The Utkal Journalists’ Association (UJA) celebrated the 71th Independence Day in its officer premises here Tuesday. Rotary district governor Ajay Agrawal and OJU State president Bibhuti Bhushan Kar jointly hoisted the National Flag.
Guests remembered freedom struggle martyrs and emphised on the need of building a healthy society. Kar said the administration should give importance on rural news being published daily.
Among others, Sibabrata Das, senior journalist Baishnab Jena, Association Bhubaneswar president Pratap Chandra Pradhan, Prasanna lenka, Sanjay Choudhury, Smaran Mishra, Jeet Mohapatra, pradeep Das,Sukumar Patnaik, lingaraj Sahoo, Pratibha Panda and Ashok Sahoo were present.