Sold-off baby girl rescued in Nilgiri
Baleswar: The Nilgiri police, after rescuing an infant girl who was allegedly sold by her mother due to abject poverty, handed her over to the Child Line. Sasmita Singh, a resident of Hathikhulia village of Oupada block, had allegedly sold her child to a couple of Sajnagarh at Rs 1,000 after her husband married another woman deserting her.
BRIT staff held taking bribe
Baleswar: A staff of the Balasore Regional Improvement Trust (BRIT) was caught red-handed by the Vigilance police while taking Rs 7,000 from an applicant to approve his plan. The accused identified as Upendra Maharana had earlier been trapped twice by the Vigilance.
Miscreants loot Rs 1.5L from cloth store in B’pur
Brahmapur: Unidentified miscreants on Wednesday night looted more than Rs 1.5 lakh in cash and some cloth items from a cloth store at the Gandhi Market Complex under the Town police limits. The police reached the spot and started investigation. Town PS IIC Nihar Ranjan Mishra said no written complaint has been lodged by store owner Rajesh Patro.
QCFI-K’put meet held at JK Paper
Rayagada: The 27th Chapter Convention on Quality Circles, Koraput Chapter was organised by the JK Paper Mills at Jaykaypur here concluded on Wednesday. The theme was “Igniting Minds for Innovation through Quality Concepts”. Over 30 Quality Circles/Allied Circles teams from various industrial houses presented their case studies. The convention was inaugurated by JK Paper CGM Mayank Jindal.
QCFI-Bhubaneswar secretary Ram Shankar Das was chief speaker.
At the valedictory function, Nalco, Damanjodi ED DK Mohanty and JKPM VP Biswajeet Dwivedi were guests of honour. The prize for the best team was given to Team BIJLEE of JKPM.