Blood Donors’ and Motivators’ Association on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the demise of former State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) director Dr Lokanath Hati. Association founder Dillip Dashsharma said that when the blood donation rate was 10 per cent in the State, the SBTC was formed and Dr Hati was its fist director. On his guidance, many voluntary blood donation camps were held in the State and the voluntary blood donation rate increased. Dashsharma expressed his condolences to the family of Dr Hati.
Ghadai honours Padma Shri awardee teacher
Jajpur: BJD leader and former Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadai felicitated Nanda Kishore Prusty also popularly known as ‘Nanda sir’ for being awarded with the Padma Shri. Ghadai said, “Nanda Sir is the pride of Sukinda block. A resident of Kantira village under Sukina block of Jajpur district, Prusty was awarded the Padma Shri on the Republic Day for his contribution to literature and education. T ill now he has been continuing to teach the poor and helpless young children totally free of cost. Even today there is a heavy congregation of students in the village school of Prusty both in the morning and evening hours like before.
G'pati DEO brings out booklet for matric exams
Paralakhemundi: Gajapati District Education Officer (DEO) Pradip Kumar Nag has taken bold initiatives for students who will appear 10th HSC Board examination in 2021. A book named "Parikhya Darpan" published on behalf of district education officials nurturing creativity among 8,372 students was released. Nag expected better results among the students. He also expected the parents to take all initiatives for their children as key responsibility. This will be a key product, as in 2019-20, the district administration started super-20 where selected students could get meritorious marks, even from backward blocks of Gajapati district too, on in-house teachings by selected teachers.
1 dies, 2 hurt in road accident in G’pati
Paralakhemundi: A person was killed in a collision between a Bolero and a motorcycle in front of the Binodini Science College under the Parlakhemundi Model police station on Monday . The deceased was identified as the bike rider Gogagh Gamango of Jujasingh village. His wife Anita and his son Omi, who were the pillion riders were critically injured. Police have arrested the Bolero driver, The deceased’s body was sent to the District Headquarters Hospital for postmortem and the injured were admitted to the hospital.
41 kg ganja seized; 2 held in Kandhamal
Phulbani: Police seized 41.1 kg ganja by intercepting the smugglers at FCI Chhak in Phubani town and Phiringia in Kandhamal district. Two persons were arrested in this connection and forwarded to court under relevant sections of the NDPS Act.. Besides, a car and a motorbike was confiscated for transporting the contraband.