Ainthu Sahu passes away
Bhubaneswar: Former Minister, former MP and former Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council Ainthu Sahu passed away here on Thursday. He was 86 and is survived by three sons and two daughters. He was ailing for quite some time. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Speaker Pradip Kumar Amat and leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh condoled Sahu’s death in the State Assembly on Friday.
Senior scribe gets welfare fund
Cuttack: Veteran journalist and former executive editor of The Parjatantra Gobind Chandra Das was given a financial assistance of Rs 30,000 on Thursday from the Journalists’ Welfare Fund of the State Government. For his notable contributions in the field of Odia journalism and looking at the financial needs of the 80-year-old citizen, the Government had earlier sanctioned the amount to Das after considering his application. The bank draft was handed over to him by the District Information and Public Relations Office employees.
Seminar on Employee Empowerment held
Bhubaneswar: A seminar on ‘Employee Empowerment’ was organised by the PG Department of PM and IR of the BJB Autonomous College here on Thursday. Chief guest Tata Steel vice-president Arun Mishra emphasised on the significance of employee empowerment in a company. Prof Santosh Tripathy if Utkal University spoke on how students should conduct themselves as successful employees in future. College Principal Gitika Patnaik and Academic Dean also spoke on the occasion. Managing Trustee Santosh Bej, department head Pragyan Paramita Sahoo and managers Kailash Chandra Jena and Pabitra Padhee coordinated the programme.
‘Gadbad’ hits theatres
Bhubaneswar: New Odia movie Gadbad hit the theatres on Friday. The film is a joint venture of Ajit Sahoo and Subhasish Pati and produced under the Baba Mani Entertainment banner. It is a directorial venture of Subhasis Pati. The stars are Siddhant Mohapatra, Bijay Mohanty, Partha Sarathi Ray, Jina, Pritiraj Sathpathy, Ragini and Minaketan. The storyline revolves round three friends Pritiraj, Ashwini and Partha, who belong to three different districts of Odisha and talk in their regional dialects. Their way of talk is supposed to attract the audience the most. After long duration, Odia actress Jina is seen sharing screen space with a lead character. Veteran Siddhant Mohapatra plays a typical character. Music has been composed by Prem Anand.