Dhenkanal litterateur donates mother’s body
Dhenkanal: Noted litterateur and Odisha Sahitya Akademi awardee Prof Dhaneswar Sahu has donated the dead body of his mother Basanti Sahu to the Anatomy Department of the Sum Hospital in Bhubaneswar. He also donated the eyes of his mother for preservation at the eye bank of the hospital and appealed to others to donate eyes in order to eradicate blindness from the world.
BJP observes Jayaprakash’s birthday at D’nal
Dhenkanal: The BJP observed the birth anniversary of socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan here on Sunday with party district president Naresh Chandra Mohapatra presiding over the function. BJP district secretary Ramesh Chandra Samal, former MP Rudra Narayan Pany, former Dhenkanal Municipality Chairman Sunil Sharma, State Seed Corporation Chairman Jogendra Tripathy, social activist Prasanta Mishra, Naba Kishore Guru and Deepak Pattanaik spoke on the life and contributions of Jayaprakash.
Jamwal takes charge of MCl Public Relations
Sambalpur: Vinayak DNS Jamwal took charge of the Public Relations of the Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl) on Saturday. He assumed the charge from Dikken Mehra, who has taken up certain new assignments in the company. Jamwal, who has around 15 years of experience in journalism and corporate communication, had joined the energy major Coal India’s service as a PR Executive at the Western Coalfields limited (WCl), Nagpur in 2010 and was transferred to the MCl in January 2012.
Navaratri festival begins in Brahmapur
Brahmapur: The Navaratri festival of Maa Kali Thakurani Temple (Sri Kali Thakurani Bhaktha Brundham) located near Sub-Registrar’s office in prime location of the city kick-started here from Tuesday. The temple, also known as ano Thakurani of Brahmapur, is stated to be the oldest temple in the city. The temple has a long tradition to celebrate Devi Navaratri Puja every year which thousands of devotees visit, said one of the organisers of the event, A Srinivas Rao. The temple committee has made adequate arrangements for smooth and safe darshan of the deity, Rao said.
Talk on organic farming held in P’khemundi
Paralakhemundi: The MS Swaminathan School of Agriculture and the Centurion University of Technology and Management organised a ‘Symposium on Integrated and organic farming system for agriculture sustainability.’ The objective was to lay emphasis on various aspects of sustainable agriculture through insightful talks, interacting and brainstorming ideas. On the occasion, Dr G Puspalata and Association dean Dr SP Nanda had coordinated the symposium inaugurated by Vice-Chancellor Prof D Nageswar Rao. Dr Amar KJR Nayak from Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar delivered a talk on “Science of efficiency in agriculture. Dr BP Mishra delivered a talk on ‘Integrated organic formation in the world and its sustainability.’
Maha Milan of Goddesses Bhagabati, Birajai held
Banpur: The Maha Milan of Goddess Bhagabati and Birajai was held at Banpur Main Bazaar here on Monday midnight. The Chalanti Pratima (movable deity) of Goddess Bhagabati met and embraced her sister Goddess Birajai on the spot. Notably, the Maha Milan of both the deities held on the occasion of Mahalaya every year. The Sevayats escort the goddesses in a huge procession by dancing to the tunes of Ghanta and Kahalis. Bhagabati, the presiding deity of Banapur, is one of the 12 famous Saktipithas as mentioned by Sarala Dasa in his Odia Mahabharata.