DAVians celebrate Mother Tongue Day
Bhubaneswar: DAVians of Chandrasekharpur celebrated the International Mother Tongue Day (Matribhasa Diwas) in the school premises on Saturday with various activities like poetry recitation, speeches, musical expressions in different languages presented by students and teachers to mark the importance of the day for nation-building as well as a stepping stone for international harmony. A commemorative message stand was installed for the purpose.
Cong holds rally against WODC Chairman
Jharsuguda: The political scene here has hotted up after allegation of land-grab against WODC Chairman Kishore Mohanty was raised in the Assembly. A huge procession was taken out by the Congress on Friday and the protestors burnt an effigy of Mohanty. Demanding a CBI inquiry into the case, Congress leaders said Mohanty must immediately quit the WODC post. District Congress president Bhawani Pati and general secretary Sidharth Sarkar, party leader Ramesh Shukla, Town Congress president Bharat Awasthy and Youth Congress president Iswar Rao were present.
Badasahi Cong workers join BJD
Baleswar: Fifteen Congress leaders and workers from the Badasahi Assembly constituency joined the BJD on Thursday in the presence of Baleswar BJD MP RK Jena. Badasahi BJD MlA Ganeswar Patra and Susanta Bala were also present on the occasion.
CUO students bag 4th prize at youth fest
Koraput: A team of students from the Central University Odisha (CUO), Koraput bagged the fourth prize in tribal dance category for their performance on Dhemsa at the Inter-University National Youth Festival-2015. The festival, which was held at the Devi Ahilya University in Indore from February 12 to 16, was participated by around 85 universities from all over the country. CUO Vice-Chancellor Prof Mohammad Miyan congratulated the team at a function at the university campus on Friday. The annual fest is organised under the aegis of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
MCl Dir gets leadership Excellence Award
Bhubaneswar: Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl) Director (Personnel) Purna Chandra Panigrahi has been conferred the leadership Excellence Award for Training and Development. MP Baijayant Panda gave away the award during the 44th national convention of the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) here on Thursday.
JSPl Barbil gets Global Training Award
Champua: The Jindal Steel and Power limited (JSPl), Barbil unit has been conferred with the Global Training and Development leadership Awards-2015 under the category of Best Results Based Training. JSPl, Barbil General Manager Alok Malhotra, Deputy Manager Sarthak Kar and Assistant Manager Soumeek Das received the award at an award ceremony, organised by the World HRD Congress in Mumbai on February 15.
‘Produce steel at competitive price’
Rourkela: Speaking at a two-day Steel Making Expert Committee meeting that began on Thursday, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) CEO GS Prasad exhorted RSP officers and delegates from various SAIl units to produce steel with enhanced operational efficiency and at a competitive price to improve profitability. He said, “Concentration on three basic areas like maximization of production of special-grade steels, prioritization of quality of steel making and reduction in the cost of production through optimisation of techno-economic parameters can tackle with such situation.” Steel Making Expert Committee Chairman YK Degan spoke on the challenges ahead in the light of present modernisation and expansion programmes of the SAIl.