Paradip consumers’ forum holds meet
Paradip: Paradip Consumers’ Forum held a meeting on Tuesday after the body got registered with statutory authorities. The meeting was presided over by forum president Sudhir Ranjan Dash. Paradip Municipality chairperson Manjulata Jena attended as guest. Forum secretary and Paradip Municipality vice president Basanta Kumar Biswal, noted literature Rabi Swain, trade union leader Ram Shankar, Gagan Bihari Mohanty, Ananta Charan Das, senior citizen and noted medico Dr Pabitra Adhikari, Prakash Chandra Jena, journalist Prasant Rout, advocate Sanjay Mishra, Chapala Swain participated in the meeting.
B’ngir YC demands compensation for farmers
Balangir: Villagers of Pipalpali of lankabahal, Ranipali, Gerddi and Tetelkhunti of loisingha block led by president of Youth Congress (YC) lok Sabha Constituency Akash Mishra gheraoed the loisingha tehsil office on Thursday demanding immediate compensation for farmers. The Government had declared these areas as drought-affected in 2011. However the farmers are yet to get their crop damage compensation. The Tehsildar assured that the farmers would be issued cheques by the end of October, informed Mishra.
B’pur Varsity NSS holds blood donation camp
Brahmapur: A blood donation camp was organised on behalf of the NSS at the Mahamayee Women’s College here on Friday in which around 40 students donated blood. A team of doctors and Blood Bank officials of MKCG Medical College & Hospital Dr Pravati Das, Susanta Kumar Pradhan, Dibakar Tripathy, Ramahari Panda and Dambaru Bahadur collected blood while college principal Dr Srikant Mohapatra and other doctors coordinated the camp. Coordinator of NSS Wing of Berhampur University Prof Amiya Kumar Parichha inaugurated the camp and highlighted the significance of blood donation in saving precious lives.
Union Bank opens branch at Jaleswar
Baleswar: A new branch of the Union Bank along with onsite ATM was inaugurated at Jaleswar by the bank’s Kolkata Field General Manager Raman Aggarwal. This is the third branch in the district. DGM Rajendra Prasad Mishra also spoke on the occasion.