Journalist Biswal dies of corona
Rourkela: Veteran journalist Adwaita Prasad Biswal died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at the JP Hospital here on Friday. The 80-year-old Biswal had been admitted to the hospital a week ago after his condition deteriorated due to Covid infection. Biswal was the founder-editor of Odia weekly newspaper ‘Shramika Malika’. He was also a poet and a social worker. He was president of the Talcher Bimlagarh Rail Link Action Committee. He was also a key member of the Rourkela Cultural Academy.
Stone laid for 4 Chh’pur drinking water projects
Brahmapur: Brahmapur MP Chandrasekhar Sahu on Wednesday laid foundation-stone for four drinking water projects in Chhatrapur block. For quite a long time, the people in five villages of Bipulingi, Pottlampur and Baulagaon gram panchayats were facing acute water shortage. The villages which are going to benefit under the scheme are Sarbhimpur, Rukminigaon, Tudukapalli, Lokanathpur and Gedalapalli. Among those present were Chatrapur MLA Subash Chandra Behera and Chhatrapur block Chairman M Dhanjaya Reddy and Vice-Chairperson Amita Sahu.
Child sexual abuse: State-level meet held
Baleswar: A State-level stakeholders’ convergence and follow up meeting to end child sexual abuse in India was organised in a virtual platform by NACG, EVAC and WORLD VISION on Thursday. OSPCR Chairperson Sandhyabati Pradhan joining the meet said meets are highly required to end child sexual abuse. SPM, Odisha Child Protection Society, Pritikant Panda; SPM, NACG EVAC Dharmanad Sundarray and Dr Mitali Mohanty talked about convergence of stakeholders and implementation of the POCSO Act in letter and spirit. Over 100 participants from CWC, DCPU, Police, ICDS, Health, Education and Labour Departments joined.
1 held for shooting porn video in Gajatpati
Paralakhemundi: The Kashinagar police in Gajapati district have arrested one Dusmant Nayak for allegedly shooting a pornographic video of a woman of Goribandha in the district. Later, the accused started blackmailing the woman by threatening to make the video viral. With no options left, the woman lodged a complaint with police, following which a hunt was launched. Police managed to nab Nayak from Jagatsinghpur district and registered a case under the relevant IPC sections forwarded the accused to court.
Mass Sanitisation Drive by NTPC Talcher Kaniha
Talcher: The NTPC Talcher Kaniha has started a ‘Mass Sanitisation Drive’in its 10 peripheral villages under its CSR initiative from Friday. This is done to curb the rising Covid-19 cases in these villages.
Youth crushed under wheels of goods train
Kendrapada: One Subash Behera, a resident of Thakurpatana village, was on Thursday crushed under the wheels of a goods train near Thakurhaat on the Paradeeep-Haridaspur railway line. GRP police seized the body om railway line and sent it for autopsy. Though the exact reason was yet to be ascertained, locals suspected that the youth might have committed suicide.
Brahmapur Sadar PS gets new IIC
Brahmapur: Mahendra Kumar Sahu has joined as the new IIC in Brahmapur Sadar police station. He was one of the members of a task force committee formed by the Ganjam SP.