Ollywood stars shine at Holi fest at KISS
Bhubaneswar: Holi was celebrated with traditional fervour at the campus of the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) here. Ollywood actors, directors, singers and others joined the 25,000 tribal children of the institute. Among others, laxmikant Palit, Shantilata Barik, Subhas Das, Sangeeta Gosain, Punam Mishra, Kuna Tripathy, Sabyasachi, Hadu, Debu Brahma, Banamali Pandia, Gungun, Jhilki, linkan Subuddhi, Valina Valentina, Anuradha Biswal, Akankhya, Aryan, Gudu, Priyanshi, Ankit, Dr Rajani Ranjan, Dillip Shrichandan, Mahendra Gupta, Bijay Khandelwal, Dr Akshya Khandelwal of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar Marwari Society were present.
Safety work: ECoR to cancel 3 trains
Bhubaneswar: Due to safety-related modernisation work for commissioning of third line between Jakhapura and Haridaspur stations from April 1 to 19, the ECoR has decided to cancel three local passenger trains and short terminate a passenger train for adjustment in train services. Accordingly, the Kharagpur-Khurda Road-Kharagpur Fast Passenger, Cuttack-Bhadrak-Cuttack Passenger and Cuttack-Bhadrak-Cuttack Passenger would be cancelled from April 1 to 19 from both the directions. Besides, the Santragachhi-Puri Passenger train would run from Santragachhi to Jajpur Keonjhar Road and remain cancelled between Jajpur Keonjhar Road to Puri.
ECoR holds Hindi Hasya Kavi Sammelan
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) organised a Hindi Hasya Kavi Sammelan at the Rail Sadan here on Tuesday to mark the Holi Festival. EcoR General Manager Rajiv Vishnoi inaugurated the event in the presence of AGM BN Mahapatra and Mukhya Rajbhasha Adhikari Indu Shekhar Upadhyaya. Eminent Hindi Hasya Kabis Rajendra Mourya, Dinesh Dehati, Yusuf Sagar, Rajib Kant Jain, Shyam Behari and Stephen Khes presented their valuable poems. All HoDs of the ECoR were present on the occasion. Rajbhasha Adhikari Usha Rani coordinated the programme.
Daya Jyoti holds Basantotsav
Puri: The Daya Jyoti, a State-level cultural organisation, celebrated Basantotsav-2016 at Balashrams, residential schools and open pandals at various places of the State, including Puri, on Thursday. Different competitions, song and dance programmes including painting, Odishi dance and fancy dress, were organised involving schoolchildren. Eminent artists performed Basanta Pallavi, Naba Durga Bandana, Shiva Tandav, Ganesha Bandana and Raasa leela. Bhimasen Rout, Rupali Rout, Ratnakar Sahoo and Biswavusana Rout performed Nrusingha Avatar and Hanuman Nrutya.