Minister Pratap Jena tests Covid +ve
Bhubaneswar: Minister of Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Law and Housing & Urban Development Pratap Jena has been infected with Covid-19, he informed on Friday.
Another journalist dies of corona
Jeypore: Covid-19 has claimed life of one more journalist in the State. Senior scribe D Shankar Rao succumbed to the virus late on Friday night at the age of 77. He had been admitted to the Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College Hospital here. He was working for Telugu magazine ‘Sakshi’ for 20 years.
Gajapati writer Balram Naga passes away
Paralakhemundi: Writer Balram Naga, a former member of Odisha Sahitya Akademi from Gajapati district passed away on Friday. He served as a Development Officer in LIC. The Utkal Hitaishini Samaja (UHS) of Paralakhemundi lost a prominent member in his death. Purna Chandra Mahapatra of UHS said Gajapati lost a star writer.
Liquor vendor held in Nuapada
Nuapada: Police arrested a liquor vendor in Sildha village under the Nuapada PS on Thursday night for selling country as well as foreign liquor in his home by violating Covid-19 rules. Dhanraj Pande was arrested by a police team led by Nuapada PS IIC Sanjukta Barla. "We seized 64 bottles and 564 pouches of liquor," informed the police. Dhanraj was forwarded to court.
Fino Payments Bank hikes deposit limit of Rs 2L
Bhubaneswar: In line with the RBI’s revised guideline, the Fino Payments Bank has increased the end-of-the-day account balance limit to Rs 2 lakh for its customers. The bank, which became profitable in the fourth quarter of FY20, went live with the enhanced limit effective from May 1, 2021.