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Safe drive
State Transport Authority (STA), which has been raising awareness on
road safety
through social media, recently dropped an emotional post. On
Father's Day
, the STA put up a post on X which read, "All my happiness! When my father returns home safely.
On Father's Day, make a commitment to your child that you will drive safely." Netizens lauded the post with one user saying, "This World Father's Day, promise your child to never drive recklessly and always come home safe.
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Time to learn
Mob control is not easy, requiring specialised training and skills. The recent mob violence at Bhubaneswar's Infocity police station provided an ideal ground to a trainee woman IPS officer to learn the skills in crowd control.
She was seen quietly standing at a distance and observing senior personnel discussing with a group of aggrieved women who had gone on a rampage at the station, demanding release of a fraud accused.
The probationary officer later tried her bit and joined her colleagues in placating the mob.
Street bout
In an unprecedented power move, two bulls decided to transform Nandankanan Road into a wrestling arena, bringing traffic to a standstill for a few minutes near Raghunathpur.
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Despite desperate honking and shouting from frustrated commuters, the bulls carried on with the bout, unmoved. Terrified bikers watched as the bulls claimed right over the asphalt.
Quick relief
Recently, the special relief commissioner had to face a minor crisis of his own when electricity snapped. Taking to X, the SRC posted, "There is no power supply in Unit -9 area (Road-1) back side of Capital High School for five hours. TPCODL authority to look into the matter immediately." Moments after, TPCODL sprang into action. Within two hours, they managed to restore power.
(Contributed by Team TOI)
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