25 best Keonjhar teachers felicitated
Keonjhar: A district-level Teachers’ Day celebration organised by the Cassandra Cultural Centre was held at the Sarawati Vidya Mandir here where 25 best teachers were felicitated for their performances. The teachers were Duryodhan Barik of Vidyabhawan, Raghunath Behera, Kanhu Charan Rout, Sudam Charan Nayak, Satrughna Rana, Krushna Chandra Mohanta, Subash Panda, Khirod Ch Mohanta, Santanu Rout, Gopal Ch Das, Debananda Sahoo, Bhikari Ch Mohanta, Ramesh Sahoo, Narendra Sahoo, Dayanidhi Mohanta, Ganeswar Kar, Tarun Kumar Das, Madan Mohan Mohanta, Ramakanta Tripathy, Chakradhar Das, Prasant Ku Sethy, Rabindra Ku Rout, Sadashib Behera, Kahnei Ch Barik, Srikanta Sahoo, Basanti Behera, Chhayamani Parida, Arati Biswal, Bharati Ram, Minati Mohapatra, Anuradha Biswal, Sandhyarani Mishra, Manjulata Singh, Pratima Das, Sandhyarani Mohanty and Nayanlata Panda. DEO Krushna Nayak, Bar Assoiation president Aswini Pattnaik, Dr Bimbadhar Behera, ADM Sangram Kesari Swain and Cassandra president Harihar Sahoo and secretary Dhirendra Rout were present as guests and TV artist Swetalina Bhattacharya was the special guest. Retired teacher Karunakar Barik was conferred the prestigious Cassandra Samman.
MCl gives Rs5 cr for Uttarakhand relief
Sambalpur: Mahanadi Coalfields ltd Director (Finance) Kulamani Biswal handed over a cheque of Rs 5 crore to the Resident Commissioner, Uttarakhand, at his office in New Delhi on Thursday towards relief and rehabilitation in the flood-affected areas of Uttarakhand. The fund consisted of contribution of one-day salary of all the employees and the balance contributed by the company.