JSpur BJD holds meet for organisational polls
Jagatsinghpur: The BJD Jagatsinghpur unit on Friday held a preparatory meeting and discussed the party’s organisational polls in the district and block levels, membership drives including Jana Samparka Padayatra which would begin from Gandhi Jayanti to the birth anniversary of legendary leader Jayaprakash Narayan. Party leader Jogendra Behera clarified the party’s plans about the Jan Sampark Padayatra beginning from October 2 to make public aware of several welfare schemes and poverty alleviation programmes of the State Government. BJD district president and former MlA Bishnu Das presided over the meeting, attended by MlAs Rajashree Mallick, Prashant Muduli, MP Kulamani Samal, Zilla Parishad president DD Mohanty.
3-day workshop on child abuse to be held
Jharsuguda: The Jharsuguda Round Table-236 in association with the Jharsuguda ladies Circle-126 will organise a three-day workshop on Child Abuse here beginning from September 30. The workshop would be conducted by Bangalore-based expert Dr Rajlaxmi of the Shristi life, said Himanshu Khandelwal, a member of the Round Table-236 at a Press meet here on Friday.
City Durga Puja panel holds soil lifting drive
Bhubaneswar: The VSS Nagar Sarbajanina Durga Puja Samiti on the occasion of the Sunia Tithi on Friday carried out the soil lifting rituals for making of idols of Goddess Durga in view of the ensuing Durga Puja. Members of Samiti took out a procession from the Durga Puja Mandap at VSS Nagar here to the Kuakhai river, from where they lifted the soil. Durga Puja Samiti president Rangadhar Mishra, vice-president Nimain Das, general secretary Girija Prasad Mohanty, Dillip Dashsharma and Artatrana Dalai, among others, participated in the programme.
Eid celebrated in Bhadrak
Bhadrak: The festival of Eid was celebrated by Muslim community with much zeal and zest in Bhadrak, which is known for its diverse population, on Friday. Thousands of Muslims offered Namaz on the occasion. Puruna Bazaar, Kadam Beda, Guji Darada, Banka Bazaar wore a festive look with substantial part of the areas celebrated the festival with much fervour.
Dhamra Port RPDAC meeting
Bhadrak: A meeting of the Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development and Advisory Committee (RPDAC) of the Dhamra Port was held at the DRDA conference hall here on Friday. RDC (Central) Bikash Chandra Mohapatra attended the meeting as guest. The agendas of discussion were issues of displacement, rehabilitation, expansion of the port, etc.
Newly-wed woman killed by hubby in K’pada
Kendrapada: A 19-year-old girl, Suvalaxmi Sahu, who had married Rashmi Ranjan of Ghashyampur under the Kendrapada Sadar police station three months back, was allegedly killed by the latter for dowry on Thursday night. Police sources said her husband killed her by suffocating her with a pillow. Suvalaxmi used to get tortured both mentally and physically by her husband for dowry. On Thursday night, an altercation erupted between the two, following which Rashmi Ranjan killed her. The deceased’s father lodged an FIR at the Sadar police station against Rashmi Ranjan and his family members, but no arrest has been made so far.