JSpur HM dies gulping poison
Jagatsinghpur: Headmaster Nrusingha Charan Behera of the Salijanga Upper Primary School committed suicide due to family feud on Wednesday. Reports said that the deceased consumed poison on Tuesday. First he was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital here for treatment and then to the SCB at Cuttack as his health condition deteriorated. However, he died there. Police seized the body and registered an un natural death case.
JSpur Bar office-bearers administered oath
Jagatsinghpur: The newly elected office bearers of the District Bar Association took oath on Thursday in a function held in the association office here. Senior lawyer Rajkishor Khatua administered the oath to the new office bearers. Bar Association's former president Dola Govinda Das chaired the function, while District Judge Ananda Chandra Behera attended as chief guest. ADM Jagatsinghpur Satchidananda Sahoo was guest of honour.
Youth held for peddling drugs in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: The police arrested one Dipti Ranjan Singh of Gopalsagar village here on Thursday and recovered about 21 grams of brown sugar from his possession. During interrogation, Singh admitted to have been peddling drugs in his locality. He was forwarded to court. As many as eight persons connected with drugs trade in Jagatsinghpur town have been picked up by police and excise sleuths in past two weeks, sources said.
Biraja Temple to reopen by Dec-end
Jajpur: District Collector Chakravati Singh Rathore has announced that the Maa Biraja Temple will be reopened for devotees by December-end.. The temple will reopen by adhering to the Covid-19 guidelines.
1 critical; properties worth lakhs gutted in Balangir
Balangir: A person was critically injured and properties worth lakhs of rupees were reduced ash when a major fire broke out in a fruit market near the Government bus-stand here late on Thursday night. Eight fruit shops were gutted. Receiving information, a firefighting team rushed to the spot and doused the flames. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained. One Kunu Dalei, who suffered critical burn injuries, was admitted to the Bhima Bhoi Medical College Hospital here.