Jagdev -"the conqueror"

Bhubaneswar, Sept 29: Commissionerate Police today arrested a 30-year-old man for duping a Sundarpada resident of Rs 1.09 lakh impersonating himself as a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer. Accused Balaram Das The victim has been identified as Ashis Patra (25). According to Nayapalli police, Balaram Das, the accused hails from Bhadrak district, impersonating him as an inspector of CRPF had taken Rs 1.09 lakhs from Patra promising him to provide home appliances like fridge, television, washing machine and others from a defence canteen in Vishakhapatnam at 50 per cent less than the actual rate of these appliances. The accused had taken the amount from Patra in August 22. But later the accused had failed to return the received amount of the victim after his repeated calls. Police said the victim reported the matter to police today after he failed to receive the given amount from the accused. Acting on the complaint, a case under sections 170 (person...

Rourkela, Sept 29: “Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP)’s strength is its people and they will achieve the desired goals,” observed the Panel of Judges for the Prime Minister’s Trophy for the Best Integrated Steel Plant of the country 2013-14 at the closing meeting at Mandira Dam on Sunday. The panel comprised Dr J N Choubey, former Additional Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka, Dr B N Singh, former-CMD, RINL, K A P Singh, former MD, BSL, Dr T Mukherjee, former Deputy MD, Tata Steel, Prof P K Sen, IIT, Kharagpur, Dr Sanak  Mishra, former MD, RSP, J K Tandon, former CEO,  Essar Steel, K K Mehrotra, former CMD, MECON, Prof N K Chadha, HOD, Psychology, Delhi University and O P Lal, former Minister and Trade Union Leader. G S Prasad, CEO, RSP, Executive Directors, General Managers and several departmental HODs attended the meeting. Each member on the Panel was highly appreciative of the efforts taken by RSP for setting on the trajectory which will take it to the elite g...

Ajit Kumar Parida Bhubaneswar, Sept 29: The BJP backed Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won the president’s post in the students’ union elections of the University Law College (ULC) Bhubaneswar that held today. ABVP presidential candidate Ajit Kumar Parida defeated Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) candidate Rakesh Dash by a lesser margin of nine votes, said college authority sources. Besides, BCJD candidate Abhilash Mohanty was declared general secretary uncontested.

Bhubaneswar, Sept 2: Hundreds of Data Entry Operators today staged demonstration in front of the residence of the Odisha’s revenue minister Bijayashree Routray here demanding permanent status in their job and increment in salary package. The agitators shouted anti-government slogans calling for immediate fulfilment of their demands. The data entry operators were appointed on contractual basis in 2006 at 306 Tehsil offices across the state. “Initially we were appointed for preparing land records but later we were engaged in for digitization of land records. Besides we have been attached to different services in various state government initiatives including e-Governance and e-District project. But the government has been ignoring us in granting a permanent status to our jobs,” alleged president of Odisha State Tahasil Data Entry Operators Association, Nrusingha Charan Nayak. As many as 600 data entry operators were working in 317 tehsils across the state. The association ...

Bhubaneswar, Sept 2: A team of Tokyo based Japanese’s Company delegates headed by Takeaki Yamamoto, Chairman Japan Communication today visited Odisha Khadi and Village Industries Board and discussed with Board’s President Tejeswar Parida on prospects of village industries in Odisha in Japan Model cottage industries. Board’s President Parida urged the Japanese delegates to extend cooperation for entrepreneurship and infrastructure development and establishment of train centres. During the discussion it was decided to explore the possibilities Odisha and Japan collaboration to develop new type of village industries and entrepreneurship activities in remote rural and tribal areas of Odisha. The team of delegates in memory of their visit to the State’s Old Gandhian Statutory Board planted sapling in the board premises. Later they visited the departmental sales depot with the board president and purchased some special kind of Khadi clothes and village industries items.