CM mourns writer Maheswata demise
Bhubaneswar: On the death of eminent author and social activist Mahesweta Devi on Thursday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted, “Saddened by demise of noted litterateur, social activist Mahasweta Devi. Irreparable loss for Indian literature. RIP.” Sociopolitical leader and chairman of Smt Nandini Satpathy Memorial Trust (SNSMT) Suparno Satpathy tweeted, “A great litterateur has left us. RIP. Nandini Devi and Mahesweta Devi were good friends. This is a personal loss.”
SBI opens High Court branch
Cuttack: A High Court Campus Branch, Cuttack of the SBI was inaugurated by the HC Chief Justice Vineet Saran in the presence of SBI Chief General Manager B Venugopala Reddy and General Manager NW-I Anil Johari. The branch will provide all types of banking services to the High Court and its employees. The SBI CGM highlighted the digital banking facilities that would be made available to public.
quiz contest for school students on July 31
Bhubaneswar: The Shree Sai Niketan Trust (SSNT) in association with the Odisha Quiz Association would organise KWIZ-bel 2016, a quiz competition, for city-based school students on July 31 at the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur. The objective of the competition is to spread awareness among students about the special children in the society. The SSNT has now ventured out for a school for special children, named as Wood-Apple in the city. Wood-Apple’s objective is to reach out to the special needs of visually-impaired, hearing impaired, mentally-challenged children.
DAV kids observe World Tiger Day
Bhubaneswar: Tiny tots of the DAV Public School, Pokhariput here on Thursday participated in a programme based on "Save Tiger" on the eve of the World Tiger Day.