Hosable of RSS to visit tomorrow
Bhubaneswar: Rastriya Swayamsevaka Sangh (RSS) national joint secretary Dattatreya Hosable is scheduled to visit Odisha to attend the golden jubilee celebration of the Rastradeep here on Saturday. According to RSS State media cell office secretary Golekha Chandra Das, Hosabale would attend the function at the IDCOl Auditorium in the evening as the chief speaker. Various progrmmes as parts of the jubilee celebrations like readers’ conference and debate competition among schoolchildren would be held in 50 places in all 30 districts. Several renowned personalities in different fields would also be felicitated.
Utkal Sammilani remembers Pandit Nilakantha
Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Sammilani observed the death anniversary of Pandit Nilakantha Das here on Wednesday. Sammilani State president Dr Guru Prasad Mohanty, Mancheswar Industrial branch president Dillip Dashsharma, general secretary Dr Adwaita Kumar Patra, treasurer Usharani Mohanty, Prof Bijayananda Kar, branch vice-president Pratap Swain and secretary Gobinda Charan Subudhi garlanded the statue of Pandit Nilakantha. later, the Sammilani office-bearers also joined the function held for Pandit Nilakantha at the premise of the State Assembly.
OTDC staffs donate 1-day salary to CM Fund
Bhubaneswar: Employees and officers of the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) donated their one day’s salary to the Chief Minister Relief Fund for the victims of cyclone and floods. OTDC Chairman NK Swain and MD MR Pattnaik and representative of OTDC Union PK Chand handed over a cheque of `2, 11,100 to the Chief Minister on Tuesday. Earlier, the corporation had also contributed Rs 10 lakh from its profit to the relief fund.
Health camp held in city slum
Bhubaneswar: The Nexus Technoware Solutions Private limited (NTSPl) organised a free health check-up camp at the Mangala Mandap of OUAT here for the Kandha Sahi slum of the Ekamra Assembly constituency on Tuesday. The NTSPl held the camp in association with JNNURM urban expert Biranchi Rout and chairman of Orissa Foundation for Kandha Sahi Slum Nigamananda Swain. The camp was attended by physicians including medicine specialists, child and eye specialists and free drugs for basic illness, mostly for children, were distributed. Over 300 people had their health check-ups.