GANGADHAR AWARD TO BE CONFERRED ON ADV DHAL
Bhubaneswar: This year’s Gangadhar Mohapatra Memorial Award will be conferred on senior High Court advocate and office-bearer of Bar Council of India Debi Prasad Dhal. A selection committee chaired by former Vice-Chancellor Dr Bimalendu Mohanty recommended the name of Dhal, who would be felicitated here on Thursday in a function marking the 109th birth anniversary of late freedom struggle and former Minister Gangadhar Mohapatra. The award had previously been conferred on Barrister Govinda Das, Gangadhar Rath, Bhupendra Chandra Bose, Basanta Panigrahi, Bipin Bihari Ratho, Dibyasingha Mishra and Mnaoranjan Mohanty.
LABOURER DIES AS ALUMINIUM INGOT FALLS ON HIM
Sambalpur: Golap Bhoi (52), a contract labourer working in Hindalco, Hirakud, died near Larpank when a heavy aluminium ingot piece fell on him from an overloaded truck. The scene was so horrible that it was an almost difficult task for anyone to witness it as the head of the deceased got crushed totally. Hirakud PS IIC Jajnasini Nayak said, “We have seized the truck and detained the driver.”
2 MINOR COUSINS DROWN IN CHITROPALA
Kendrapada; Two minor boys drowned while taking bath in the Chitropala river in Kendrapada district on Sunday. They were identified as Aryan Mallick (11) of Misar village and his cousin brother Sain Mallick (13) of Narendrapur. Fire Service personnel had launched a search operation and initially rescued Sain and rushed him to the Nischantakoili CHC, but he was declared dead by the doctor. Later, Aryan’s dead body was retrieved from the river at night. The incident cast a pall of gloom on the area.
GBA GIVES MEMO TO PRADHAN FOR HC BENCH AT B’PUR
Brahmapur: Demanding establishment of a permanent Bench of the Orissa High Court at Brahmapur, the Action Committee of the Ganjam Bar Association (GBA) led by association president Kapileswar Pattnaik submitted a comprehensive memorandum to Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at Kanisi here on Sunday during his visit to Ganjam district.
1 DIES, 10 HURT AS BUS HITS CAR IN BALANGIR
Balangir: A person was killed and over 10 others sustained grievous injuries when a car and a private bus had a head-on collision on the Balangir-Deogaon road on Monday morning. The bus named ‘Duleswari’, which was on its way from Balangir town, met with an accident at Sina Khaman in the district. The Injured persons were rescued and rushed to Bhima Bhoi Medical College Hospital (BBMCH). On being informed by some locals, the Balangir police reached the accident site and launched a detailed probe into the incident.