A CBI court here on Tuesday granted bail to Charchit Mishra, son of shipping tycoon Mahima Mishra and Director of Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL), in the Paradip Port Trust bribery case. However, the court asked Charchit not to influence witnesses of the case, to submit his passport and meet the investigating officer once in every 15 days. The CBI had arrested him on August 6 after raiding office and residence of Mahima Mishra on allegation of bribery. The agency recovered Rs 84.5 lakh during searches at various locations in Cuttack and Paradip.
LIONS CLUB NAYAPALLI’S INSTALLATION FEST HELD
Bhubaneswar: Lyons Club, Nayapalli’s new president T Rabikumar Patra administered oath to the all the office-bearers, including secretary Bharati Patnaik, treasurer Debasmita Mishra, vice-presidents Nikunja Sarangi and Pramod Patra and sensitised them about their responsibilities. Former district Governor Purna Chandra Padhi welcomed the members, office-bearers different clubs’ presidents, secretaries and offered a vote of thanks. Former secretary Debasish Patnaik informed about the various welfare activities undertaken by the club. Chief guest DSP Venugopal Acharya was felicitated on the occasion. Pradipta Mohanty and Parvej Khan coordinated the function.
B’PUR MLA HELPS CREMATING POOR MAN’S BODY
Brahmapur: Brahmapur MLA Bikram Kumar Panda has earned praise from residents of the city for helping in cremating the body of a poor man, who died while undergoing treatment at the MKCG Medical College Hospital. The deceased Buna Mohanty, who was ailing for long, had been admitted to the hospital by the ‘Ama Odisha Parivar’. After he died, Panda’s help was sought for cremating the body. During the cremation, Brahmapur MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu and BeMC Mayor Sanghamitra Dalai were also present.
TEACHER’S DAY CELEBRATED IN BRAHMAPUR
Brahmapur: The Teacher’s Day was celebrated in the premises of the City High School here. On the occasion, the statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Utkalmani Gopandhu Das, Utkalgaurav Madhusudan Das, APJ Abdul Kalam and school founder Ramlingam were unveiled. Head Master Panag Bhusan Majhi presided over the function. Additional District Education Officer Pabitra Kumar Sahu, Rangeilunda BEO Santilata Muni, Rabindra Kanta Das, GPCDA president P Satyanaryan, advocate Pradip Behera, former school headmasters Laxmi Naryan Das, Kuni Padhy, Arun Chand Das and Subash Chandra Moharana were felicitated on the occasion.
JHARSUGUDA DIST GURU DIVAS CELEBRATED
Jharsuguda: District-level Guru Divas was observed at the Rabindra Bhawan here on Monday by the Prasanna Panda Memorial Committee and the Jharsuguda District Primary School Teachers’ Association with Health Minister Naba Kisore Das as chief guest, Lakhanpur GM RS Gupta guest of honour, educationist Tapan Barik chief speaker and association president Pramod Nayak, Kanhu Charan Mohanty, BEO J Sahoo and All India Primary School Teachers’ Association general secretary Kamalakanta Tripathy other distinguished guests. Twenty-five retired teachers along with seven incumbent teachers and high school exam topper Asha Barik, Plus Two topper Rakhi Kanta and Plus two science topper Rajesh Agarwal of the district were felicitated.
PRATIKHYA PERFORMS DALKHAI DANCE AT P’KHEMUNDI
Paralakhemundi: Cultural organisation Samalei Nrutya Kala Parishad observed Nuakhai here in which Pratikhya Patra performed Sambalpuri Dalkhai dance and enthralled the audience. Pratikhya, a Class-VIII student at the Paralakhemundi Central School, is daughter of Prasant and Tanuja Patra and granddaughter of Nirupama Patra and Harishchandra Sahu. She learned dance from Guru Bishnupriya and Pritipriya Behera.
VEDANTA SMELTER IS INDUSTRY BENCHMARK IN WATER EFFICIENCY
Bhubaneswar: The Vedanta Aluminium has declared that its Aluminium Smelter-I at Jharsuguda has emerged as a national benchmark in water efficiency amongst aluminium smelters in India. The smelter has substantially reduced its specific water consumption (water consumed per unit of metal produced) by around 11% in FY22 over the previous fiscal while producing more than 17,400 tonnes of aluminium over FY21.
DHAMRA PORT CONFERS ‘GURU SAMMAN’ ON 6 TEACHERS
Dhamra: On the Teacher’s Day, the Adani Foundation conferred “Guru Samman” to six retired teachers who have contributed immensely for the growth of education in rural areas of Bhadrak district. They were Babaji Charana Nayak, Nirmala Chandra Maity, Ramesh Chandra Patri, Laxmikant Rout, Kamalakant Mohanty and Paresh Kumar Das.