Raipur. State General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Sharma has said that in view of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s meet-meeting program in recent months, a white paper should be issued regarding the announcements, the current status of their implementation and the budget provisions of those announcements. So that the people of the state can be aware of the reality. Mr. Sharma said that it is very unfortunate and a sign of political rudeness arising out of authoritarian arrogance that whenever Chief Minister Baghel goes among the public, the meeting-meeting program turns into scolding. BJP State General Secretary Mr. Sharma said that after the meeting, Chief Minister Baghel is once again going among the public. The recent campaign of meeting-meeting has basically proved to be a program of scolding.
It may be Chief Minister Baghel’s own political culture to display political arrogance by speaking in a scolding style with the general public present in the meeting and we have nothing to say on that, but it is the responsibility of Chief Minister Baghel that he Let us know whether the announcements made during the meeting have been fulfilled? Among them there are announcements worth crores of rupees, for which there is no provision in the budget, but there is no discussion about those announcements in the budget either! Mr. Sharma said that Chief Minister Baghel is going to the public after a fresh migration, then the question arises that what happened to the announcements made during the earlier meeting-meeting program? Have they been implemented? Chief Minister Baghel should first issue a white paper on the meet-meet programs and the announcements made during that time, so that the people of the state can clearly understand what happened earlier and what is going to happen next? Mr. Sharma said that Chief Minister Baghel’s proposed program of going among the public without issuing a white paper is more than a display of authoritarian arrogance and political rudeness to once again reprimand the public, scare the youth and mislead the state. Nothing will happen.
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Issue a white paper on the announcements made in the meeting, implementation and their budget provisions: BJP
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Promise of 10 days, even after 1500 days there is no intention of regularization: Chaudhary
Raipur. Chhattisgarh State BJP General Secretary OP Chowdhary, while attacking the Congress government of the state, has said that Panchayat secretaries of about 11,000 panchayats of Chhattisgarh are sitting on a dharna demanding regularization. In the public manifesto of Congress, it was promised to regularize them in 10 days. Today it has been more than 1500 days. The Congress government did not fulfill the promise and is not ready to talk to these agitating panchayat secretaries demanding their rights from the government. The BJP is with the panchayat secretaries in the struggle against the government’s non-promise. State BJP General Secretary OP Chowdhary told the Chief Minister that Panchayat Secretaries in all the 146 development blocks of the state have been sitting on a dharna for 17 days in protest against their one-point demand. Since Panchayat Secretary fellows are the most important link between the common villagers of the village and the government.
That’s why today all the schemes for rural development of every village have come to a standstill due to your breach of promise. You had promised on several forums before the elections that regularization would be done within 10 days after the formation of the Congress government. Today, even in four and a half years, there is no intention to regularize them. The bad effect of breaking promises with the Panchayat employees is affecting the people of rural areas. BJP State General Secretary OP Chowdhary reminded that Panchayat personnel system was started in undivided Madhya Pradesh in 1995 by the Digvijay Singh government in a shameful manner. He was fixed a monthly salary of Rs 500. Which was increased by the BJP government to more than 40 thousand. But the Bhupesh Baghel government of Congress has not done anything in these four and a half years. The promises of the public manifesto have proved to be a vegetable garden. The Chief Minister should immediately fulfill his promise otherwise accept his failure. -
3 students escape residential school for ‘torture’ in Balasore
Balasore: Three students, who had escaped from a residential school after being allegedly beaten by hostel staff, were rescued by local residents in Odisha’s Balasore district on Sunday.
According to sources, the three students of Malikarjuna Sevashram at Alda under Bahanga block of the district escaped on Friday night. They spent the night in a farmland.
On Saturday morning, local people found the students wandering on NH-16 near Nayakbandh. On being asked as to why they were moving in the area, they narrated their ordeal before the locals.
The villagers informed Soro police who took them to the police station. They alleged before police that they had escaped from the school hostel after being beaten by the staff and forced to clean the floor.
The police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the matter.
More than 30 students in the age group of 6 to 18 study in the Sevashram. There have been allegations of their torture in the past, the locals said.
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Leopard attacks after a week, kills another calf in Nuapada
Nuapada: The leopard, which has created havoc in the villages around Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha’s Nuapada district, killed another calf late Saturday night.
As per reports, Arjun Dharua of Belardana village under Komna range in the district, had kept the calf in his cow shed on Saturday night. But he found it missing next morning. During search, Arjun found the carcass of the missing calf inside Bangaghati forest.
On being informed, a team of forest officials visited the village and started an investigation into the incident. They have examined the pug marks found from the place where the calf’s body was found.
The villagers of Belardana suspected that the same leopard, which has hunted several cattle in nearby villages, had killed the calf.
Notably, a leopard had killed the calf of a villager of Kodapali under Dharambandha police limits while it was grazing in the nearby forest on March 25. Later, during investigation, forest officials had found pug marks of a wild animal.
As many as 15 domestic animals and an elderly woman have been killed by leopard in the district in the last one month. Over six domestic animals and a woman, identified as Sanamati Barik (65), of Jalamadhei village under Komna block have fallen victim to the big cat.
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Saudi Arabia, OPEC+ producers announce surprise oil output cuts
DUBAI, April 2 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ oil producers on Sunday announced voluntary cuts to their production amounting to around 1.15 million barrels per day in a surprise move they said was aimed at supporting market stability.
The group had been largely expected to stick to its already agreed 2 million bpd cuts when its ministerial panel, which includes Saudi Arabia and Russia, meets virtually on Monday.
Last October, OPEC+, which comprises the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies led by Russia, agreed output cuts of 2 million bpd from November until the end of the year, angering Washington as tighter supply boosts oil prices.
The U.S. has argued that the world needs lower prices to support economic growth and prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from earning more revenue to fund the Ukraine war.
Sunday’s unexpected voluntary cuts, which start from May, come in addition to the ones already agreed in October.
Riyadh said it would cut output by 500,000 bpd while Iraq will reduce its production by 211,000 bpd, according to official statements.
The UAE said it would cut production by 144,000 bpd, Kuwait announced a cut of 128,000 bpd while Oman announced a cut of 40,000 bpd and Algeria said it would cut its output by 48,000 bpd. Kazakhstan will also cut output by 78,000 bpd.
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak also said on Sunday that Moscow would extend a voluntary cut of 500,000 bpd until the end of 2023. Moscow announced those cuts unilaterally in February following the introduction of Western price caps.
After Russia’s unilateral reductions, U.S. officials said its alliance with other OPEC members was weakening, but Sunday’s move shows the cooperation is still strong.
The Saudi energy ministry said in a statement that the kingdom’s voluntary cut was a precautionary measure aimed at supporting the stability of the oil market.
Oil prices fell to 15-month lows earlier this month in response to the banking crisis that followed the collapse of two U.S. lenders and resulted in Credit Suisse being rescued by Switzerland’s biggest bank UBS.
“OPEC is taking pre-emptive steps in case of any possible demand reduction,” Amrita Sen, founder and director of Energy Aspects, said on Sunday.
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Minister participates in rally to promote awareness on Autism Day
Bhubaneswar: Odisha minister Ashoka Chandra Panda on Sunday called for awareness and effective steps to enable the people with autism to join the mainstream of the society.
He was speaking at a function, organised by Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities department, in Bhubaneswar on the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day.
Stating that the day offered an opportunity the concerned people to raise their voice in support of persons with autism, the minister said, “Early diagnosis and interventions can lead to improved outcomes for the persons with autism.”
Panda also flagged off a rally that started from Ram Mandir square and culminated at the Capital High School. Students from special schools and State Institute of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SIEP) along with volunteers, teachers and guardians participated in the rally.
MLA Ananta Narayan Jena, Bhubaneswar mayor Sulochana Das and secretary, SSEPD department Bhaskar Sarma were also present.
To mark the day, Lok Seva Bhawan and SIEP buildings were decorated with blue colour as part of ‘Light it up Blue’ campaign in the evening. A cultural programme by the persons with autism was also held in Ekamra Haat.
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Odisha STF recovered fake O2 pills worth Rs 10 lakh from Muzaffarpur
Bhubaneswar: A team of Special Task Force (DES) of Odisha Police has seized a huge stock of spurious O2 drugs from Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
According to an official press release on Sunday, the team comprising Dharmadev Puhan, Assistant Drugs Controller, Cuttack Circle-I; Tushar Ranjan Panigrahi, Assistant Drugs Controller, Cuttack Circle-II and Haripriya Mallick, Drugs Inspector Cuttack-II Range was formed to investigate into O2 drugs detected in Cuttack recently.
After the team found that the racket extended outside Odisha, it carried out investigation at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and at Muzaffarpur on the instructions of Health and Family Welfare department.
They detected that the main culprit of the spurious O2 tablets was Manish Kumar of Muzaffarpur. They could establish that the accused had acquired huge stock of the drug from illegal sources and supplied those to other firms having no drug licence.
The team with the assistance of Drugs Control officials of Muzaffarpur seized spurious drugs worth around Rs 10 lakh stocked unauthorisedly from the house of Manish Kumar. But they could not arrest him as he was absconding.
The STF team has shared some important information with the Purighat police station in Cuttack about the prime accused to arrest him.
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Paradip Port registers highest growth of 16.56% among ports in India in FY 2022-23
Bhubaneswar: Paradip Port in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district has handled its highest ever annual traffic of 135.36 million tonne (MT) in financial year 2022-23 against 116.13 MT in the previous financial year.
The port recorded highest ever growth of 19.2 MT (16.56%) in a single financial year in its history. The growth in cargo handling achieved by the Paradip Port is the highest among all ports, both major and non-major, in the country, according to a release of Paradip Port Authority.
Paradip Port contributed 19.2 MT which is 25.6% of the total growth in cargo handling achieved by all major ports during the FY 2022-23. It also achieved highest ever coastal shipping traffic of 58.42 MT, with a growth of 16.22 MT which is 38% over the previous year.
Paradip Port improved its berth productivity to 31,050 MT from 27,295 MT of previous financial year, thus registering 13.76% growth. The berth productivity achieved by it is the highest among all ports in the country. During the financial year, the port handled 20,126 rakes and 2,394 ships.
With 289 MT capacity, Paradip Port is poised to cross 300 MT mark in another 3 years with the commissioning of Western Dock project. The project will also increase the draught of the port, enabling it to handle cape vessels by 2026.
PL Haranadh, Chairman of Paradip Port congratulated the entire team comprising exporters and importers, officers, employees’ unions, PPP Operators, stevedores and shipping agents for their combined effort that led to this stupendous achievement.
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CM Naveen seeks support from ITTF to host International TT events in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said the Odisha government has decided to set up table tennis academies in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
The chief minister informed this during a meeting with delegates from International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and International Table Tennis Federation Foundation in Bhubaneswar.
Stating that table tennis training centres will be set up across all indoor halls in the state, he sought the help of ITTF in coaches training programmes and hosting international TT events in Odisha.
The delegation included Petra Sorling, president, ITTF and ITTF Foundation; Leandro Olvech, Director, ITTF Foundation; Saurabh Mishra, programme manager, ITTF Foundation and Julia Tappendorf, programme coordinator, ITTF Foundation.
President, ITTF, Petra Sörling presented “Table Tennis for Development”, a handbook to the chief minister. The book on using table tennis for social change has been developed in partnership with GIZ and Pro Sport Development India, who are running the community table tennis project in Bhubaneswar, supported by the ITTF Foundation’s Dream Building Fund.
The delegation expressed their happiness and keenness to work closely with the Odisha government and support the state’s endeavour for growth of table tennis. They said they would organise competitive events, plan social legacy of table tennis events, and provide coach education in Table Tennis.
“ITTF Foundation strongly supports the Chief Minister’s vision of using sport to empower and develop the youth of Odisha and ensure a stronger and sustainable future,” they said. The delegation also appreciated the Commonwealth TT championship organised in Cuttack in 2019 and assured support to bring more such events to Odisha.
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Woman SI arrested for ‘sexually assaulting’ female journalist in Bhadrak
Bhadrak: A lady sub-inspector was arrested on Sunday for allegedly sexually harassing a woman journalist in Odisha’s Bhadrak district.
Bhadrak City DSP Ansuman Dwivedi told the media persons that the female journalist of a web channel had filed a complaint regarding sexual harassment by the SI Bhadrak Town police station on Saturday.
The victim alleged that the accused, Tapaswini Mohapatra, sub-inspector of Chudamani Marine police station in the district, had sexually exploited her on promise of marriage.
After the registering a case, the police launched an investigation. They also carried out medical examination of the accused and the victim.
“We have arrested the female SI and produced her in a local court. She has been put under suspension,” said Dwivedi.