Prof Sukla honoured for mining research by US varsity
Bhubaneswar: Prof Lala Behari Sukla, Research Professor at the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University, has been named in the world ranking of top 2% scientists drawn up by the Stanford University, USA. He has been ranked 328th in the world in the area of mining and metallurgy research in a subject-wise analysis conducted by the Stanford University.
2 more held in JSpur teacher abduction case
Jagatsinghpur: The Tirtol police have arrested two more persons allegedly involved in the Eradanga teacher abduction incident that took place a week ago in the Tirtol area. The two were identified as Ranjan Patra alias Raja from Pandra village and Saroj Dalei from Kolara village under the Tirtol police limits. During a raid at Ranjan’s house, police recovered a gun, four live cartridges and a toy pistol. Both accused were interrogated by senior police personnel at police station and later forwarded to court on Thursday. Earlier, four accused had been arrested on the charge of kidnapping teacher Rabinarayan Mishra.
2 die as van hiTS tree in Bhapur
BHAPUR (NAYAGARH) Two persons were killed on Thursday when a Maruti Omni pollution check vehicle crashed into a roadside tree at Maniabandha in Bhapur of Nayagarh district. The deceased were identified as Somnath Sahu (30) and Diptiranjan Sahu (14).Police began investigating into the incident.