Gamang nominated as CG star campaigner
Bhubaneswar: AICC president Sonia Gandhi has nominated former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang as a star campaigner for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls. AICC general secretary BK Hariprasad in a Press release has urged Gamang to give convenient dates for campaigning in Chhattisgarh between November 4 and 16.
Paediatric surgeons meet at KIIT from today
Bhubaneswar: The 39th Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons (IAPS), under the aegis of the Odisha State Chapter of the IAPS, will be held at the KIIT University from November 7 to 10. The conference will be inaugurated by Governor Dr SC Jamir on November 8. This conference, being held for the first time in Odisha, is expected to have the participation of about 300 paediatric surgeons from all over the country. It will feature panel discussions on various paediatrics-related subjects. Dr Hiranya Mohanty and Dr Subrat Mohanty are the organising secretary and joint organising secretary of the conference, respectively.
92.7 FM, Jay Odisha gives relief to victims
Barang: The radio broadcast channel 92.7 Big FM and the Jay Odisha provided relief to the calamity-hit people at Munda Sahi of Dadha Panchayat here on the occasion of Diwali. They distributed relief materials including wheat, refined oil, biscuits, flattened rice, molasses, candles and cloths to the affected people. Youth leader Dillip Mohanty, Big FM programme head Satyajit Mohapatra, Jay Odisha secretary Rudra Samanta Rai took part in this initiative. Besides, a free health camp was also organised where people had health checkups by medicine specialist Kailash Chandra Biswal and were provided medicines. Among others, journalist Trilochan Das, social activist Jay Prakash Mishra, Kalinga Kabadi Academy president Binay Kumar Rout and Jangal Suraksha Mahasangh president Mihir Kumar Das were present.
SBI ladies’ Club donates `1.25l
Bhubaneswar: The State Bank of India ladies’ Club on Tuesday donated `1.25 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the cyclone and flood victims. Club president Nenna Gupta handed over the cheque to the Chief Minister.