Saturday 30 May 2015
Friday 29 May 2015
GANJAM FORUM HOLDS DRIVE FOR IIM AT BRAHMAPUR
To strengthen the demand for setting up of the proposed IIM Odisha at Brahmapur and to create public awareness on the apathetic attitude of the State Government towards the silk city, the Forum for Ganjam held a drive here on Tuesday. Forum members distributed pamphlets and leaflets among the public at important places like Khallikote Collage, Girja Square, Ramalingam Tank Road, Gandhinagar, Komapalli. The pamphlets displayed information on how Brahmapur has been neglected.
The forum members alleged that ignoring the demand to set up the proposed IIM at Brahmapur, the State Government is contemplating to have the institute in Sambalpur or in Bhubaneswar. Form coordinator Sidhir Sahoo and members J Suresh, Rajendra Panda and Rabi Kumar, among others, joined the awareness drive.
Thursday 21 May 2015
Puri priest held for assaulting couple
A Puri priest was arrested on Tuesday for assaulting a couple and misbehaving with their daughter when they refused to take his assistance to enter the Jagannath temple.
Singhadwar police nabbed the priest, Chandan Khuntia, 30, after receiving a complaint from the victim, Sanatan Nayak, a retired army officer from Bhadrak.
"Khuntia forced us to take his assistance while offering puja and then demanded dakshina. When we refused, he abused us," said Nayak. "The priests called two others who misbehaved with us. Khuntia pulled the hands of my daughter and wife. My wife sustained injuries. When I intervened, he rained punches on my nose and face. Nobody came to our rescue," Nayak said. A profusely bleeding Nayak came out of the temple and went straight to Singhadwar police station. "We took him to Puri district hospital. Based on his complaint, we arrested Khuntia," said Krushna Chandra Sethi, the IIC of Singhadwar police station.
-Debabrata Mohapatra,TNN | May 20, 2015
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