Brown sugar seized in Bhubaneswar; 1 held
Bhubaneswar: The Laxmisagar police arrested a youth and seized 20 grams of brown sugar from his possession during a raid at Haladipadia slum here on Saturday. The accused was identified as Sanjay Mohanty of Haladipadia. On a tipoff, the police team had conducted a raid on the slum. A case was registered under Section 21(b) of the NDPS Act and the accused would be forwarded to court.
Body of eloping minor girl recovered in Bargarh
Bargarh: A body of a minor girl was recovered from the Bidhyabasini hill under the Bheden police station in the district on Saturday. Police said the body was recovered on the basis of information from locals. It was suspected that the girl might have been murdered. The girl’s family has also lodged a complaint to this effect. The girl’s mother told the police that her daughter had eloped with two youths six days ago. On basis of the FIR, a probe into the incident has been initiated.
10-ft King Cobra rescued from house in Choudwar
Cuttack: Panic gripped the residents of Mangarajpur at Choudwar of Cuttack district as a 10-feet-long King Cobra was spotted in a house in the locality on Saturday morning. On receiving information, a team of the People for Animals (PFA), Cuttack Sadar unit reached the spot and rescued the reptile. The snake was later released into the Damadamani forest in the presence of forest officials. The cobra might have entered the house in search of food previous night, said PFA Sadar unit in-charge Suvendu Swain.
ECoR Inter-Divisional Cultural Competition held
Bhubaneswar: An East Coast Railway Inter-Divisional Cultural (Drama) Competition concluded at the Rail Auditorium on Saturday, wherein the ECoR’s Headquarters Team emerged as champion with its drama “Andha Yug”. ECoR GM Purnendu Sekhar Mishra gave away the prizes to the champion and other teams. He said that such healthy competitions are essential part of the railway tradition.
Home Guard foundation day celebrated in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: The 56th Odisha Home Guard foundation day was celebrated at the Reserve Police Ground in Punanga here on Thursday. Chief guest Jagatsinghpur SP Prakash R received the salute of parade and lauded the selfless services of the Home Guards during natural disasters. Among others, DSP Bamadev Singh, Jagatsinghpur PS IIC Rajanikanta Mishra and the Reserve Inspector were present.
2 held for stealing money from scooter dickey
Brahmapur: The Town police on Saturday arrested two persons for stealing from money, cheques and NEFT forms from a scooter dickey of complainant Nirmal Singh, a handloom company manager, on December 6. The arrestees were identified as Rama Gouda (23) and Balaram Gouda (19) of Gouda Sahi village. The police recovered the cash of Rs 1, 12,000, cheques and NEFT forms from their possession.
MCL holds ‘Dial a Poem’ contest on graft issues
Sambalpur: As part of the Vigilance Awareness Week 2018, a “Dial a Poem” contest was held by the MCL and writers asked to record their poems on anti-corruption issues on a toll-free number. While the winner of the contest Pratyusha Manjari Samal was awarded by MCL CMD RR Mishra.
Manappuram launches branch in Nimapara
Bhubaneswar: The Manappuram Finance Ltd, a leading gold loans nonbanking company, has opened a new branch at Nimapara. Local police station IIC Haramohan Nayak inaugurated the branch.