Farmer suicide 

Sambalpur: A 48-year-old farmer of Bijadidhi village in Bargarh district  committed suicide by hanging himself form the ceiling of his house due to crop loss and loan burden on Wednesday. The deceased,  Bishnu Marhi, had grown paddy over 12acres of land. He had availed a loan of Rs 15,000 from the State Bank of India, Padmapur branch. He had also taken a private loan of Rs 50,000 and invested the amount in cultivation.However, the crop got damaged.

Man killed

Jajpur: A 55-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death at Dahanibar village in Jajpur district over a property issue. The deceased has been identified as Kusadhwaja Sahu. Police said a group of people attacked him after a quarrel over land and bludgeoned him to death.

Infant dead 

Bhubaneswar: Body of a newborn male child was found near Bhimpur in the city on Tuesday. Police recovered the abandoned body and conducted a post-mortem at the Capital Hospital. This is the third such incident in the past 15 days. 

Accused flees

An accused, who was arrested by Hirakud police on Monday night, fled from the Hirakud police station on Tuesday. The accused, Upendra Mukhi,was arrested for looting cash from a person. 

Fire mishap

Bhubaneswar: Five persons were critically injured after a gas cylinder burst at Athgarh in Cuttack. The injured are being treated at SCB Medical College and Hospital.

Jailed

Bhubaneswar: The Balasore district judge on Monday awarded life  imprisonment to a 60-year-old for hacking a woman to death at a village in the district two years ago. The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 2,000 on the accused, Parikhita Dalei. Parikhita, a native of Gobindapur village, had killed Santana Dalei, 62, of the same village following an altercation over a minor issue on June 28, 2010.

Celebration

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sahitya Academy is going to celebrate the birth centenary of Binode Kanungo, compiler of Jnan Mandal, a famous Odia encyclopedia. The celebration will commence from Wednesday at the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya. 

Sports boost

Cuttack: The Odisha Olympic Association has decided to add 17 new districts of the state along with affiliating two state sports associations.

Paddy meet

Sambalpur: A divisional level preparatory meeting on paddy procurement for kharif marketing season 2015-16 was organised at the conference hall of the office of the revenue divisional commissioner, northern division in Sambalpur on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by food supply and consumer welfare minister Sanjaya Dasburma.    

Two arrested 

Sambalpur: Wildlife personnel arrested two poachers from Subhadrapur under Tangi wildlife range on Tuesday and seized three dead birds.