Voters’ Conscious Car launched in Keonjhar
Champua: General Elections Observers Ajaya Kumar Sharma and Dr OM Praksh and District Election Officer and Collector Ashish Thakre jointly flagged off a Voters’ Conscious Car in Keonjhar on Thursday. The car will cover all the seven Assembly constituencies under the Keonjhar Parliamentary segment. Sources revealed all arrangements have been made for physically handicapped voters to help the cast votes comfortably in the coming elections.
JSpur Bar office-bearers administered oath
Jagatsinghpur: The newly-elected Jagatsinghpur Bar Association office-bearers were administered oath at a function held in front of the
Collectorate on Thursday. State Bar Council Chairman Dr Tahali Charan Mohanty attended the event as chief guest and administered oath. The new president are Subrat Satapathy, vice-president Prasanna Kumar Mohanty and secretary Chandra Sekhar Nayak, among others. Senior association members Rabindra Mohanty, Sangram Mohanty, RK Khatua, Sarata Chandra Nayak and Dusmanta Barik were present.
Dhamra Port observes Maritime Day
Dhamra: On the National Maritime Day, the Adani Dhamra Port organised a ‘Marine Show’ which exhibited capabilities of the tugs and dredgers and state-of-the-art features of the port. The demonstrations included firefighting, oil spill response, rescue of personnel, deep, fast and precise dredging strengths of the port craft fleet. This year’s theme was “Indian Ocean-An Ocean of opportunity”.
Two houses burnt in Bhapur
Bhapur: Household articles and Rabi crops worth about Rs 50,000 were destroyed as a fire engulfed two houses of Murali Khatei in Bijipur village under Bhapur bock in Nayagarh district on Friday afternoon. On being informed, fire extinguishing vehicles rushed to the village and extinguished the fire, informed Bhapur Fire Officer Surendra Nath Gadapa. The fire spread from a hearth during cooking.