Bijay Mishra to get Sahitya Akademi award
Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia playwright Bijay Mishra will get the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi Award for 2013. Mishra will receive the award for his play Vanaprastha, said a release of the Akademi.
City Women Cong president resigns
Bhubaneswar: President of the Bhubaneswar District Women’s Congress Rashmi Mohapatra on Wednesday resigned from her post. Mohapatra, who sent in her resignation letter to the party leadership, alleged that she took the decision due to noncooperation from senior party leaders.
Cuttack boat mishap: Another body fished out
Cuttack: Fire brigade personnel on Wednesday fished out the body of Sukuta Swain (21) of Nayagarh, who drowned in the Mahanadi here on Sunday. Earlier, the body of Kartik Swain of Polasara in Ganjam district was fished out of the river a day after the mishap.
Eight people from the Sikhar Chandi area of Bhubaneswar had gone for a picnic to a Mahanadi sand dune from Kaliaboda by a boat around noon. While on their return, they noticed a leakage in the boat.
Out of panic, all of them jumped into the river. While six of them managed to swim across to the river bank, Sukuta and Kartik were swept away by the river current.