CM nod to Interpretation Centre on poet Meher
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minsiter Naveen Patnaik has approved an Interpretation Centre district on Nature Poet Gangadhar Meher at Barpali in Bargarh district. The centre would be set up by the Department of Tourism at a project cost of Rs 45 lakh. The state-of-art Interpretation Centre would have audiovisuals on the life and works of Gangadhar Meher.
Pradhan opens Deendayal Park Nalco Nagar
Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan dedicated a park to citizens at Nalco Nagar in the city in the name of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, in the presence of Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand and others.
3 DAV CSpur to receive Kalam IGNITE Award
Bhubaneswar: Three students of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here have been selected to receive the prestigious Dr APJ Abdul Kalam National IGNITE Award 2017 conducted by the National Innovation Foundation. They are Srutiparna Ratha of Class-IX and Golakh Mohapatra and Siba Prasad Satpathy of Class-X for their innovative ideas. Srutiparna's ideas based on saving water through usage monitor and Golakh and Siba Prasad's idea jointly titled Nail Polish which indicates drugs/alcohol in drinks to prevent molestation were highly appreciated by the jury. Total 65,000 students applied for the award out of which 29 ideas of 45 students got selected. Total six Odisha students have been selected.
Hanuman temple inaugurated in Unit-II
Bhubaneswar: A Batamahaveer (lord Hanuman) Mandir has been inaugurated at lane-8, Unit-II in the city. Two Hanuman lovers, Ramesh Chandra Samantray (Sitaram, a green coconut seller) and Akshaya Behera (Chagala, a betel seller), with support of locals established the temple following dreams. Sacred water from the Bindusagar was brought for yajna and other rituals conducted for 12 hours. City Mayor Anant Narayan Jena and Ward-40 Corporator Ram Chandra Pradhan were guests. Senior journalists K Rabi, Rajaram Satpathy, Subrat Das, Baishnab Jena, Arabinda Mishra, Bibekananda Jena and ‘Unnatipathe’ editor Pradyumna Kumar Mohanty were present. Over a thousand of devotees witnessed the temple inauguration.
BGU holds blood donation camp
Bhubaneswar: The Birla Global University (BGU), Bhubaneswar organised a blood donation camp on October17 at its campus in association with the Bharath Vikash Parishad. Faculty members, staffs and students participated in the camp and 102 units of blood were collected.