NEWLYWED MINOR GIRL RESCUED IN BALESWAR
Baleswar: The Childline at Sorom after rescuing a newlywed minor girl has handed her over to the Child Welfare Committee for further course of action. The girl of village Tantei was rescued on the fourth day of her marriage. One Kuna Karan of village Kamanpur had allegedly kidnapped the girl, whose parents lodged an FIR with the Soro police. Following an understanding between the two families, the marriage was settled and solemnised at a temple at Kusaleswar. After receiving a complaint of the unlawful marriage of a minor girl, Childline members with the help of police and the CDPO rescued the girl.
MIN MALLIK INSPECTS JODA STADIUM WORK (Pix)
Keonjhar: In a surprise visit, Mines, Steel and Works Minister Prafulla Mallik inspected the under-construction indoor stadium at Joda on Fridfay. The cost of the project is Rs 7 crore. Mallik reviewed the work with R&B SDO Ashok Mohapatra, other officials and the contractor. Champua MLA Minakshi Mahanta, Joda Municipality Chairman Dr Jagdish Prasad Sahu, Executive Officer Bichitrananda Nayak and Officer (in-Charge) Bhaktabandhu Mahanta and R&B CC Achuyatananda Das were present.
WOMAN BEGGAR DONATES RS 1L TO PHULBANI TEMPLE (Pix)
Phulbani: Old woman beggar Tula Behera donated Rs 1 lakh to the Jagannath temple here on Friday. She has been begging near the Jagannath, Siva and Siridi Sai temples here since long. Her husband died 20 years back. She has become an example for others, said temple president Sunasira Mohapatra and secretary H Ch Moharana. Tula urged to the temple committee to utilise her donation for a rest shed of saints who are coming to Phulbani. The committee decided to provide food, cloth and shelter to her till her death. Another woman, Durga has also given Rs 5,000 to a businessman to donate it to the temple after her death.
KHARIAR GIRL WINS BUG AWARD (Pix)
Nuapada: Abhipsa Prachi, daughter of teacher couple Sarat Panda and Sanjukta Sahu of Khariar town, has been honoured with the Chairman's Individual Award in the category of Emerging Professional for her outstanding work by the Aditya Birla Group of companies. The award was given by Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla at Jaipur, Rajasthan on Friday. Abhipsa was selected from among 98 competitors from 36 countries. Abhipsa, after her education in the Western Odisha Public School at Khariar, completed Plus Two from the Newton College, Sambalpur and studied engineering at the Burla Government Engineering College.
RENOWNED ASTROLOGER SATAPATHY PASSES AWAY (Pix)
Chhatrapur: Renowned astrologer and publisher of “Radharaman Panji” Pandit Narasingha Satapathy passed away on Thursday. He was 83. His body was taken to his village Khatia Ramachandrapur of Ganjam. Prominent personalities including former Block Chairman Dr Pramod Patra paid their last respect to the departed soul. Pandit Narasingha’s son Pandit Sanjay Satapathy and Sarmila Mishra will now take the charge of “Radharaman Panji”.
3-DAY YOGA CAMP IN TARBHA (Pix)
Sonepur: A three-day yoga training camp was organised at the playground of Shardhapali village in Tarbha block in collaboration with the Shardhapali Yubak Sangha and Ama Police. It was inaugurated by Tarbha PS IIC Subrat Panigrahi, who spoke on the benefits of yoga in daily life and stress management. Kamsara Outpost in-Charge Gajanan Behera was guest of honour. Manoj Panda, a State working member of Patanjali Youth India and Somnath Padhan were present.