Meet on Jagannatha culture held
Bhubaneswar: The International Jagannatha Society, America-Puri branch organised a discussion meet here on Saturday. Dr Siddheswar Mohapatra, Barada Prasanna Das and Dr Surendranath Mishra were present as chief speakers and laid importance on spreading of the Jagannatha culture in international level. The speakers requested the interested people to join the society. Society president Dr Bhagabata Sahoo chaired the meet. Dr Sahoo informed that writings on Jagannatha culture would be translated into English soon for distribution outside the State. He also shared his experience in the USA during the construction of a Jagannatha temple there. Kuna Das of Japan and others were felicitated on the occasion.
Anuradha to get Prafulla Kar Samman
Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of singer Prafulla Kar’s 77th birth anniversary, the Prafulla Kar Foundation would organise a music programme ‘Kamala Desa Rajakumar’ for two days at the Rabindra Mandap here from February 15. Renowned singer Anuradha Paudwal would be conferred with the Prafulla Kar Samman. She would be given Rs 1 lakh cash reward and a citation.
Kinnars hold blood donation camp in city
Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of TG Representative State Committee member Guruma Meera Parida’s birthday, around 50 kinnars and other people donated blood on Friday in a Red Cross bus. They also campaigned on rights of hijras on the occasion. They distributed food to the children of Kanan Vihar-based deaf and dumb school. Under the banner of the Nikhil Odisha Hijra Mahasangha, Pratap Sahoo, social worker Namrata Chadha, linkan Subudhi, Sadhana Mishra, Madhuri Kinnar, Meghana Kinnar and Menaka Kinar participated in the event.
BEO sacks inebriated Headmaster in K’pada
Kendrapada: Rajnagar Block Education Officer (BEO) Rajkishore Swain in Kendrapada district on Thursday suspended Headmaster Anjan Kumar Sahu of the Nurugaon Nodal UP School as the latter was found in an inebriated condition during school hours and liquor bottles were recovered from an almirah in the school. When the BEO made a surprise visit to the school, he found the headmaster in the inebriated condition. later, Swain found a carton of nine liquor bottles and seven empty ones in the almirah.
Sensitisation workshop for Preraks and VT held
Rayagada: A two-day sensitisation workshop for Preraks and voluntary teachers (VT) was organised by the State Resource Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (SRC) at Patrapur on Friday. Patrapur BDO lalit Kumar Kanhar, BEO Abhiram Behra and Kailash Chandra Behera attended the programme as resource persons. They said functional, financial, legal and electoral literacy would overcome all huddles for the illiterates and synthesise them into the mainstream of development. Bhagabat Padhi and Sudarsan Biswal presented various activities of the SRC and role of the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) to support higher education.
FIITJEE students excel in NTSE results
Bhubaneswar: Students of the FIITJEE Bhubaneswar Centre have excelled in the NTSE Stage-1 results in the city. A total of 42 FIITJEE students from the centre demonstrated exemplary scholastic brilliance in the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE). This contributes to nearly 40 per cent share of the overall State results from FIITJEE Bhubaneswar Centre. The NTSE was conducted by the NCERT. Students studying in Class-X are eligible for NTSE 2016 examination and selection procedure. The NTSE 2016 was conducted on November 8, 2015.
ADAV High School celebrates annual day
Sunabeda: The ADAV High School here celebrated its annual day on Tuesday. HAl Koraput Division GM and AES chairman Debashis Deb was chief guest and applauded the achievements of the schoolchildren in both curricular and co-curricular activities. Aarohi ladies’ Club president Madam Pranati Deb, AES general secretary NC Satpathy and ADAV High School secretary Suryakant Rout were guests. School Headmaster Sipra Patnaik presided over the meeting. All toppers from all classes and winners of the literary competitions were given away prizes. Besides, Shaheda Parween was felicitated for being awarded as the Best Junior Red Cross Counsellor.