“It is a matter of relief that fear of a major high flood has been averted. Volume of water flowing down Mahanadi at Munduli stood at around 11 lakh cusec as against over 12 lakh cusec anticipated earlier,” he said.

In Jagatsinghpur, the focus was on relief work as around 20,000 people were marooned while about 7,000 persons have been evacuated, District Collector S K Mallick said, adding areas like Tirtol and Kunajang were affected.

In Puri district, water level in rivers like Bhargavi and Kushabhadra had risen inundating several villages in Nimapara, Kanas, Delang and Gop, while road link between Pipili and Nimapara was snapped, SRC office said.

The level in Hirakud reservoir stood at 628.08 ft as against its full capacity of 630 ft and 50 of the 64 sluice gates were opened for discharge of excess water, said Biswajit Mohanty, Chief Engineer of Hirakud dam.

On 12th December, 2010 Sujan Kumar Pradhan , brother of Anupama had lodged a missing report with the police at Bindal Police Post, Police Station: Cantt, Dehradun after not getting any information of her for almost 2 months. Rajesh Gulati was arrested thereafter by the police from his residence at Prakash Nagar, Dehradun after recovery of the sliced body of Anupama kept inside deep freezer at his instance in their residence. The couple has twin children who were given in custody to their maternal uncle Sujan Kumar Pradhan by the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistratre, Dehradun on 15th December 2010.

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup is the 20th FIFA World Cup, the tournament for the association football world championship, which is currently taking place at several venues across Brazil .It began on 12 June, with a group stage, and is scheduled to conclude on 13 July with the final. It is the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, the first being in 1950. Brazil was elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007 after the international football federation, FIFA, decreed that the tournament would be staged in South America for the first time since 1978 in Argentina, and the fifth time overall.

The national teams of 31 countries advanced through qualification competitions that began in June 2011 to participate with the host nation Brazil in the final tournament. A total of 64 matches are being played in 12 cities across Brazil in either new or redeveloped stadiums. For the first time at World Cup finals, match officials are using goal-line technology, as well as vanishing foam for free kicks.

All world champion teams since the first World Cup in 1930 – Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Uruguay – qualified for this competition. The title holders, Spain , were eliminated at the group stage, as well as England and Italy . Uruguay was eliminated in the Round of 16 and France was eliminated at the quarter-finals. The hosts and 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup winner, Brazil , were eliminated in the semi-finals, which mean that the title will be decided between previous champions Argentina and Germany . All seven previous World Cup tournaments staged in the Americas (four in South America and three in North America ) were won by South American teams.  Mr. Sahoo prepared a beautiful sand sculpture to congratulate the winning team. In this sculpture he shows the FIFA world cup on sand. The sand sculpture is of the height of 12ft by using 10 tons of sand at a labour cost of 8 hours.The frontline message of the art is “WELL DONE GERMANY”

World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown to be a broad, global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated by stakeholders in over 100 countries. It also serves as the ‘people’s day’ for doing something positive for the environment, galvanizing individual actions into a collective power that generates an exponential positive impact on the planet. This year’s theme is “Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level”.

Commemorated yearly on 5 June, WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.Over the past two decades India’s holy cities have seen a large increase in the number of pilgrims visiting them. In many instances this has led to significant environmental problems. These include waste management issues, lack of adequate sanitation, and the pollution of rivers, lakes and streams.

The artist’s message in this art is that children experiencing the beauty of nature at their tender age expecting to inherit a beautiful future; and to make the people aware to keep the environment green and protect it for future generation. The sand sculpture is of 10 feet height made with 15 tons of sand, with a hard labor of nearly 24 hours and with a message “Better Environment Better Tomorrow”.

“I have sought an appointment to meet the Prime Minister. Besides, I will also meet some other central ministers and discuss on Odisha matters,” Patnaik told reporters before leaving for the national capital.

This is Patnaik’s first trip to national capital after taking charge as Chief Minister of the state Odisha for the fourth consecutive term.

Besides, Patnaik is also scheduled to attend the BJD Parliamentary Party meeting there and meet some other politicians of other parties, sources said.