IPS body mourns PR Mohanty’s death
Cuttack: The India Police Service Association mourned the demise of retired Inspector General (IG) Prem Ranjan Mohanty here on Thursday. A condolence meeting was held at the State police headquarters premises here under the chairmanship DGP Prakash Mishra. Among others, DGP Mishra, SDG Sanjiv Marik, ADGPs Pradip Kapoor, Binay Behera, Surendra Panjar and Sunil Rai, IGs Debasis Panigrahi, Mahendra Pratap, Susanta Kumar Nath and Sanjiv Panda and DIG Asit Kumar Panigrahi paid tributes to the deceased officer.
little wonder’s ‘Smile’ unveiled
Bhubaneswar: City-based Nehru Institute of Youth Affairs (NIYA) organised a literary night on Wednesday with an anthology of 32 poems in book Smile written by little wonder Anisha Kar, a student of Class VIII of St Joseph’s High School, Bhubaneswar. Bainkunthanath Mishra gave the welcomed address and the function was inaugurated by Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Cooperation Department Bishnupada Sethi. NIYA president Suresh Chandra Mantry, the guest of honour, spoke very high of Anisha Kar for touching many hearts through her book written at a tender age of 12 years. The book was reviewed by Dr Bhagirathi Malla.
Bhubaneswar BJD office-bearers nominated
Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday approved the names of 15 party workers for different officer-bearers’ posts for the BJD Bhubaneswar organisational district. While Ajay Kumar Harichandan, Suresh Kumar Barik, Bishnu Sharam, Siba Chhotray and Dipak Kumar Mohapatra were nominated as vice-presidents, Jitendra Kumar Nanda and Manas Mohanty were selected as general secretary and treasurer, respectively. Puspa Das, Chandrasekhar Mallia, Narayan Ray, Ramesh Kumar Sahoo, Saroj Kumar Mohanty, Naren Sahoo, Banaja Mohanty and Ranjulata Ray were nominated as secretaries. District president Babuli Mishra urged the office-bearers to fulfil the dreams of Bijubabu.
Widening of Manguli-S’pur highway demanded
Bhubaneswar: With the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways taking no steps for widening work of the highway from Manguli Chhak to Sambalpur via Dhenkanal despite his appeal to the Ministry on March 22, Smt Nandini Satpathy Memorial Trust (SNSMT) chairman Suparno Satpathy on Thursday again wrote a letter to new Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Oscar Fernandes seeking his direct intervention in the issue.
Sramajeebee Manch gives memo to Minister
Bhubaneswar: After successful conclusion of a rally with 2,000 participants from 10 districts on July 20, a five-member delegation from the Odisha Sramajeebee Manch (OSM) met Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Pratap Kesari Deb on Tuesday. The one million signatures from 23 districts were formally handed over to the Minister along with a memorandum of the demands for a Bill which would ensure greater food and nutrition security for the rural and urban poor in the State.