Vehicles collide due to fog in S’garh; 1 dead
Sundargarh: A person was killed and two others were injured when heavy vehicles collided due to fog near Gadaposh Chhak under the Kutra police limits on Saturday morning. The deceased was a driver of a Hyva. Police along with an ambulance reached the spot and recovered the body from the vehicle. They rescued the injured persons got stuck inside the vehicles and rushed them to the Kutra hospital.
Konark woman immolates self; critical
Puri: A married woman attempted suicide by setting herself ablaze over a family feud at Bedapur village near Konark. Bineeta Behera (40) was admitted to the Gop CHC in a critical condition. She immolated herself by pouring kerosene on her body following a heated argument with family members. She suffered 80-per cent burns. She alleged that she wanted to take the extreme step due to mental harassment by her family, which allegedly wanted her to live in a ashram and even threatened to kill her.
8 quintals ganja seized from onion-laden truck
Malkangiri: Police seized eight quintals of ganja from an onion-laden truck in the distric and arrested two persons in this conncetion on Saturday. The contraband weighing 8.12 quintals was being transported from Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh to Chhattisgarh capital Raipur via Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district. The Mudulipada police stopped the truck near Ghoda Ghat on the State Highway and seized the huge amount of ganja. They arrested the truck driver Dipak Sahoo and helper Biswaranjan Sahoo for illegal transportation of the ganja.
Sand art on road safety in front of SBI office
Bhubaneswar: State Bank of India DMD (IA) Badal Chandra Das visited the Bhubaneswar Circle on Friday and inaugurated a sand art on road safety organised by the Local Head Office. SBI Circle CGM Praveena Kala and GMs G Bhattacharya and JS Hiremath were present. The sand art was prepared SBI staff Subala Maharana, who usually makes sand sculptures with messages to the society.
Boudh school HM gets 3-yr jail term
Phulbani: Vigilance Judge Bhagaban Pradhan on Friday convicted Boudh district’s Khajroj Nodal Upper Primary School Headmaster Pramod Kumar Pradhan for misappropriating Government funds. He was awarded three years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rs 40,000, in default, six months’ more imprisonment for misappropriating school funds.
D’nal Bachpan Play School celebrates annual day
Dhenkanal: The Bachpan Play School here celebrated its 9th annual day recently. Social activist Santilata Mishra and Bachpan corporate office executive Mahit Sharma attended as guests. Mishra said a child cannot be ignored as he or she is an important member of the family. Samrudhi Nayak was awarded as the best student of the year. A cultural programme was performed by the students. School Director Akshya Kumar Nanda and Principal Sumita Nanda also spoke. Pratikshya Nayak and Sahanaz Begum coordinated the programme.
DAVians celebrate Basanta Panchami
Bhubaneswar: DAVians of Chandrasekharpur celebrated Basanta Panchami ahead of Saraswati Puja in the school premises on Saturday. A series of activities including hymns to onset of spring marked the occasion.