News from Koraput

The forest ranger of Lamtaput in southern Koraput district, Surjit Sahu was caught by the vigilance with accounted cash hours after he was elevated to the post of assistant conservator of forests (ACF) on Monday.

The epicentre of the earthquake was located 129 kilometre east of Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh. However, no causality or damage was reported in the quake.

Lamataput block residents are not alone in their predicament. Such complaints of being provided with rice mixed with plastic rice are pouring in from different parts of Odisha, including Balasore and Sundargarh districts. 

The Sarpanch has been identified as Lakhmi Miniyaka from Gotiputa Gram Panchayat under Bandhugaon block in the district.

Following the incident, two trains running between Jagdalpur and Vishakhapatnam have been cancelled. 

This time Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister P Rajanna Dora visited Dhulipadar village under the Kotia panchayat in Korput district of Odisha.

With no money, he put his wife’s body on his shoulders and set off on his long journey to his village in Odisha. He had almost covered 33km when a few well-wishers spotted him and alerted the cops.

Nineteen years have passed since the incident and much water has since flowed under the bridge and the situation has changed for the better. The fear of Red Rebels is no longer haunting the residents of villages adjacent to jungles, even in the dead of night. 

The decision triggered celebrations among the alumni and students of Vikram Dev Autonomous College as the institution will be celebrating its 75th foundation day and Platinum Jubilee on Friday. 

Former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang and his son Shishir Gamang resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday. The father-son duo announced their registration from the party at a presser in Bhubaneswar. 

Notably, nobody has appointed Rama for the sanitation job nor she is getting any salary. Every evening when people leave for their homes, Rama steps out of her house.

Jayaram Pangi is a four-time MLA from Pottangi and won the Koraput Lok Sabha seat on a BJD ticket in 2009.

As many as 120 residents of Sukhiaguda under Jeypore block had applied for PMAY houses of which only 12 persons have been allotted the houses.  

Rumours are doing rounds of Pangi joining KCR’s political party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), earlier called as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

Rajesh says he was rescued by a teacher named Somayajalu of Pandit Somayajalu School for blinds as a baby boy. It was the school that christened him as Rajesh. At seven, he came to know that he is an orphan.