Balangir SP gets Police Medal
Balangir: Balangir SP Ravi Prakash received Police Medal of Gallantry category from Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Jaydev Bhavan in Bhubaneswar on the Independence Day on Friday. Prakash was given the medal for his successful conduct in the anti-Maoist operations in Rayagada in 2011.
IndianOil refinery celebrates I-Day
Paradip: ED in-Charge of IndianOil Paradip Refinery Ramjee Ram unfurled the National Flag here on the Independence Day and reviewed a parade conducted by CISF, DGR Security and DPS students. He paid homage to freedom fighters and later spoke about the role of the IOCl in development of the country. A total of 20 IOCians were awarded while 21 students of Classes-X and XII of nearby schools were felicitated with scholarship of Rs 5,000 and Rs 7,000, respectively, for their academic performance. On this occasion, an ambulance was donated to the Cuttack District Red Cross Society.
I-Day celebrated at Adhunik Metaliks
Rourkela: The 68th Independence was celebrated at Adhunik Metaliks ltd., Rourkela here with fervor. AMlR CEO Ashok Kumar unfurled the tricolour on the occasion after being given the guard of honour. Company COO NN Thatoi, CCO N Prasad, Head HR BP Pandey and executive director Arun Katruka attended the occasion and highlighted the importance of celebrating I-Day. Various other programmes were also organised in the periphery villages under CSR initiative. Educational kits were also distributed to the 48 students of primary schools at Hariharpur.
NTPC TTPS celebrates Independence Day
Talcher: The NTPC-Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) celebrated the Independence Day on Friday here. NTPC TTPS GM KRC Murty unfurled the National Flag in the presence of TTPS’s senior officials, employees and their family members, CISF personnel and other associates. Murty and Sagarika ladies’ Club president Rama Murty with other senior officials of TTPS distributed scholarships to 29 physically-challenged students of periphery villages covering 14 schools.
Annual science exhibition held in Ali
Ali: The 20th block-level science exhibition was held at the premises of the Samanta Kelucharan High School at Patrapur on Saturday with local MlA Debendra Sharma attending the inaugural ceremony as the chief guest. A total of 90 projects of different schools were showcased at the expo. Block Education Officer Jayashree Satapathy presided over the event in the presence of Patrapur Sarapanch Dharmendra Das and former headmaster of Chandiagadi High School Rabindra Nath Raul. At the valedictory ceremony, the speakers spoke on the boon of science towards students in present days. The event was coordinated by BRC Maguni Charan Biswal, Ali High School headmaster Prasanna Subudhi, , Saghadev Girls High headmaster Bhaskar Chandra Mishra and teacher Debaraj Nayak from SKC High School, Patrapur.
Tusker damages shop, paddy fields in Joda
Joda: A large area of paddy fields and a shop were damaged in the Pandia area under Jajanga gram panchyat under Joda block as a wild tusker entered the area and went berserk on Friday night. The tusker, which came from the Gurubeda side in search of food, completely damaged the grocery shop of Uttam Kumar Nayak and paddy fields of Guna Munda and Budhuram Munda. locals demanded immediate intervention of the Forest Department for their safety.
Differently-abled get appliances in N’pada
Nuapada: The Khariar Panchayat Samiti office here organised an appliance distribution camp for differently abled persons in the office premise of Khariar block on Friday. More than 50 differently abled persons of Khariar block attended the camp. Khariar MlA Duryodhan Majhi attended the camp and distributed 14 tricycles, seven wheel chairs, five hearing machines, three elbow cross and 11 blind sticks.