N’rangpur Collector’s Fb account hacked
Nabarangpur:The Facebook account of Nabarangpur district Collector Dr Ajeet Kumar Mishra was recently hacked with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate Rs 10,000 through Google pay. Clarifying it in social media, the Collector said, “I recently had the unpleasant experience of discovering that someone had hacked my Facebook account and set up an ad in Hindi and English in messenger to donate ten thousand in Google pay.” He further said he has told the district SP to take necessary action in this context.
M’bhanj Horticulture Worker held taking bribe
Baripada: Horticulture Extension Worker (Contractual) Manoj Kumar Sahu at the office of Assistant Horticulture Office at Sukruli under Karanjia subdivision in Mayurbhanj district was caught red-handed by Vigilance officials while taking a bribe of Rs 6,500 on Friday. He had demanded the bribe from Chandra Mohan Baipi, a beneficiary, of Sukruli village, for allowing him cashew plantation and maintenance under the MGNREGS. Later, the Vigilance sleuths raided his residential house, sources said.
Surjya Patro elected Bishwa Odisha preZ
Bhubaneswar: State Assembly Speaker Dr Surjya Narayan Patro has been elected as president of “Bishwa Odisha”, an organisation which is working to promote Odia language, literature, culture, attire and sculpture across the world. Bishwar Odisha coordinator and lawyer Manoranjan Patnaik, working president Kabi Bahadur Patsani and general secretary Manoj Manmay met and greeted Dr Patro in his Assembly chamber. They too handed over the constitution of Bishwa Odisha and its programme lists to Patro.
B’pur artist makes goddess idol with buttons
Brahmapur: While the Kantapida Yatra of Maa Kandhuni Devi has been a very low-key affair this year without participation of devotees, noted sand artist Satya Narayan Moharana has made in idol of the goddess using as many as 1,115 shirt and pant buttons of different colours. He took five hours to make the idol. He wished that Maa Kandhuni Devi shower save devotees from coronavirus.
23 units of blood collected from B’pur camp
Brahmapur: The Sabuja Bahini, the Anchalika Bikash Parishad and the Blood Bank jointly organised a blood donation camp under the “Aasantu Gadhiba Rakta Sampark” campaign for the 15 time on Tuesday. As many as 23 units of blood were collected. Dr Rashmita Panigrahi, Sabuja Bahini president Sibaram Panigrahi and Satyanarayan Dash coordinated the camp. A total of 266 units blood have been collected from all 15 camps.
Webinar held by literary circle ‘Shrujani’
Bhubaneswar/Chennai: A webinar was held by the literary circle of Chennai ‘Shrujani’ on September 6. It was moderated by Dr Dillip Mishra, Senior Consultant of Apollo Main Hospital. Speakers were Debendra Sarangi, ex-Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu, Asutosh Samantasighar, ex-Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, and Ban Bihari Panda, ex-General Manager, Indian Bank. Among others, Ranjit Sengupta, Bibhuti Bishoi from Chennai, Dr Hara Prasanna Das from Bhubaneswar and Prof Satya Narayan Mishra from Annamalai University participated in the discussion.