U Sammilani remembers Parala Maharaja
Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Sammilani paid rich tributes to the First Prime Minister of Odisha Parala Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayana Dev on his 40th death anniversary near AG Square here on Sunday. Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar branch president Dillip Dashsharma, State general secretary Adwaita Kumar Patra, Bhubaneswar Branch secretary Basanti Singh, Ashok Paltasingh and others garlanded the Maharaja’s statue.
Yoga camp for women from June 1
Bhubaneswar: City-based Satyananda Yoga School will organise a summer yoga camp for women here from June 1 to 12. Besides imparting certain healthcare training to women during the period of pregnancy and after giving birth, the camp will also train on how they can give birth to healthy children without any complicacies. The camp will also provide training on prevention of several common diseases like arthritis, high blood pressure, back pain, diabetes and asthma suffered by women.
KC Gajapati’s death anniv held at P’khemundi
Paralakhemundi: The death anniversary of one of the founders of modern Odisha Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati of Paralakhemundi was observed here on Sunday. Present Parala ‘Maharaja’ Gopinath Gajapati Narayan Dev paid floral tribute at the grave of the Maharaja and later garlanded his statue at the Bazaar Square near here. Among others, local MlA K Suryarao, Municipality Deputy Chairman Sanjay Adhikari, Nagar Congress president Basant Kumar Panda and BJD youth leader Pradeep Nayak were present on the occasion.
Man killed as car overturns in Jajpur
Jajpur: A 32-year-old man was killed as his motorcar overturned at Kadei Chhack on the NH-5 under the Barchana police station in Jajpur district on Sunday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Deepak Ghadei of Ramachandrapur in Keonjhar district.
Talk on Variable Frequency Drive held
Rourkela: A talk on the Variable Frequency Drive was organised by the Institution of Engineers (India), Rourkela Centre on Saturday. Deputy General Manager (Sales and Marketing) of Hitachi-Hirel Power Electronics, Kolkata Subhasis Marik spoke on the company’s contribution in designing, engineering, manufacturing, testing, installing and maintaining power electronics products. He also spoke about its objective, values and product portfolio. Marik also deliberated a paper on salient features of Hitachi MV Drive and its design philosophy to increase system reliability, transition of power switching devices and semiconductor switching devices.
Five dacoits held in Rayagada
Rayagada: The Rayagada police on Sunday arrested five persons involved in a dacoity in the house of S Ravana of Bank Colony here on March 15 evening this year. The accused were identified as Haresh Nair of Kumtelpeta, Barun Dalei of telephone exchange line in Rayagada, Mitu Bira and Bijay lima of R Udaygiri and a jeweler S Sangeswar Rao of Parlakhemundi in Gajapati district. The police also recovered the stolen ornaments from the possession of the accused.
Man dies in lightning in K’pada
Kendrapada: A 36-year-old man, Naresh Ray of Jamboo under the Mahakalpada Police Station in Kendrapada district, died after lighting struck him while he was sitting on the verandah of his house on Sunday. Naresh was soon rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital but died there.