Naveen felicitates KISS tribal girl
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated Ketakilata Patra, a Class-X student of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), for securing the first position in the BMC School-level Education Competition, at a function held at the premises of the Assembly on the occasion of Pandit Nilakantha Das’ 130th birth anniversary on Tuesday. The Chief Minister provided her with a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 2,000.
Puri rly cleansing staffs stage demo
Puri: With a slew of demands, the temporary cleansing staffs of the Railway Coaching Depot at the Puri railway station under the banner of the East Coast Railway Safei Karmachari Sangh staged a demonstration in front of the depot’s main gate on Thursday. Their demands included issuance of ID cards, payment of daily wage of minimum Rs 220, payment through bank accounts, provision of uniforms and gloves and assurance of their service security. Sangh president Prasant Kumar Naik headed the agitation.
Allahabad Bank opens 82nd branch at Jajpur
Bhubaneswar: The Allahabad Bank opened its 82nd branch in the State and ninth in Jajpur district at Jajpur Town with the bank’s DGM and head of Bhubaneswar zone Dinesh Kumar inaugurating the facility recently. The zonal head assured provision of all kinds of banking facilities through the branch and informed about the bank’s recently-introduced new loan scheme AllBank Gold loan Scheme. On the opening day, the branch mobilised more than 1,000 Savings Bank accounts for an amount of Rs 50 lakh.
Canara Bank opens new branch in N’garh
Bhubaneswar: The Canara Bank recently opened a new branch at Badapandusar in Nayagarh district with Panchayati Raj Minister Arun Sahu attending a meeting on the occasion as the chief guest. With this, the bank now has a network of 131 branches in the State and it plans to open 30 more branches in the current financial year. Among others, Canara Bank Bhubaneswar Circle head Rajendra Kumar Swain, DM D Pradhan and RBI DGM Sarada Prasad Mohanty were present.
Two students emerge Horlicks Wizkids finalists
Bhubaneshwar: Urja Bhuyan from the loyala School and Devnandan Mahapatra from the BJEM School here have been emerged as the city-finals for the Horlicks Wizkids, South Asia’s largest inter-school art, literary and cultural competition organised by Krayon. Both students will represent the city at the Horlicks Wizkids South Asia Finals-2014, to be held in November. Over 3,100 students from 35 schools participated in the city contest here. The winners of Horlicks Wizkids South Asia-2014 would get scholarships of Rs 1 lakh and a five-day educational trip to Spain. Students can also participate online by registering for e-Wizkids through www.horlickswizkids.com.