Balangir Congress protests Shah’s visit
Balangir: Members of the Balangir District Congress Committee led by its vice-president Manish Mishra and Town Congress president Bulu Dani on Friday held a demonstration before the Collectorte protesting against the visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the State. They held Shah and PM Modi responsible for the death of 39 people in the Delhi riots. Shah’s visit would trigger violence in Odisha, said Bulu Dani. The Congress activists burnt effigies of Shah and Modi.
Blood donation camp held at Balangir PS
Balangir: Balangir SP Sandeep Sampat on Friday inaugurated a blood donation camp at the Town police station which was organised as part of the Mo Sarkar initiative. Around 300 units of blood were collected.
Meet on fundamental duties
Balangir: A seminar on fundamental duties was held at the Jawahar College, Patnagarh on Thursday. Advocate Jaykrushna Sahu was chief speaker. College Dr Debraj Mishra, Dr Priyambada Hota and Reader in Political Science Lalit Kumar Meherand and journalist Sudhir Mishra spoke on different aspects of fundamental duties. Students presented their papers on the subject and shared their views.
Seminar on physics, chemistry
Balangir: Regional Director of Centurion University of Technology and Management, Balangir, Pradeep Sarangi inaugurated a two-day national seminar on ‘Physics and Chemistry of Novel Materials on Friday. A total of 126 reserach papers would be presented during the seminar. A modern laboratory would be set up in Balangir March 31 to boost research activities, announced Sarangi. The seminar would deliberate on around 20 topics.
Youth held for raping woman in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: The Kujang police have arrested a youth, Soubhagya Behera, on the charge of raping a married woman at Zillanasi village on Wednesday. The victim, who had come to a relative’s house in the village, had gone to the Mahanadi to take bath. Taking advantage of the deserted location, Behera raped the woman. Following a complaint lodged by the woman, the youth was picked up from the village by police. He was forwarded to court on Thursday.
Vedanta units get HR Excellence Awards
Jharsuguda: The Vedanta Limited’s Aluminium & Power Business won big at the 10th CII HR Excellence Awards Confluence 2019-20 as the three units Vedanta Ltd, Jharsuguda, BALCO and Talwandi Saboo Power Limited received the prestigious CII Excellence Awards in two different categories. Vedanta Jharsuguda and BALCO units bagged the Significant Achievement in HR Excellence Award while Vedanta Talwandi Sabo Power received the award for “Strong Commitment to HR Excellence”. The awards were presented by Sanjay Behl, Chairman, CII National Committee of Leadership & HR and CEO, Lifestyle Business, Raymond Limited in Mumbai on February 25.
