Baripada: The special vigilance court of Balasore on Thursday convicted a retired forest guard on the charge of taking graft of Rs 1,000 in 2003. The court awarded the retired guard one-year rigorous imprisonment, along with a fine of Rs 5,000, and in default, another three-month jail term. he convict, Dayanidhi Sadar, was caught while taking the amount from one Surendra Tung of Suliapal to release his seized cycle. Keonjhar: A 40-year-old female elephant was killed after a speeding iron ore-laden heavy vehicle had hit it at Hatimarachhak near Kalimati in the Nayagarh forest under Champua range in Keonjhar district. Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Forest Wood Agriculture and Building Construction Workers’ Union on Thursday demanded a CBI inquiry into the bridge collapse case over the Mahanadi. Eleven people were injured when a portion of under-construction Jatamundia-Sonepur bridge had collapsed in August. Balasore: Soro police arrested three highway robbers and produced them in court on Wednesday. The accused are identified as Avay Das, Ranjan Das and Ramesh Das, all in the age group between 23 and 25. They had robbed one Sudarshan Khuntia, 32, of Gopalpur, while he was returning home on a motorbike. Keonjhar: A decomposed body of a missing woman was found in Similipal forests on Wednesday. The deceased woman’s husband, Marium Purty, 45, identified the body. Bhubaneswar: The rate of reduction of infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate will be the benchmark for health evaluation of health administration at district levels, said chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the valedictory ceremony of the Chief District Medical Officers Conference. Apart from concerted efforts to fight dengue, malaria and diarrhoea, the health department must get prepared to face new challenges like Ebola, he said adding that doctors working in remote areas must get their incentives properly. Bhubaneswar: The special vigilance court, Bhubaneswar on Thursday directed to confiscate the three-storied building in Kharavela Nagar and other properties of Prafulla Kumar Routray, a former joint secretary of state transport department, who allegedly amassed properties beyond his income. In 1998, the vigilance sleuths had raided office and residence of Routray, who is under trial. Baripada: Sleuths of vigilance wing, Balasore, on Thursday nabbed an assistant sub-inspector of police Bholanath Chakra posted in Betnoti police station while accepting bribe of Rs 2,000 from Upendranath Behera of Badasahi for removing name of his brother from a case.
Sunday, 21 December 2025
