Two minor boys drown in pond in Bhadrak
Bhadrak: Two minor boys drowned in a pond at Sabaranga village under the Bhadrak Rural police limits on Monday. They were identified as Biswajit Behera, a Class-IV student, and Debidutta Dhupala, a student of Class-III. Both were playing near the pond and fell into the water body accidentally. They were rescued and rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital, where doctor declared them dead.
Music director Bachhu Mukherjee dies
Baripada: Eminent music director of Odia film industry Bachhu Mukherjee passed away here on Sunday. He was 62. He had been admitted to the Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College Hospital after he complained of chest pain. Mukherjee had worked as the music director in many super-hit Ollywood movies including ‘Katha Rahijiba Kala Kalaku’, ‘Gopare Badhuchi Kala Kahnei’, ‘Mote Ta Love Hela Re’, ‘Suna Chadhei’ and ‘Simili’.
Blood donation camp held in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: A blood donation camp was held at Hillpatna in Brahmapur city on Sunday. The camp was organised by ABVD and Numeric Solutions. More than 20 people donated blood. Rajanikant Boxi ,who has been active in the blood donation movement for more than 20 years coordinated the camp. Among other, Rita Bamrolia, Boxi’s wife Namita Rath, Suniel Patro of Numeric Solutions, AVBD Odisha president Ramakant Rath, Secretary Susant Ghosh, Blood Bank Officer Rashmita Panigrahi and MKCG Hospital technician Gopal Panda were present.
2 youths critical in co-villager’s attack in Bhapur
Bhapur (Nayagarh): Two sibling youths, Prakash Prusti and Manoj Prusti, of Tikiripada village under Nayagarh district’s Bhapur block were critically injured and hospitalised as a co-villager Bikram Mohanty attacked them with a stick on Sunday. Bikram attacked Prakash and Manoj over a dispute on water tap. The police have arrested and court-forwarded Bikram on the complaint of the victims’ mother Parbati Prusti. The two brothers were rushed to the Bhapur hospital first. However, they were shifted to Bhubaneswar in view of their critical condition.