Yatra stampede: SP demands judicial probe
Bhubaneswar: Samajwadi Party State president Rabi Behera on Sunday demanded a judicial inquiry into the Rath Yatra stampede at Puri. He also demanded `10 lakh each as compensation to the deceased’s families. He urged the State Government to take adequate measures to check such incidents during the Bahuda Yatra and Sunabesa of the deities. “Those who are responsible for the incident must be punished,” he added.
War veterans hold plantation programme
Bhubaneswar: The annual plantation programme of War Veteran Officers’ Association (WVOA) was held at the Odisha Veterinary College in association with No.1 Odisha Remount and Veterinary Squadron, Odisha, Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
2,500 RSS volunteers help devotees in Puri
Bhubaneswar: Around 2,500 volunteers of the Utkal Bipanna Sahayata Samiti, the service wing of the RSS, on Saturday offered nine types of services in Puri on the occasion of the Nabakalebar Rath Yatra. The volunteers were engaged in providing pure drinking water to devotees at many places along the Grand Road, taking patients to hospitals and providing security to the chariots along with the security forces, cleaning the Grand Road and ensuring first aid services. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the free service campaign.