U Sammilani holds Laxman Naik martyr day

Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Sammilani on Sunday observed the martyr day of Saheed Laxman Naik at its Mancheswar Industrial Branch office here. While branch president Dillip Dashsharma paid floral tributes to Naik at the office, other members paid tributes at their respective houses in view of lockdown enforced to check coronavirus. Thus, the tradition of giving tributes to legendaries is being upheld, said Dashsharma.

Kar Clinic sanitised

Bhubaneswar: The Kar Clinic & Hospital here, where the State’s third corona patient had undergone treatment, has been sanitised, the Health & Family Welfare Department said. The hospital has been advised to provide emergency continuum care such as dialysis. However, the care providers who had come in contact with the patient need to be in isolation, the department added.

Newborn stolen from DHH rescued

Paralakhemundi: The Gajapati police on Sunday arrested three persons, including two women, from Andhra Pradesh for allegedly stealing a four-day-old infant from the District Headquarters Hospital here on March 21. The arrestees Gengula Madhuri, Gami Saraswati and her husband Gengula Kandaya are residents of Srikakalum district.

Man axes father to death in Sundargarh

Sundargarh: A man allegedly hacked his father to death with an axe at Tasupada village under the Sundargarh Sadar police limits late on Saturday night. Rajat Ekka (27) attacked his father Rimish Ekka (60) when the latter was sleeping. The victim died on the spot. The incident was fallout of a family dispute.