PM Modi greets Odisha people on Raja
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the people of Odisha on the occasion of the Raja festival. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, the PM wrote, “May this festival enhance the spirit of joy in our society.”
Fakir Mohan Birthday observed at vani vihar
Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Sammilani observed Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Senapati’s 100th birthday in front of the main entrance of Vani Vihar here on Friday. Former Assembly Speaker Sarat Kumar Kar along with Sammilani Mancheswar Industrial branch president Dillip Dashsharma garlanded Senapati’s statue and spoke about his contributions towards Odia literature. Sammilani vice-president Sital Chandra Mohanty, secretary Gobind Chandra Subuddhi, joint-secretary Ashok Kumar Palatasingh, executive member Er Shiv Prasad Mishra, ouncil member Pratap Kumar Nanda, former Corporater Mohan Hembram, Maheswar Biswal, Nalini Mohanty, Akshaya Kumar Jethi, Basanti Tripathy, Basanti Tripathy, Siddharth Shankar Gadanayak, Kshetra Mohan Nayak, Diptimayee Nayak and Subrat Kumar Mohapatra participated in the programme and gave slogans ‘Vande Utkal Janani’ and ‘Vyasa Kabi Fakir Mohan Amar Rahe’.
Odisha IPS officer Ray gets Central ADG rank
Bhubaneswar: Senior Odisha-cadre IPS officer Arun Kumar Ray has been appointed by the Union Government in the Additional Director General of Police rank in the Department of Personnel and Training.
The 1988-batch IPS officer had applied for Central deputation recently. He has also been appointed as the Deputy Chairman of Tea Board, Kolkata.