Historian bats for restoration of Odia
Cuttack: Use of Odia language in all Government offices, appointment of Odia teachers in all Government schools can help restore the mother tongue of the State, said Bhasha Surakhya Samiti executive committee member and historian Satyabadi Baliarsingh at a felicitation programme organised by literary body Bikacha at Badamba here on Monday. litterateurs Dr Gautam Maharana, Bimbadhar Mahanty, Aartabandhu Pradhan, Satyanarayan Mishra and Niharika Mishra were also felicitated on the occasion. The literary meet, conducted by Bikacha president Chandrasekhar Mahanty and presided over by Duryodhan Baral, had guests like Prof Kulamani Barik, Pandit Suryanarayan Sharma and dramatist Suryanarayan Mahanty.
K’pada household burgled of Rs7.10 lakh
Kendrapada: Miscreants on Saturday night looted Rs7.10 lakh from the house of one Sk Mansoor at Patkura village by breaking open the door. They broke a trunk, took away Rs7.10 lakh kept there and later threw the trunk outside the house. Mansoor lodged an FIR on Sunday at
Patkura police station. Acting on the FIR police registered a case andstarted an inquiry by taking the help of sniffer dog squad andscientific team. No arrest had been made till the report was filed.
Utkal Alumina bags IDA Award-2015
Rayagada: The Utkal Alumina International ltd (UAIl) was conferred with the prestigious IDA Award-2015 for excellence in CSR in Education at function held in Bangalore recently. Besides Utkal Alumina, three other corporates, Hero Motor Corp, Dabur India and Essar Group, had reached the final stage and were invited to participate in the award function. Utkal Alumina was adjudged as the winner of the award, mounted by the India Didactics Association. Utkal Alumina Senior Vice-President and AGM Siba Mahapatra received the award from Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan Dr Mohammad Thneibat.