Schoolchildren injured in accident

Bhadrak: Six persons, including five schoolchildren of a private English medium school, aged between four and five years, were injured after their autorickshaw collided with a bus on the Bhadrak-Chandbali road on Tuesday. The injured have been admitted to the district headquarters hospital. he injured children include Suvam Sanjeev, Satyajeet Khuntia, Suvam Mishra, Susovan Mishra, Ritesh Das. The autorickshaw driver Jaykrishna Mishra, 38, is also undergoing treatment.

Minor dies

Bhubaneswar: A five-year-old girl was burnt alive after a fire broke out at a village in Sambalpur late on Monday night. Ten houses were also gutted. Although the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, short-circuit is believed to be the reason, said police.

Twin deaths

Baripada: Two persons including a minor boy were killed after a wall of their mud house collapsed at Dalki village under Badampahad. The deceased have been identified as Sudhir Maharana, 35, and two-year-old Sandip Maharana. Sudhir’s wife is undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Date deferred

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of Invest Bhubaneswar, an organisation consisting of Odia businessmen and government agencies, which was scheduled to visit Singapore on September 25, to organise a daylong summit and a road show to sell Odisha’s business opportunities, will now reach Singapore on October 29. This was done to get more time to organise the event in an effective manner and to get more participants from the island nation,” said Debasish Patnaik, a core member of the Invest Bhubaneswar team and leading entrepreneur in hospitality sector in the city.

Rogue monkey

Bhubaneswar: Forest officials in Kendrapara have captured the monkey that had injured over 60 school students bringing classroom teaching to a halt at a remote village in the district. he monkey had injured over 200 residents of Naladiasasana village. Authorities of a government-run primary school were forced to suspend classes as the monkey had gone on a biting spree targeting the school children.

Bank holiday

Bhubaneswar: All banks in the state will remain closed on Wednesday on the occasion of Ganesh Puja according to the Negotiable Instrument Act. The state government on Tuesday issued a notification to this effect.