Ravi Kant State’s new Spl Resident Commissioner
Bhubaneswar: Senior IPS officer Ravi Kant has been appointed as the State’s Special Resident Commissioner at the Odisha Bhawan in New Delhi. A notification in this regard has been issued by the Home Department with Governor Ganeshi Lal’s approval. Ravi Kant, a 1998-batch IPS officer, was serving as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the office of the Special Resident Commissioner.
Fake notes of Rs 2.3L face value seized in Rayagada
Rayagada: The district police have seized as many as 115 fake currency notes in denomination of Rs 2,000 having a face value of Rs 2.3 lakh and arrested a person in this connection. Acting on a tipoff about the counterfeit currency notes in the Tikiri area of the district, police raided a house on Friday night and seized the fake notes and arrested the accused Jogendra Nayak of Sunamudi Sahi in the area. While Nayak was forwarded to court, police started an investigation to ascertain involvement of others in the offence.
Euro smart School holds painting show
Bhubaneswar: The Euro Smart School here organised a painting exhibition on Friday to celebrate the 150thg birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. In the exhibition, paintings with message on Swachh Bharat and nonviolence were presented by the students. MLA Suresh Kumar Routray and committee member Brajabandhu attended as guests. Among others, school Principal Sasmita Mahapatra and teachers Debasmita Patnaik and Ashish Nanda were present.
IOCL engineers given NDT training
Bhubaneswar: Under the CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative Programme, the Human Resource Department along with the Department of Advanced Materials Technology, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar organised NDT training and certification programme on Magnetic Particle Testing- II for IOCL engineers here from November 4 to 8. The training programme focused on non-destructive testing, identification and evaluation of metallurgical defects in engineering components for reliability, safety, health assessment, and prevention of failures by using internationally accepted standards, codes and procedures. Seven participants from the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd with Mechanical, Metallurgical and Civil Engineering, attended the programme. Scientists and technical officers of CSIR-IMMT delivered lectures with practical demonstrations.
Unidentified body found in canal in Baleswar
Baleswar: A body of an unidentified person was found floating in a canal under the Sadar police limits in the district on Saturday. Locals spotted the body in Sanua panchayat at around 11 am and informed the local police about it.
Condolence meet held for scribe in B’pur
Brahmapur: The The Nabin Pathagar O Sahitya Pratisthan held a condolence meeting here on Tuesday for Bhanjanagar representative of weekly newspaper ‘Nabin’ and social activist Sachibhai. The meeting was presided over by ‘Nabin’ editor Rabi Rath.
YES Bank marks 15 yrs of institutional excellence
Bhubaneswar: The YES Bank has kicked off the festive season with pan India celebrations on completing ‘15 Years of Institutional Excellence’ across its vast network of over 1100 branches, with several innovative customer centric programs and activities. The bank’s branches in Bhubaneswar recently celebrated the ‘15 Years of Institutional Excellence’ in a unique way by inviting its customers for a fun-filled evening of celebration and festivities.