Daily Archives: February 27, 2012

Slum children turn delinquents

Mitu (11) gets up really early in the morning without parents’ coaxing. It’s not the school bell that has him up, instead it is the lure of filthy lucre through petty thefts. For the children of Rani Bandh slum in Baraipali area under Ainthapali police limits, it has become a way of life. They are

Hardcrore Maoist nabbed

Sambalpur Police reportedly arrested a hardcore Maoist, Roshan of Jharkhand from the Maoist hotbed Kisinda under Jujumura block of the district, on Sunday. While the police are tightlipped, it is said that Roshan could have come to the area to boost the sagging morale of the cadres and the sympathisers. The possibility of his visiting

Four-day techno festival held at VSSUT

The Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology’s (VSSUT) Samavesh-2012, its four-day annual techno management festival, was inaugurated on Thursday. Students of several colleges of the state are participating in the festival. Events like robotic, technical paper presentation and programming are organised for the students. The best performers will be distributed prizes on the closing day