Utkal Sammilani holds Odia New Year
Bhubaneswar: The Mancheswar Industrial Estate Branch of the Utkal Sammilani observed the Odia New Year on the occasion of Pana Sankranti Day on Tuesday. Members of the Sammilani taking bel pana greeted each other. Branch president Dillip Dashsharma presided over the meeting while secretary Gobinda Chandra Subuddhi delivered keynote address. It was decided at the meeting that the “Dhanyabad Yojana” would be put to use in every branch of the State. Members demanded for establishment of a statue of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Das at the Parliament. They said they would stage a dharna in front of the Parliament, if required. Among others, branch vice-president Pratap Kumar Swain, joint secretary Bibhuti Bhushan Swain, Er Shiba Prasad Mishra, Ashok Kumar Palatasingh and Shital Chandra Mohanty participated in the discussion.
ECoR bags traffic, mgt efficiency shields
Bhubaneswar: Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu on Monday awarded the East Coast Railway (ECoR) with efficiency shields at the National Railway Week Award function held at Guwahati. The Minister handed over the prestigious traffic transportation shield to the ECoR General Manager Rajiv Vishnoi along with Chief Operations Manager Guru Charan Ray for best zone in traffic transportation. Besides, the ECoR also received the shield for being the best zonal railway in personnel and staff matters. Six individual awards were also given to the officers and staff of the ECoR for their outstanding performance.
Samarpana holds blood donation camp
Bhubaneswar: City-based NGO Samarpana and the New Star Club of BMC Ward-4 jointly organised a blood donation camp in the club premises on Tuesday. North Bhubaneswar BJP leader and Samarpana president Golak Mohapatra and youth social activist Saroj Padhi inaugurated the camp. Capital Hospital Blood Bank Officer Dr Debashish Mishra was present. A total of 50 units of blood were collected. Among others, Samarpana coordinator Ashok Patra, Ward-4 former corporator Sukumar Sahoo and the New Star Club’s Rajesh Mohanty, Tukuna Mohanty and Arabind Baral were present.
Shining Stars Play School holds dance event
Bhubaneswar: The Shining Stars Play School organised an inter-school dance competition here on Tuesday. Around 150 participants from different schools of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack participated in Classical and Western dance competitions. Noted Odia cine actor Sambhav Mansingh and singer Divya Das graced the occasion as guests.