Forum for Ganjam remembers Dinanth Pathy
Brahmapur: Remembering eminent painter Dinanath Pathy, the Forum for Ganjam organised a condolence meeting here at the Kamapalli Sankalpa School premises on Thursday. Garlanding the photo of late Pathy, the speakers spoke about his contributions to the art and culture of Ganjam district and Odessa as a whole. Dr Sagar Tripathy shared about Pathy’s struggling life and work. Forum members ET Rao, Bhimsen Sahu, Jagdis, Sushant Sabat, Bhimaraju Patra and Sudhir Rout were present, among others.
Sanskarabadi felicitates IG Amitabh Thakur
Brahmapur: The Sanskarabadi’s founder-president Trinath Moharana felicitated Police IG Amitabh Thakur here on Thursday. Thakur was recently conferred with the President’s Award as an efficient police officer. Moharana along with Banshidhar Bhuyan, educationist Shyam Sundar Khadanga and environmentalist Sanjay Kumar Majhi submitted a memorandum to the IG demanding security and identity cards for the senior citizens. Niranjan Sahu, Pratap Chandra Panda, lambodar Sahu and Kashinath Patra were present, among others.
Mayurbhanj Police SI held taking bribe
Cuttack: Jharpokharia police SI Badrika Nath Behera in Mayurbhanj district was arrested on Thursday for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 15,000. Behera demanded the bribe from one SK Rijuan of Badamkuradhi village under Rairangpur police limits to release his Pick-up Van. On Rijuan’s complaint, a trap was laid and Badrika Nath Behera caught red-handed by Vigilance officers near the Seemanta Pharmacy College.
Blood donation camp held in N’singhpur
Narasinghpur: The Narasinghpur Yuva Sangathan in association with the Red Cross organised a blood donation camp on Friday here at the Nigigada Girl’s School. Tehsildar Seshadeba Mishra inaugurated the camp, at which 170 units of blood were collected. Sangathan president Shaikh Sabid, secretary Dibya lochan Mohanty, Sidhanta Burma, Dipty Prakash Patnaik, Manoj Kumar Panda and Dr Soubhgya Ranjan Subudhi coordinated the camp.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan begins at Khariar
Nuapada: A week-long programme on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was started at Khariar by the Khariar lIC office to commemorate the 60th year of establishment of lIC on Thursday. Hundreds of lIC agents and Khariar lIC officials participated in the programme. led by Development Officer Binod Kumar Padhi, a procession was held to generate awareness among people. The procession was started from Samaleswari temple to the lIC office. Khariar Children’s park was cleaned on the occasion. “The cleaning works would be taken up in different parts of the town in the week,” said Padhi.
Self-Government Day celebrated in Subarnapur
Sonepur: The Swayatta Sasan Divas was celebrated at Binka NAC on Wednesday. Birmaharajpur MlA Padmanabha Behera was present as chief guest. Binka NAC Vice-Chairman Tapaswini Meher chaired the meeting. Subarnapur district Collector Dasharathi Satapathy, DRDA PD Biswanth Sahu, Subarnapur Sub-Collector Suryanarayan Dash and Dr Ramprasad Mishra were present as guests. The MlA laid foundation stones and inaugurated NAC building first floor, a mini stadium, Mahanadi Mandap, Binka Nuapalli Community Centre, Sambhubhusan Marg and Biju Patnaik Stadium etc on the occasion.
OP Singh takes over as MCl Director (Technical)
Sambalpur: Om Prakash Singh in Thursday took over as the Director (Technical) at the Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl). MCl CMD AK Jha along with Director (Tech/P&P) JP Singh, Director (Finance) KK Parida and Director (Personnel) lK Mishra welcomed Singh to the company. Singh, a mining graduate from the Ravishankar University (Raipur), has served at several important positions in the South Eastern Coalfields limited (SECl) during his 33-year-long service in the Coal India.