Bhubaneswar: Surendra Kumar Mohapatra, a senior officer of the ministry of home affairs from Orissa, has been selected for the Indian Police Medal 2011 award. Mahapatra has been working in the department for the last 22 years and has been selected for his meritorious service and outstanding performance. Bhubaneswar: A one-day training cum review conference of all anti-human trafficking units of the state was held at CID, crime branch, on Monday. Officers from Berhampur, Sambalpur, Rourkela, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack participated in the conference. S. Hembrum, chairperson, Orissa state commission for protection of child rights, inaugurated the conference. Bhubaneswar: A national level theatre festival will be organised by the tourism and culture department, Orissa, and the Eastern Zone Cultural Centre, Calcutta. he five-day event will begin on Tuesday at the Rabindra Mandap here and will be inaugurated by Governor M.C. Bhandare. Cultural groups from Bihar, Bengal and Manipur will present their programmes in the festival. seminar titled “Theatre Today” will also be organised. Sambalpur: A women drowned after being swept away by floodwaters in Haradjor, Sambalpur on Monday. he deceased has been identified as Libi Oram of Charbhati. Police say Libi had been to Haradjor to take bath at noon. he current of the river swept her away. Other people bathing at that time tried to rescue her and took her to the district headquarter hospital but she was declared dead. Bhubaneswar: Students of Utkalmoni Gopabandhu Institute of Engineering, Rourkela, locked the main gate of their institute on Monday to protest against the principal’s directive to vacate the hostels. tating that their principal was harassing them, the students even wrote to the additional district magistrate of Rourkela on Monday. Golak Behari Nandaraj, ADM, Rourkela, called a meeting with both the administration and the students on Tuesday. Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik released the Orissa Telephone Directory-2011 in Delhi. he 154-page telephone directory contains details of functionaries of Orissa in the state as well as Delhi. It also provides information on various dignitaries and officials of the Centre in Delhi. Bhubaneswar: Eminent social activist from Orissa and national working president of United Women Front, Shanti Das has taken over the charge of national president of the Front. as appealed to women in the country to join the Front in large numbers.
Friday, 04 July 2025
