Utkal Sammilani remembers Surendra Sai
Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Sammilani led by its Mancheswar branch head Dillip Dashsharma observed Veer Surendra Sai’s death anniversary here on Friday. Among others, Prabhujee English Medium School founder Swami Sankarananda Giri Maharaj, local Durga puja committee president Er Siba Prasad Mishra, vice-president Gangadhar Mishra, general secretary Artatrana Dalai, Development Council president Hruday Ram Barma, general secretary Parshuram Das and secretary Gobinda Chandra Subudhi garlanded Sai’s statue at VSS Nagar here. On this occasion, the Sammilani demanded the martyr’s statue be replaced with a full statue on a horse-riding position.
Mobile Money Transfer launched
Bhubaneswar: Telecommunication service providers Vodafone India announced here on Friday the launch of M-Pesa which is a unique mobile money transfer and payment service in Odisha. BJAS Murthy, Operations Director (East), Abdhesh Kumar Singh, Business Head (Odisha) and Suresh Sethi, Business Head, M-Pesa were present in the launch ceremony. Murthy said that the system helpd unbanked and under-banked sections of the population gain access to financial services via the mobile phone. The service would now be available with the help of the ICICI Bank across 202 tehsils in 24 districts through 1,350 specially trained agents.
City-B’patna Express extended to Junagarh
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway has decided to extended the services of the Bhubaneswar-Bhawanipatna-Bhubaneswar Express to Junagarh from March 2. The extended portion of the train will commence from Junagarh.
ECoR gets best display award
Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) received the best outstanding display award in the mega industrial exhibition “Odisha moves forward” organised by the Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCC) in Bhubaneswar. ECoR PRO Nirakar Das received the award on behalf of the railway.
Ruchi gets best award for export
Bhubaneswar: State’s leading spices company, Ruchi Masala has been awarded with the best award in the category of export and for generating foreign currency at the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Utkal Chamber of Commerce here, recently. Ruchi managing director Sarat Kumar Sahoo received the award from guests including State Energy Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo, State Secretary of Industries Vishal Dev, MSMI secretary Panchanan Dash and Tata Steel Kaliniga Nagar vice-president Arun Kumar Mishra. The company received the award for its outstanding performance in the production, distribution and export of spices, vermicelli, Pasta and frozen foods.