OLIC EX-TYPIST HELD TAKING BRIBE
Bhubaneswar: The Vigilance police on Saturday caught Amruta Sahoo, former Senior Typist in the office of Managing Director of Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation, Bhubaneswar, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 3,000. Sahoo had demanded the bribe from a person to help him in processing the EPF file and sanction of EPF amount of his deceased father by influencing the concerned dealing clerk and others. He was arrested and forwarded to court.
SEMINAR ON NEP HELD AT BALANGA COLLeGE
Balanga: The Education Department of the Balanga College organized a seminar on National Education Policy-2020, which was inaugurated by Principal Tapan Kumar Pattnaik. Dr Manoj Kumar Nayak. Asst Professor of Gauhati University, Assam, was chief resource person. He spoke about the objects of the National Education Policy, teaching and learning activity, teachers’ education through the policy. Education Department Head Dr Prados Kumar Pati chaired the seminar. Ashok Kumar Mishra and Pravat Kumar Sahoo were guests of honour. Lecturers Dr Sasmitarani Sahoo and Nilakantha Mishra and students Priyanka Biswal and Rojina Swain coordinated the programme. Student Pranati Panda gave a vote of thanks.
G’PATI SAMITI HOLDS MEET ON BHAGABATA TUNGI
Brahmapur: The Gajapati Seva and Sanskrutik Samiti conducted a workshop on 'Bhagabata Tungi Kaibalya' at the Raghunath Mutt on Thursday being presided by Samiti convenor Nilambar Sahu. Among the guests who spoke at the seminar were senior journalist Prasant Das, Babula Panigrahi, Rajendra Pandit and literary saint Subash Chandra Sahu. Guests underlined need of spreading and popularising the Bhagabata Grantha among common people. The holy books 'Sri Ram Charit Manas' and 'Bhagabata' were read out and Chandra Nahak and his associate performed'Dasakathia on occasion.