Man dies as two trucks collide in Bhadrak
Bhadrak: A person was killed as a truck collided with another one from behind on NH-16 near Banta Chhak under the Bhadrak Town police limits late on Saturday night. The deceased Puna Munda of Bhandari Pokhari village in the district was the helper of one of the trucks. A truck loaded with iron rods was going to Bhadrak from Rourkela when it hit a chips-laden truck that was stranded on an overbridge. Police reached the spot and sent the body to the Bhadrak hospital for postmortem.
Tusker tranquilised for treatment in S’pur
Sambalpur: A tusker was tranquilised for treatment of its injuries in the Padiabahal Forest Range of Sambalpur district on Sunday. After the tranquilisation, details of examination and treatment of elephant were carried out by a team led by Dr Indramani Nath, Professor, Surgery, OUAT. The tusker had sustained injuries during a fight among male elephants of a herd. A leg of the animal has swollen due to dislocation of bones, a Forest official said. There is no sign of arrow or bullet injury, the official added.
On-duty Home Guard injured in bear attack
Baleswar: A Home Guard is undergoing treatment at the Nilgiri Sub-Divisional hospital after suffering injuries in a bear attack. Rabindra Majhi, a resident of Kaduani village, was on duty near an ATM at the Berhampur market when he was attacked by the bear. He sustained injuries on his neck and hand.
Ganja plants worth Rs 13 cr destroyed
Phulbani: In a joint raid conducted by police and excise personnel at Chingidikhol area of Bhrungijodi GP under the Phiringia police station of Kandhamal district, 1. 25 lakh hemp plants worth Rs 13 crore were destroyed on Saturday. In the raid which started at 10 am, about 95 officials were engaged. A District Voluntary Force (DVF) team provided protection during the raid. In this connection, a case has been registered at the Phiringia PS under Sections 20 (a) (i) of the NDPS Act.
Port Trust HS 1985 matric batch friends meet
Paradip: The Port Trust High School’s 1985 martic batch friends’ 7th annual meet was at the Seamen's Club premises here on Sunday. The group president Smruti Ranjan Pattnaik presided over the function. Suraj kumar Behera, Ashok Kumar Biswal, Nagendra Behera, Girish Chandra Sethy, Jamini Pati, Gyana Ranjan Routray and Pramod Mallick organised the function, which was attended by over fifty old students.
Pangolin rescued, five including 2 women held
Brahmapur: Busting a wildlife trafficking racket, police rescued a pangolin from the new bus-stand at Gunupur of Ganjam district and arrested five persons in this connection on Sunday. A joint team of police and forest officials while carrying out patrolling nabbed the five accused, including two women, hailing from Palasa in Andhra Pradesh. The cops also seized a car from their possession. Earlier on December 8, the Crime Branch had arrested four persons and rescued two more pangolins from their possession at Ambadiha village under the Udala police limits in Mayurbhanj district.
EMIL holds blood camp in Keonjhar
CHAMPUA: A blood donation camp was organised by the Essel Mining and Industries Limited (EMIL) on Sunday at its Jilling mines location in collaboration with the Indian Red Cross Society, Keonjhar and the Keonjhar Blood Bank. The camp was inaugurated by EMIL senior president and unit head Prasanna Kumar Panda. The employees and local people participated in large numbers. Akshay Kumar Sahu, Sigdha Ray, Janhabi Sethy, Sabuta Das, Gaurishankar Malik of Keonjhar Blood Bank conducted the programme. Dr Ranjan Lenka, Dr Sashibhusan Nepal along with EMIL medico team provided support. EMIL CSR head Biswajit Behuria and Jilling CSR manager Smrutirekha Kar coordinated the event.
Nimapara Vidyabhawan holds sports meet
Nimapara: The annual sports meet of the Anchalik Adarsh Sisu Vidyabhawan, Renghaloof Badamachhapur gram panchayat, Nimapara block was held recently. Sixty students participated in the event where 10 types of sports were organised. Social worker Habibur Rahman and educationist Akshaya Dash were guests. HM Gitanjali Pradhan, sports teacher Sunakar Behera coordinated the event. SMC secretary Mir MobarakAlli with all teacher and staffs were present.