Eswaramma Week celebrated at Paradip
Paradip: The Satyasai Seva Samity of Paradip celebrated Mother Eswaramma Week from May 1 at the Sai temple here to commemorate the Samadhi of the divine mother of Satya Sai Baba. The Balvikash children of the Sai temple and Madhuban presented cultural programmes and chanted hymns of the Vedas every evening. Group discussions were held among the parents of the Balvikash students on the topics like “How to maintain peace in the family”, “Importance of Balvikash programme”, “Parents opinion on the upbringing of children” and “Interaction with parents on parenting aspects”. On the final day, the programme started with Omkaram, Suprabhatam and Nagar Sankirtan, Sodosapachar Puja, hoisting of Prashanti flag, Matru Puja, Narayan Seva. Paradip ADM Surajeet Das, convener of Satya Sai Trust Antaryami Pattnaik and thousands of devotees, parents of Balvikash children participated in the programme.
SBI holds CSR programme at Gopalpur
Brahmapur: State Bank of India, Bhanja Vihar branch organised a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme at Gopalpur on Sunday. The programme was graced by SBI CGM Praveen Gupta and DGM Kaushik Sinha of Brahmapur Zone. The bank donated clothes and fans to the inmates of the Sanjeevani-Child Care Home of Gopalpur.
Two-day-old baby rescued at Bhawanipatna
Bhawanipatna: A two-day-old baby girl was rescued from the station road here by Nehru Seva Sangh member Munaulla Khan on Monday mid-night. After Kalahandi Child Welfare Community (CWC) chairman SN Seth asked Sangh to provide it shelter, Sangh Sarojini Dash took care of the baby and named her as Sradha.
Couple adopts abandoned child at B’patna
Bhawanipatna: A two-year-old abandoned male child got a family at Khariar after a couple Govinda Agarwal and Kiran Agarwal adopted the child. At a formal adoption ceremony, Nehru Seva Sangh secretary Sarojin Dash handed over the child to the couple. Among others, Sangh treasurer Om Prakash Agrawal, M Khan and Kanaklata Panigrahi were present.