M’giri MLA tests Covid +ve, hospitalised
Bhubaneswar: Malkangiri BJP district president and MLA Aditya Madhi has tested positive for Covid-19. He was admitted to the AIIMS Bhubaneswar in a critical condition on Wednesday, sources said. With Madhi, as many as 30 MLAs belonging to the BJD and the BJP have got infection so far. Besides, six Ministers have also tested positive for the virus. Most of them have recuperated.
Brahmapur MLA recovers from Covid
Brahampur: Local MLA Bikram Kumar Panda, who had been undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at the Ashwini Hospital here for about a fortnight, has recovered fully. Earlier, his associates Tumbanath Panda, Sanjeet Panigrahi, Badri Narayan Mihsra and Pradeep Nayak, who were also undergoing treatment, had been discharged from the hospital. After returning home, Panda thanked doctors, nurses and other hospital staffs for treatment and good behaviour to him and other patients. He has requested infected persons to follow doctors’ advice and all Covid guidelines to defeat the virus.
Five-day shutdown in Umarkote
Nabarangpur: In view of the rising Covid-19 cases in Umarkote, the Chamber of Commerce and other trade unions have declared to observe a five-day shutdown in the town from Wednesday to midnight of Sunday. During this period, the entire Umarkote municipal area would be sanitized, said Umarkote trade union legal advisor Prasant Kumar Sahu.
102 kg of ganja seized in Umarkote
Nabarangpur: Police seized 102 kg of ganja worth about Rs 8 lakh from village Dongriguda under Umarkote block. A team of Umarkote police raided the house of one Pradeep Das of the village and seized the contraband along with five bikes, a car and cash of Rs 2 lakh. While the culprits were about to transport the ganja, police caught them, said SDPO Hemanta Padhi. The police arrested Kuta Sanna of village Sunabeda and Satyam sharma of Patna of Bihar and forwarded them to judicial custody. The contraband was being transported from Malkanagiri to Chhattisgarh.
Hindi Pakhwada held by IIT BBSR
Bhubaneswar: The IIT Bhubaneswar organised Hindi Pakhwada from September 1 to 14 to celebrate the importance of Hindi. Dr Raj Kumar Singh welcomed everyone to the programme. IIT Director Prof RV Raja Kumar said, “The students, faculty and staff have actively participated in various competitions held through the online mode. At IIT Bhubaneswar, we give due importance in the implementation of the Rajbhasha Policies of the Govt. of India." A host of programmes were organised and winners of various competitions were felicitated.
Dhamra Port launches livestock units
Dhamra: The Adani-Dhamra Port Company has launched an integrated livestock care and development programme in coordination with BAIF in its periphery areas. In the first stage, in April 2019, the programme was started in three GPs, Dosinga, Kaithkhola and Karanjmal with two operational Integrated Livestock Development (ILD) centres. As many as 218 hybrid calves have been born to enhance milk production of mother cows. The company has already demonstrated 30 Hybrid Napier plots, 20 Azola Pots for green fodder development. On September 14, another ILD centre was inaugurated at Bijaypatna village of Karanpalli GP.
MP Kumar MoEA panel member
Bhubaneswar: Rajya Sabha BJD member Sujeet Kumar has been nominated as a member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of External Affairs (MoEA).