Bhubaneswar: Odisha police and BSF jawans arrested a Maoist, identified as Ghasi Gadnayak of Khairiput, from Kudumulugumma during a joint operation in Malkangiri district. n the other hand, home secretary Vipin Saxena instructed prison authorities to step up security following top Maoist leader Ganpati’s reported call to rebels to free their incarcerated colleagues from different jails of the country. Senior Maoist leaders, including Dunna Keshav Rao alias Azad, are serving time in different jails of the state. Cuttack: A couple were injured after their neighbours attacked them over alleged land dispute at Potapokhari within Chauliaganj police limits. Rabi Sethi and his brother Dhanua Sethi attacked Pramod Jee and his wife Namita. The couple suffered head injuries and are now undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital. Bhubaneswar: The government has proposed to make OS-CIT, an IT literacy course designed by the Odisha Knowledge Corporation Limited (OKCL), mandatory for recruitment and promotion of government employees. Chief secretary J.K. Mohapatra asked the OKCL and higher education department to design IT literacy courses for secondary and higher secondary students. Bhubaneswar: Student union elections across the state are likely to be held on October 9 after which the junior and degree colleges will go on puja break. The poll schedule has not been announced so far in view of the civic elections to be held on September 19. The dates are likely to be declared by next week. Cuttack: Vigilance sleuths arrested Patna range (Keonjhar) forester Umakanta Mohanta for allegedly accepting illegal gratification. Mohanta had accepted a bribe of Rs 10,000 from one Millan Kumar Mohanta for not registering a case against him under the Forest Act in connection with a simili tree he had bought, a state vigilance media release said. Bhubaneswar: Two persons were robbed of a total of Rs 6 lakh from two different places in Sambalpur.. In the first incident, a bank employee was robbed of Rs 5 lakh near a railway level crossing while going home after work. In the other, a man was robbed of Rs 1 lakh at gunpoint from Pir Baba Chowk. Bhubaneswar: Odia litterateur Manoj Das will be conferred the Amruta Kirti award for his contributions in the field of spirituality and philosophy. A professor of Sri Aurobindo International Centre for Education, Pondicherry, Das will receive the award instituted by Kerala’s Mata Amrutanandamayee Trust. Bhubaneswar: A delegation of Adani Group, led by its managing director, Rajesh Adani, and chief executive officer M.K. Thapper, met chief secretary J.K. Mohapatra and discussed about their proposed power plant and their mining plants in the state. The group has evinced interest to take over the management of Dhamra Port. Bhubaneswar: Areas under the Ranihat electricity division will experience power cuts for three hours in the morning every day till September 25.
Saturday, 10 May 2025
