U SAMMILANI EX-PRESIDENT MOHANTY NO MORE (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: Former president an advisor of the Utkal Sammilani Dr Guru Prasad Mohanty passed away at a private hospital in Cuttack on Sunday night. He was 84. When the Utkal Sammilani had faced financial crisis, Dr Mohanty collected contributions from Odias residing in the United States and also set up a branch of the Sammilani in the US.
Sammilani Mancheswar Industrial Estate branch president Dillip Dashsharma said Dr Mohanty’s demise created an irreparable loss to Odisha.
RELIEF PROVIDED BY RAMAKRISHNA ASHRAM (Pix)
Rayagada: The Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Hatamuniguda distributed 65 saris and 85 lungis among 85 tribal families of Kadraguma and Khambesi villages of Bissam Cuttack block in Rayagada district on Sunday. In commemoration of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav dedicated to Swami Vivekananda and the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobinda, the Ramakrishna Mission Ashram organised special programmes for the Brahmapur and Bhanjanagar jails’ inmates. Jail officials Satyanarayan Behera and Dandapani Patra spoke about contributions of Vivekananda and Aurobinda to the freedom movement. Swami Prabhuvarananda presided over both the functions.
YOGA CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT DAV CSPUR (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The Khordha District Yoga Asana Sports Championship was organised at the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur here on September 3 and 4. Olympian Anuradha Biswal, yoga expert Nisha Ali, school Principal Indira Bhattacharya, Rotarian Chandrakant Barik, president of the association Dibakar Mangaraj and secretary Snehasini Mohanty joined as guests at the valedictory ceremony and honoured the winners. Rosalin and Chinmoy of Divine Sports Academy were declared as champions in girls and boys categories, respectively.
CSPUR DAVIANS CELEBRATE TEACHER’S DAY (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: Students of the DAV Public School, Chandrashekhar performed various activities to celebrate the Teacher’s Day on Monday. They also observed the Mother Teresa Feast Day. Principal Indira Bhattacharya and Academic Supervisors offered floral tributes to S Radhakrishnan and Mother Teresa and spoke about their immense contributions.
TEACHER’S DAY AT DAV KALINGA NAGAR (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The Teacher’s Day was celebrated at the DAV Public School, Kalinga Nagar here on Mondy.
MARRIED WOMAN JUMPS OFF POWER CHANNEL, ENDS LIFE
Sambalpur: Following a domestic conflict with mother, a married woman, Rinki Suna (28), jumped off the power channel bridge of Burla ended here life on Sunday night. Police and fire officers were still trying to trace her body. The deceased has a boy child. Investigations were on to find the reason behind her suicide after conflict with her mother and not husband’s family which was rather surprising.
WOMAN TRAMPLED TO DEATH BY JUMBO IN DEOGARH
Deogarh: An elderly woman was trampled to death by an elephant in a forest in Deogarh district on Sunday. The victim was identified as Jasmine Kujur (60), a resident of Phatatangar village under the Deogarh forest range. She had gone to her farmland. As she did not return home, family members searched her but in vain. Villagers found her body near a forest on Monday morning and informed the Forest Department.
BOY KILLED IN BIKE MISHAP IN SUNDARGARH
Rourkela: A minor boy died on Monday morning when his bike collided with a culvert under the Koira police limits of Sundargarh district. Chandan Munda (16), a resident of Sargigarh village under the Koira PS was returning home after dropping a relative at Koira town.
BEHERA ELECTED BHAPUR AGRI PANEL HEAD (Pix)
Bhapur: Youth organiser and social activist Bharat Kumar Behera has been elected as Chairman of the Block Level Agriculture Advisory Committee of Bhapur of Nayagarh district. There are 22 members in the committee from horticulture, agriculture, fisheries department and Behera was elected as the chairman as there was no challenger for him. He said he would discharge his responsibility sincerely. He expressed his gratitude to Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, block Vice-President Benudhar Pradhan, MLA Bhapur block representative Jitendra Kumar Ransingh.
ORAGHAT IRON MINES GETS ENVIRON AWARD (Pix)
Rourkela: Oraghat Iron Mines of the Rungta Sons received the Subh Karan Sarawagi Environment Award-2021-22 from the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) for its contribution towards environmental protection and sustainable mining. Subhas Chandra Pradhan GM (Mining) and Lalit Narayan Rout Addl GM (HR & CSR) received the award on behalf of the company in function at New Delhi from Alok Tandon, Secretary, Union Ministry of Mines.