Chandrabhaga literary fest from Dec 28
Baleswar: The Chandrabhaga Mahotsav, a literary fest, would hold its Silver Jubilee this year. The 10-day fest would begin from December 28. Multilingual drama competitions would be organised besides literary events and book fair. Eminent persons would attend the fest to be organised at the Gandhi Smruti Bhavan, informed organisation secretary Sridev.
B’swar auto driver held for rape attempt
Baleswar: The Simulia police on Saturday arrested an auto rickshaw driver on charge of taking a rape attempt on an ASHA worker. The accused was identified as Niranjan Kuanar (34) of Simulia village under Singakhunta GP. He allegedly committed the crime while the ASHA woman was taking a patient in his auto rickshaw.
Scribes clean historical palace at J’pore
Jeypore: Several scribes, including some photo journalists observed the Swachchh Bharat Abhiyaan and cleaned the historical Raja palace here on Sunday. They also demanded that the palace, which had been neglected, be renovated immediately to make it a tourist destination. Journalists, including Pramod Patnaik, Akhay Mishra, Prabhat Bramha, Satya Patnaik, Rajendra Gouda, Bhaskar Rao, Bijaya Chaudary, litu Sahu, Madhusmita Mishra, Raja Sana, Gouri Shankar, Suprit Pujari and Tarun Mohapatra participated in the cleanliness drive.
OSDMA chief inspects K’pada embankment work
Kendrapada: Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) and OSDMA MD Taradatt on Sunday visited Rajnagar block to review an ongoing NCRMP project work. He visited Pentha to see a 14-km saline embankment strengthening and heightening project, which is underway. The project cost is Rs52 crore. The OSDMA has entrusted the Ali Saline Division to carry out the project work. The NCRMP project is being implemented in six districts, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Puri.
Silk saree procession held for K’pada deities
Kendrapada: The silk sarees for the deities of the Baladevjew Temple reached here from Puri on Sunday.The sevayats and the endowment committee members took out a procession of the silk sarees in a palanquin from Tinimuhani Ram Mandir to the Baladevjew Temple along with naam sankirtan. The locals offered puja on the way. The sarees were meant for the deities’ Prlambhasura Vesha on Monday.
Man electrocuted in Kendrapada
Kendrapada: Pramod Das (35) of Gayaspur ( Haladibasant) village under Mahakalpada police station was electrocuted on Sunday when he came in contact with a live electric wire at his house.
VHP holds blood donation camp at Phulbani
Phulbani: To mark the Golden Jubilee of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), the Kandhamal VHP unit organised a blood donation camp at the Biju Patnaik Kalyan Mandap here on Sunday. District Collector Dr N Tirumala Naik inaugurated the camp in the presence of VHP district President Priyanath Sharma. Blood donation organisation president Prasant Behera, member Manoj Pattnaik and CDMO Dr Pradhan coordinated the camp. Ex-MlA Debendra Kanhar was also present in the camp, from where a total of 50 units of blood were collected.
VS Vidyalaya holds seminar on corruption
Sunabeda: The VS Vidyalaya of HAl Township, Sunabeda held a seminar on a topic ‘Corruption: A Socio-Economic Menace’ on Friday to mark the Vigilance Awareness Week, which culminated on Saturday. All staff members of the school, including Principal HK Seth, Vice-Principal PK Mishra, Assistant Principal Pushpa Mallick and Assistant Principal I/C BC Dalai participated in the discussion. The school teachers spoke on corruption, practical ways to uproot the menace along with philosophical aspects and certain facts and figures related to corruption. School’s senior librarian senior librarian Shaik Ibrahim coordinated the event.