Job fair fiasco: ABVP demands Dasburma’s arrest
Bhubaneswar: The ABVP has demanded arrest of departmental Minister Sanjay Dasburma for corruption in the job fair. “The Government has cheated 40,000 youths after collecting Rs 40 lakh from them. As Dasburma was involved in the issue, he should be arrested,” said the ABVP. In 2014, the Government had announced to organise a job fair for technical graduates and collected Rs 100 per head. But the Skill Development and Technical Education Department and the BPUT are yet organise a job fair.
Sambhaba holds Swachha Manaba campaign
Bhubaneswar: Social organisation the Sambhaba organised a ‘Swachha Manaba’ campaign to create awareness about the value of cleanliness in life at the Big Bazaar area, Station Square and near Ram Mandir here on Thursday. Sambhaba members decided to clean-shave the underprivileged persons living under open sky. “Cleanliness of self is important and it encourages cleanliness in society. Our objective is to create awareness amongst underprivileged about sanitation,” said Harish Panigrahi, a member. The Sambhaba members also distributed clothes and winter stuffs to them
CCE workshop held at DAV Pokhariput
Bhubaneswar: A two-day workshop on scholastic aspects of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) was held at the DAV Public School, Pokhariput here on Wednesday and Thursday. CBSE Regional Director lakhan lal Meena inaugurated the event and urged teachers to lay greater emphasis on the scholastic aspects of CCE. The 95 participants including teachers from 45 schools of the CBSE region attended the programme. Host school Principal Madam Sujata spoke on various aspects of the current education system. “The quality of education in CCE has really increased because of such regular trainings of educators,” opined Shakti Prasanna Mohany, a teacher-participant.
SBI holds Mudra loan camp
Bhubaneswar: A Mudra loan camp was organised by the State Bank of India (SBI), here on Wednesday for the beneficiaries of the Prime Minister’s Mudra Yojana (PMMY). Deputy Secretary of the Financial Services Department under the Ministry of Finance Sanjay Kumar joined the meeting as guest. SBI deputy general manager (B&O), Zone-I Arup Dasgupta presided over the meeting and briefed about the salient features of the scheme. At the camp, loan sanction letters were distributed to 41 PMMY beneficiaries. SBI DGM (SME) Prakash Saboo requested the beneficiaries for effective utilisation of the funds and timely repayment of the loans.
Workshop to promote healthy environ held
Bhubaneswar: The Centre for Child and Women Development in association with the Practical Action and the Bernard Van leer foundation organised a final project sharing workshop under safe and healthy environment for the children of informal waste workers here at the HHI on Wednesday. Inaugurating the workshop, Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena said the people should work for the promotion and protection of healthy environment. CCWD secretary Sadasiv Swain shared the objective and achievement of the project. The CCWD is implementing the project in seven slum pockets in the city since 2014.