Kalam to inaugurate OCl eye centre on Feb 27
Rourkela: Former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam will inaugurate the OCl Eye Centre, a joint venture of the lV Prasad Eye Institute (lVPEI) and the OCl India ltd, at Rajgangpur in Sundargarh district on February 27. Besides, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Jual Oram, Health Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak and Rajgangpur MlA Mangala Kisan will be present on the occasion. The centre will be a secondary-level eye specialty hospital offering examination and treatment of all common eye diseases. The facility is the lVPEI’s first secondary centre in the State, the foundation of which was laid by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in December 2013.
Scribe Jayabardhan Dash remembered
Brahmapur: Journalist Jayabardhan Dash was remembered on his 11th day ceremony of the death. Journalists Sisir Panigrahy, Janaki Patnaik, Gopal Patnaik, former Press Club president Bhagaban Sahu, former Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly Rama Chandra Panda paid tribute to Dash for his contribution to the society. The members decided that the Press Club in memory of Dash would give running shields to scholar students on the occasion of the Independence Day and the Republic Day every year.
College girl commits suicide in K’pada
Kendrapada: A 17-year-old girl of Duhuria under the Kendrapada Sadar police limits committed suicide by hanging herself in her house on Monday. She was a +2 second year student of the Balia Women’s college. The reason behind the suicide was yet to ascertained, said Kendrapara Sadar police station IIC Biranchi Bag.
K’pada Sarpanch poll: lower court order set aside
Kendrapada: Adjudging the Koro gram panchayat by-election case, Kendrapada District Judge Biranchi Kumar Rath on Monday set aside the lower court order and allowed petitioner Haripada Behera to remain as the Sarpanch. Sarat Chandra Pani, a defeated candidate, had filed the case alleging that Behera violated the two-child norm.
labourer crushed to death in wall collapse
Mahanga: A 55-year-old labourer of Harirajpur under Nemalo police station in Cuttack district was crushed to death when a wall collapsed and fell on him on Sunday. Deceased Fakira Behera was working in the house of one Babaji Jena at Sanarajpur when the incident took place.
MCl CMD gets ISTD lifetime Achievement Award
Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Coalfields ltd (MCl) CMD AN Sahay was conferred with the lifetime Achievement Award for Training and Development at the ISTD’s 44th national convention held here on Saturday. The award was presented by former Judge of the Supreme Court Justice AK Patnaik in the presence of ISTD national President YK Upadhyay and AIIMS Bhubaneswar Director Dr Ashok Mohapatra. Sahay got the award for his immense contribution towards training and skill development of manpower in industrial sector during his 35 years of service.