BJD, PPT hold Nehru birthday at Paradip
Paradip: The Biju Janata Dal and the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) celebrated the Children’s Day and Jawaharlal Nehru birthday by offering floral tributes to the first Prime Minister. The Chacha Nehru Park and the entire port town were decorated with posters, hoardings and banners of Nehru. Notably, former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and Nehru had laid the foundation stone for the Paradip port. Earlier, a rally was organised. Plantation was carried out in the Bhagabata Udyan in the GJAI colony. In the evening a meeting was organised.
Saraswati Shisu Mandir holds Children’s Day
Narasinghpur: The Saraswati Shisu Mandir here observed the Children’s Day on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru on Thursday. School founder Bijay Kumar Panda presided over the programme. Juba Odisha president and social activist Tejeswar Parida, who attended as the chief guest, spoke on how a child develops his/her mental ability by his/her own efforts and integrity. BJD youth wing secretary of Cuttack district Ashis Sahoo also spoke on the occasion. Among others, school president Sachidananda Panda, secretary and teacher Siba Prasad Mishra and headmaster Pratap Chandra Mohapatra supervised the programme, which was followed by various cultural events.
Woman dies in bus mishap in P’khemundi
Paralakhemundi: A woman was killed in a bus accident at the New Bus stand here on Sunday. Basanti Das (45) of Bakilikana under Hinjilikatu block in Ganjam district died on the spot when a private bus hit her from her back. She was waiting with her daughter and son-in-law for a bus to go to her brother’s house at Siraswada of Katturu Mandal in Andhra Pradesh.