Women’s Day observed in Kandhamal
Phulbani: The International Women’s Day was celebrated in Kandhamal district on Tuesday. To mark the day, a rally was held on the occasion with district Collector Yamini Sadangi inaugurating it. later, a meeting was held at the Gandhi Smruti Bhawan here. DPC, SSA and DSWO officials were present.
Women’s Day celebrated in Jajpur
Jajpur: The International Women’s Day was celebrated by voluntary organisation NATION at Jaraka on Tuesday. Chief guest Dr Suresh Chandra Dalei said women can bring prosperity to any nation. They have qualities to lead a country. They are as competent as men. Writer Manoranjan Mohanty said women should not depend upon others for taking decision in any sphere. The programme was presided over by Nation president Akhil Kumar Swain. Social worker Manzoor Ali, Bijay Nayak and others also spoke.
ASSRA holds Women’s Day in Jatni
Bhubaneswar: The New Delhi based Association for Social Service and Rehabilitation of the Aged (ASSRA) celebrated the International Women’s Day with the support of tribal women of Kandalei under Jatni block. The programme was conducted by Sushanta Sahu and other social workers Sripati Acharya, Panchanan Samal and Prashanta Gharei. Village youths cooperated in the programme.
Khariar agri dept Head Clerk held taking bribe
Nuapada: Khariar agriculture office Head Clerk Gopal Ch Naik was nabbed red-handed by a joint team of Nuapada and Kalahandi Vigilance offices while talking bribe of `3,000 from a retired agriculture official on Monday. Naik had demamded `8,000 from Hrushikesh Saraf for processing documents of his retirement benefits. Naik was caught while taking `3,000. The Vigilance team consisted of Nuapada DSP Dasarathi Sethi, Kalahandi DSP Ananta Majhi and Inspectors Narendra Behera, Prakash Chandra Behera and Minatia Mishra.
Aditya Aluminium observes Safety Day
Bhubaneswar: The National Safety Day was observed by the Aditya Aluminium at its plant premises at lapanga in Sambalpur district on March 4. Aditya Aluminum Bibhu Mishra unfurled the safety flag and appealed all employees and the workers to follow all safety norms at workplace. “Safety and security of each one has been our first and foremost priority and these are non-negotiable values,” he added. A safety equipment exhibition was also held, where many companies demonstrated their safety equipments.
Vedanta holds blood donation camp
Jharsuguda: The Vedanta ltd, Jharsuguda operations organised a voluntary blood donation camp on the occasion of 45th National Safety Week on March 5. A total of 436 units of blood were collected in the camp, which was organised in association with the Red Cross Society, the Blood Bank, the VSS Medical College, Burla in its Plant First Aid Centre. Vedanta’s employees and associate contract partners voluntarily participated and donated blood for a noble cause. The event was led by Vedanta CMO Dr Sabita Swain.
Vodafone takes up initiatives for Women’s Day
Bhubaneswar: To mark the International Women’s Day and acknowledge their contribution in the society, the Vodafone India has come up with a week-long celebration from March 7 to 11. It has launched Special VAS offers for women customers for a month. Besides, the company released the 3rd edition of its coffee table book Women of Pure Wonder that showcases the achievements of 50 phenomenal women from rural and urban India. The Vodafone has also instituted two awards, Women-In-Red and HeForShe, for its employees.