lions Club to aid cyclone victims
Bhubaneswar: Teams of the lions Club of Bhubaneswar distributed medicines among cyclone Phailin-affected people at Gopalpur in Ganjam district on Friday.
Culture Varsity team distributes relief
Bhubaneswar: With the financial assistance of the Utkal University of Culture, the Biju Patnaik College of Hotel Management and Tourism’s NSS team distributed relief to 600 flood-hit people at Comhagola and neaby areas under Dasrathapur block in Jajpur district under the supervision of the district Collector. They distributed Chuda, biscuit, candles, match boxes and drinking water pouches. The college building was also used for shelter during the cyclone. Earlier, they had provided relief at Amanakudagarh under Balipatna block on October 13 and 14. The programme was undertaken with the inspiration of Culture Department Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi and university VC Dr Debendra Nath Jena.
Baishnab Pani, Mansingh remembered
Bhubaneswar: The Odia Sanskruti Mancha on Friday held a Saraswat Sabha at the UTEA Bhawan here on the occasion of the 131st birth anniversary of Ganakabi Baishnab Pani and death anniversary of poet Mayadhar Mansingh. The meeting chaired by Mancha president Bikram Keshari Verma was attended by many litterateurs. Director of Higher Education Gangadhar Mishra said that as Baishnab Pani had presented the problems of the people in their own language, for which he is called Ganakabi. Puri Jagannath Sanskrit University Vice-Chancellor Dr Gangadhar Panda discussed the skills of both the poets citing examples from Sanskrit literature. Among others, educationalist Sibaram Patnaik, Professors Premananda Mohapatra and Ajay Sahoo, poet Narayan Muduli and Pandit Prabodh Kumar Mishra also spoke on the occasion.