Physician Damodar Misra passes away
Bhubaneswar: Retired Professor Dr Damodar Misra passed away here on Saturday. Dr Misra was born on March 1, 1922. He came from a humble family of Biraharekrushnapur in Puri district. He proceeded to England and completed MRCP from Edinburgh in 1956. He was Registrar in the SCB Medical College, Cuttack. He retired in 1980 from the MKCG Medical College, Brahmapur. He was also the president of the Orissa Medical Association and had many paper publications to his credit. He was an active member of the lions Club, Brahmapur and conducted many free medical camps.
Khordha dist admin holds Youth Skills Day
Bhubaneswar: The District Employment Mission, Khordha observed the World Youth Skills Day on Saturday by organising tree plantation, essay writing and debate competition, etc. All District Employment Mission employees participated in the tree plantation programme. District Employment Officer Amarendra Mallick, Arpita Priyadarshini, Subash Chandra Behera, Anita Nayak and Prasanna Kumar Routray were present and awarded the successful students who participated in the competitions. District Employment Office Regional Assistant Director Asit Baran Pradhan coordinated the programme.
Two killed, 5 hurt in road mishap in Jajpur
Jajpur: Two persons of a marriage party died and five others were injured in a road accident when a speeding Bolero vehicle turned turtle at Rajatota Chhak under the Bari police station in Jajpur district on Friday. The vehicle, carrying nine persons of the marriage party, was coming from Rajapur to Serapur. The deceased were identified as Jyoti Nayak (25) of Jajpur town and Satyabrata Jena (32) of Bhadrak.
Bihar minor girl rescued from J’suguda rly station
Jharsuguda: A 14-year-old minor girl of Bihar was rescued from the Jharsuguda railway station by the District Child Welfare Committee (CWC) officials on Friday. Simran Parwin of Gaya district was travelling alone going to her aunt's house in Jharsuguda. She could not provide her aunt's address to officials, following which the CWC team informed the GRP. The girl was later sent to the Thakkar Baba Ashram at Belpahar. DCPO Sunanda Maharana said police would contact Parwin's parents and hand over the girl to them.
Super Dancer audition held in city
Bhubaneswar: The audition of the kids’ dance reality show, Super Dancer, by the Sony Entertainment Television was held here. Super Dancer is a distinctive platform that opened doors to aspirants between the age group of 4 and 13 to showcase their dancing prowess. The show would provide the kids a unique national platform to showcase the 3D’s of Dancing i.e. desire, discipline and determination. Over 400 kids participated in the audition in the city. Actors Shilpa Shetty, Geeta Kapur and Anurag Basu would judge the show.