A college student was killed in a road mishap near Daruthenga village under Chandaka police station limits on Saturday when a truck hit his motor cycle. The deceased identified as Binay Beura, a resident of Daruthenga village was on his way to his village from the college when he met the mishap. The truck ran over his vehicle and later overturned killing Beura on the spot.
Soon, locals blocked the road demanding compensation for the deceased family and preventive measures to check rash driving. The blockade was lifted after the locals were pacified. Chandaka police arrested the driver.
BIMTECH starts functioning in city
The Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTCH) began functioning from Saturday in its state-of-the-art 30-acre campus at Gothapatna near here. Former Secretary of Government of India Prasanna Kumar Mishra inaugurated the founding batch of the premier B-School. The other dignitaries at the inauguration included Jayashree Mohta, Chairperson, Governing Board, Vikas Kandoi, Dr Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH, Greater Noida, and Dr BK Das, Advisor, BIMTECH, Bhubaneswar.
The institute has tied up with 45 international universities and institutes for PGDM, Journalism and Mass Communication and BBA. The Government has already given its nod for converting the institute to a Birla Global University.
Gunupur-Puri train timings changed
The East Coast Railway has decided to change the timings of the Gunupur-Puri passenger train between Palasa and Puri with effect from August 5. The 58418 Gunupur-Puri Passenger after arrival at Palasa at 10.35 am will leave at 10.45 am instead of 12 am towards Puri and arrive at Puri at 7.10 pm instead of earlier 9.20 pm.
CM thanked for multilingual teachers’ appointment
Members of the Telugu, Bengali and Muslim communities on Saturday met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence Naveen Niwas and conveyed their gratitude to him over the State Government’s decision for appointment of multilingual teachers in schools.
Khallikote Passenger now up to Chhatrapur
The East Coast Railway has decided to extend the Bhubaneswar-Khallikote-Bhbaneswar Passenger train up to Chhatrapur with effect from August 5.Consequent upon extension of the train to Chhatrapur, the timings of 78412 Chhatrapur-Bhubaneswar Passenger will be changed between Khallikote and Khurda Road.The 78411 Bhubaneswar-Chhatrapur Passenger will leave Bhubaneswar at 10 am and arrive at Chhatrapur at 1.30 pm. In the return direction, 78412 Chhatrapur-Bhubaneswar Passenger will leave Chhatrapur at 1.55 pm and arrive at Bhubaneswar at 6.20 pm.