JSpur Collector receives vaccine
Jagatsinghpur: On the second day of the Covid-19 vaccination drive at the Collectorate here, Collector Sangram Keshari Mohapatra received the vaccine on Monday. While reassuring Government employees and frontline Covid warriors about the safety of the vaccine, Collector Mohapatra too urged the people not to be swayed away by false propaganda and rumors about Covid vaccine. "Nobody should fear of side effects of the vaccine as it has passed through many trials and experts have certified it to be safe," said Mohapatra.
Short film ‘Mask’ wins another award
Brahmapur: Odia short film ‘Mask’ directed by OAS Officer Sweta Kumar Das has won another award at San Francisco, the United States of America. The film was awarded the Special Mention Jury Award at the Social and Economic Justice Film Festival. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of mask became crucial to save lives and the awareness about it was the main theme of the film. Earlier, this film had also won many international awards. After its release, the film has earned widespread acclaim and has been praised by the Odisha Governor and Chief Minister.
JSpur Junior Assistant held taking bribe
Cuttack: The Vigilance police on Monday caught Amarendra Acharya, Junior Assistant in office of Executive Engineer, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWS and S), Jagatsinghpur red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000. Acharya had demanded the bribe from complainant Basanta Kumar Barik, a former Fitter Mechanic of RWS and S Division, Balikuda to revised his final pension paper. Acharya’s house and office room were searched. Later, he was arrested and forwarded to court.
4 arrested for jewellery shop theft in K’jhar
Keonjhar: The Patna police under the leadership of IIC Somnath Jena have traced the accused behind the Pramila jewellery shop theft. On January 15, four culprits had broken into the shop of Ajay Kumar Parida in the main market and decamped with ornaments worth lakhs of rupees. After investigation, the police traced Muna Jena from Putiapadar village, Ganjam, Srikant Sahu from Ramla village and Akhaya Patra and Chittaranjan Patra of Dumbo village, Keonjhar and forwarded them to court.
MCL CMD visits Talcher coalfields
Sambalpur: MCL CMD Prabhat Kumar Sinha inspected the Lingaraj OCP and reviewed the parameters on production, productivity, OB removal and off-take to meet the annual targets. He was accompanied by Director (Tech/Operations) OP Singh and GMs from the corporate office. The CMD made it a point to reach at coal face of Ananta OCP to boost the morale of the team. He interacted with the employees and motivated them to gear up the resources for achieving the annual production target. Earlier, he had a courtesy meeting with Dhekanal MP Mahesh Sahoo on matters relating to welfare of the people of peripheral areas.
Dalmia Cement installs solar street lights
Sundargarh: The Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited's Lanjiberna Mines under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme installed solar street lights in the Lanjiberna area. Over 200 solar streetlights have been installed by the company in various villages, including Bihabandh, Bheluadih, Gyanapali, Domposh, Lanjiberna, Khatang, Tungritoli, Alanda, Pelkapada, Merumdega. Villagers have appreciated the initiative of the company. “In the coming days with the cooperation of the villagers, the company will further strengthen development of Lanjibarna region," said Lanjibarna Mines head Saroj Kumar Rout.