NEWS FROM: THE PIONEER, Bhubaneswar date:29.08.2009 Cong wins ZP president post in N’rangpur Nabarangpur: In the byelection to the post of Zila Parishad president held on Thursday at the Nabrangpur Zila Parishad conference hall, the Congress candidate Bhagirathi Nayak won the election by defeating his only rival Manjula Majhi of the BJP by 6 votes. Majhi is the vice-chairperson of Zila Parishad. Bhagirathi Nayak got 15 votes out of 25, while Majhi secured only 6 votes. The post of the Zila Parishad fell vacant following the resignation of Pradeep Majhi of the Congress who won from the Nabarangpur Parliamentary constituency. Nabarangpur BJP general secretary resigns Nabarangpur: The BJP district general secretary Tapan Debanath resigned from his post on Wednesday. He stated in his resignation letter that the president of the BJP Nabarangpur district unit Ramesh Ch Sahu was arbitrarily taking all decisions, ignoring the primary as well as the district functionaries of Umerkote NAC and Umerkote Block. Boat capsises in river; locals rescue passengers Nabarangpur: A boat coming from Sirisi Ghat to Bhatrasiuni Ghat with 40 persons aboard, including some students capsized in river Turi. Local villagers of Bhatrasiuni rushed to the spot and managed to rescue the lives of 40 persons. The locals of the areas are demanding for a bridge over Turi since last 50 years. Deprived of basic infrastructure, 33 villages depend on boats for communication, alleged former Sarpanch of Bhatrasiuni Ramesh Mishra.