AAP membership drive begins in B’ngir
Balangir: After the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) electoral victory in Delhi, the party has decided to highlight the development model of AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal among the masses. A month- long campaign from February 23 to March 23 would be held in this direction, said Anshuman Satpathy of the AAP here on Thursday. To enrol as an AAP member and join the Rashtra Nirman Abhijan, one can give a missed call to 9871010101, Satpathy said. The party’s zonal meet hre was attended by AAP leaders of Balangir, Bargarh, Nupada and other adjacent districts.
K’mal teacher gets 4-yr jail term
Phulbani: A headmaster of a school was awarded jail term for misappropriation of school funds in Belpadar of Kandhamal district. Vigilance Judge Satyapira Mishra convicted headmaster Manoj Kumar Behera of Belapadar New Primary School for misappropriation of Rs 3,52,460 and sentenced him to four years’ jail term and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000. In default, Behera has to undergo six months’ more jail term. He was assigned to construct a school building of an estimated amount of Rs 20, 27,000. The agreement was made between the DPC and the accused on March 14, 2013. However, the accused did not complete the construction work.