New District judge court inaugurated In Nabarangpur.

Nabarangpur.

Chief justice of high court, Orissa V.Gopala Gowda, inaugurated district judge court in Nabarangpur on Saturday, which was a longstanding demand of the people of district since it was carved out from greater Koraput district in early nineties.

At the inaugural function held under the chairmanship of Bar association president Uma Sankar Tripathy, chief justice advocated the legal profession and said lawyers are pillar of the society who are fighting for the up-liftment of the of the underprivileged community since pre-independence. “The role of lawyers has been considered as vital in a democratic step up like India”,

Underline the profession as ‘Noble’ he appealed to the lawyers to work for the tribal poor people so that the opportunities for security justice are not denied to the needy persons by reason of economic or disabilities.

He further said that most of the population of the country belongs to farmer community, every one of us should think for their development. Country will not achieve its goal unless the larger section of the society gets equal justice in term of health, education and food and shelter”, he added.

Appreciating the members for their nice reception, he appealed the Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, to take necessary steps for establishment of new district court building with good furniture and library.

Justice B.N Mohapatro, said that establishment of district court is a diwali gift from the goddess maa Bhandara Gharani, and Nabarangpur bar association is considered as best bar of state.

IT Minister who is the guest of honour said that new district judge court which will benefit the poor tribals litigants.

Among others new district judge B.P Routroy, bar association secretary Raghunath Padhy, Collector, Sibabrata Dash, SP, Niti Sekhar, MP, Pradeep Majhi, Nabarangpur MLA, Monahar Randhari, Dabugam MLA, Bhujabala Majhi, ZP President, Bhagirathi Nayak present at the meeting.

MLA Majhi’s murder mystery deepens

The Pioneer, Bhubaneswar, dated: 17.10.2011

The mystery over the sensational murder of Umerkote MLA Jagabandhu Majhi has further deepened after the statement of Maoist ideologue Dandapani Mohanty said that the Maoists have no role in the killing of the MLA and his PSO.

The relatives of the late MLA alleged that the Crime Branch (CB) is trying to close the file by giving a shape of Maoist role, even after lapse of number of days, the CB has failed to identify the accused involved in the murder, they alleged.

Majhi was attacked twice before the incident and in every case the police had failed to identify the culprits. As the pressure is mounting on the CB, now the investigating agency is trying to give a Maoist involvement to cover up the incident, alleged Jyanti the sister of Jagabandhu. A close associate of the slain MLA, Subash Gond said the newspaper report is a self-directed drama by Majhi’s political rivals, who are trying to spread fictitious things against the erstwhile popular leader keeping in view the forthcoming by-election.

He further alleged that a local reporter of a vernacular newspaper is an active member of the Opposition party and three criminal cases of extortion and cheating are pending against him in the local court. It is beyond imagination that the reporter who is having such a bad reputation was called by the Maoist to take their interview, he said.

He further said they would file an FIR against the reporter, as the news report tarnished the image of their popular leader who always fought for the rights of the tribals.

The mother of the slain MLA Gouri Bai said “her son was the victim of political rivalry.Getting information from some reliable source my son was given a written report to the Inspector-in- Charge of Raighar police station specifying the names of some of political persons who were conspiring to kill him.However, to the utter dismay, the police have now refuted any such report made to them, she rued. She further said they have no faith on the investigation by the CB and Nabarangpur police.

Tribal Festival Mondei-2011 Inaugurated

Nabarangpur:

The Tribal Festival Mondei 2011 is all set to kick off. The festival was inaugurated yesterday in a grand fashion at the origin place of Maa Bhandara Gharani the presiding deity of the district, at Raj-Jagannathpur, under Nandahandi block.

The Chief guest, IT Minister Mr.Ramesh Chandra Majhi inaugurated the festival, and described Mondei as a platform for tribals to showcase their hidden talents. Festivals like Mondei not only encourages tribal artists, but also contributes to increased tourist inflow into the district in particular. We should take advantage of information technology to take Mondei to all corners of the country, so that people elsewhere get attracted to this district.

Collector Sibabrata Dash presided over the meeting said that the district is the abode place of nature where one can see dense green forest coverage, Varity of flora and fauna and abundant natural resources. It has a rich traditional values and divergent culture symbolizing the glorious past and heroic days. All steps should be taken to develop contact with travel and tour operators at the district and state level so that tourists develop interest to witness the rich culture variety of the district.

Mr.dash appreciated the block officials and line departments, for developed the area in a short time. He assured to provide all facilities to the area as soon as possible.

The block level festival would continue till 28 October, events like sports,tribal dances, dramas and songs are a vital part of it. Various teams and dance troups will be selected from the block level to perform at the district level celebrations, which will commence from 1 November and continue till 5 November.

Nabarangpur MLA, Manohar Randhari, appreciated the efforts of collector, for selecting to start Mondei from the place of Rajjagannathpur and in short time developed the area.

Minister Mr.Majhi unveiled the festival posters, the colourful posters showing the rich tribal heritage of yesterday, today and tomorrow. The posters will be displayed at various places in and outside the district to highlight the festival. Dance troupes from the Nandahandi panchayat level performed folk dances. To attract the tribals nacha performed for whole night.

Among others, SP, Niti Sekhar, Former MP, Parshuram Majhi, Block Chairman, Hema Bhatra, Vice-Chairman, Dayanidhi Bissoi present at the meeting. ABDO, Nandahandi block, proposed vote of thanks.

Bandh opposing beauty contests in Mondei festival of Nabarangpur.

Nabarangpur:
Some of the citizens of town organized a protest rally in the late night by blocking NH 201 on Sunday. Later on Monday witnessed a band in pretest against the proposed beauty contest during Mondei-2011. Some of the business establishments remained closed while vechicular movement was slender during the bandh. In the protest leaders of different political parties including Nabarangpur MP Pradip Majhi sat on dharna opposing the beauty contest. Majhi's dharna was supported by former MP Prasuram Majhi, Zilla Parisad President Bhagirathi Nayak and many others
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The District Cultural Festival has landed in a controversy over a decision by the administration to conduct beauty contests separately for young girls and married women. Different organisations demanded halt to the competition. It was also echoed during a recent Zilla Parisad meeting in which Vice-president Manjula Majhi opposed the competition saying it was not the culture of tribal women. Cutting across party lines leaders of Congress, BJP and BJDÂ also sat on a dharna to in protest against the proposed beauty contest. Meanwhile, in a press conference held at Raj Jagannathpur, under Nandahandi block IT minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, said the contest is cancelled due to protests. Municipal Chairman, Prahalad Tripathy, demanded action agaist the agitators those who demolished the property of poor persons in the daily market. The district administration proposed to organize beauty contest for the first time during the Mondei festival but it was not final said Collector Mr.Sibabrata Dash. Most unfortunately the people some of them are also the members of the district council of culture without knowing the fact blocked the NH and called a band without discussing with the district administration added Mr.Dash. Municipal Chairman, Prahalad Tripathy, demanded stringent action against the agitators those who demolished the property of the poor persons in the daily market.

India’s First standardize district web site launched.

Nabarangpur:
India’s first standardize of Nabarangpur district portal launched at Ashok Meheta conference hall here on Friday. IT, Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi, inaugurated the portal.

Speaking to the occasion Mr.Majhi expressing his pleasure said that the portal will help the common citizens and will help one to get information about the district. Even one can easily obtain forms, data’s of the district. Information technology aims to develop human resources, public communication, trade and commerce and reaching technology people’s doors. He pledged the new generation to build a digital Orissa.
Govt will help IT reach the common citizen so as to narrow down the digital divide. Widespread applications of IT would establish a system where the citizens will receive good governance ensuring speed of decisions from a transparent Government through an effective e-Governance System.

Collector, Mr. Sibabrata Dash, said that we are proud to launch the ambitious "standardization of district portal" project, in this remote Nabarangpur district first. One can easily access and know about the details of different ongoing programs, and about the district administration.
During the inaugural session managing director of Luminus Inforways said displaying the web site that standardized district portal framework, which contains a solution towards e-Governent transactions for districts across the country. The standardization of district portal initiative is based on the content architecture of the National Portal of India (NIC) with implemented agency Orissa computer application centre,(OCAC) the designed technical directorate of information technology department, Govt of Orissa. The contents and formats of the portal include; profile, geography, administrative setup, directory, peoples’ representatives and many more. Citizen Services such as acts & rules, e-forms, policies, enquiries, guidelines to get caste and domicile certificate, registration of documents, ration card, land records, Right to Information.
Mrs. Jayashree Mohanty, Dirictor of Luminus Inforways. said that in the other districts, data collection and moderation process is under progress "It is more user-friendly. Standardization of district portal would be a one stop source, which delivers information and services through cyberspace," she added.
Browsers need not type separate web address to open websites of different districts, rather a single address (www.ordistricts.nic.in) can open a page where names and links of all the districts are available.

Jagabandhu associates refute Maoist link in murder

Expressing resentment over a report published in a newspaper claiming that the Maoist have claimed to have killed Umerkote MLA Jagabandhu Majhi and his PSO Pinku Patro on September 24 at Gona under the Raighar police station in Nabarangpur district, the associates of Majhi on Thursday alleged that the report is completely motivated and a fallacious one to gain cheap political mileage by the opposition parties.
A close associate of Majhi, Subesh Gond, said the slain MLA was a tribal leader who fought for the rights of the tribals in his area. The Maoists were very much impressed with the working style of Majhi. There were no prior threats to Majhi by the Maoists, which the Red rebels generally do before executing the warning.
“The fake news story came out at a sensitive time when attempts are on to trace the real culprits by the Crime Branch. Recently, the Crime Branch has released a sketch of the suspected killer of the MLA with a request to the public to share information about the culprit and his whereabouts,” Gond said.
“What is stated in the newspaper report is a self-directed drama by Majhi’s political rivals, who are trying to spread fictitious things against the erstwhile popular leader keeping in view the forthcoming by-election,” Gond further alleged.
Though , the CB investigation was increasingly pointing to the role of groups or rivals Majhi may have made during his rise as a prominent political leader in the area. “It could be a large group of people which was hired for the killing,”
The associates of Jagabandhu strongly believed that the group may well have been hired from neighbouring Chhattisgarh and was constantly in touch with its counterpart seeking intelligence on movement of any such outfit. “Since Majhi was under target of his enemies as would the previous attacks vouch, they may well have given contract to a professional group to give shape to their mission,”

Industrial Exhibition in Nabarangpur in Nov

A preparatory meeting for a national level Buyer-Seller Meet-cum-Industrial Exhibition- 2011 was held here.

For the first time the district administration in association with the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute (MSME-DI), Cuttack, under Union Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises is organising the exhibition November 4 and 5 at the Mondei Ground here.

Presiding over the meeting, District Collector Sibabrata Dash said the main objective of the programme is to provide opportunity to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises to showcase their capabilities to the Public Sector Undertakings and other large scale enterprises which outsource many products and services from the MSME sector.

The exhibition would house stalls of Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) and MSMEs, and would enable the PSUs to identify vendors, thus providing an opportunity to develop buyer- seller relationship. The technical sessions at the event will throw light on the vendor registration procedures, quality standards and procurement procedures of PSUs.

We requested Nalco, HAL, Bilt, JK Paper, IMFA,Vedant, Nayagarh Suger Complex, and other promotional agencies to participate in the programme, said Dash.

General Manager, DIC, Nabarangpur Jadeb Subudhi said that the exhibitors shall house around 50 stalls, with exhibits from Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, PSUs and promotional agencies. “There will be technical sessions which cover requirements, purchase policies and procedures of PSUs, schemes of financial institutions for MSEs, registration and rating of vendors, and quality standards and specifications,” he added. Among others, Deputy Director, MSME, Rayagada and DIPRO Bhujang Bhusan Rao were present.