B’pur Mahanagar Book Fair concludes
Brahmapur: The Mahanagar Book Fair, which was underway at the Church Ground here from December 16, concluded on Sunday with a meeting attended by former Union Minister Chandra Sekhar Sahu, MlA Dr Ramesh Chandra Chyaupatnaik, youth leader Bikram Panda, dramatist Janaki Kanta Das and vice-present Bichitrananda Bebarta as guests. While book fair committee president Sushant Das presided over the meeting, Ajit Kumar Sabat proposed a vote of thanks. Winners of different contests were given prizes. About 80 stalls had been put up at the fair.
Vajpayee b’day celebrated in Brahmapur Brahmapur: The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Bahumukhi Sangha celebrated the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee here on Sunday. RSS Brahmapur chief Prahallad Panigrahi and Sarat Kumar Sahu gracing as guests highlighted developmental activities undertaken during Vajpayee’s rule. Sangha president Ram Kumar Patra presided over the meeting. Among others, Captain Ustav Sabat, Shyamsundar Khadanga, Rajanikant Mandal and Rajendra Panda were present. The guests prayed for long healthy life for Vajpayee. Besides, the birthday was also observed on behalf of the Ganjam district unit of the BJP.
BJD foundation day observed in B’ngir
Balangir: The contributions of legendary Chief Minister Biju Patnaik were recalled by local BJD leaders here on the occasion of the BJD foundation day on Monday. “The reign of Biju Patnaik is recorded as a golden era in the Odisha politics. Naveen Patnaik is leaving no stone unturned to fulfil his father’s dreams for the State’s development,” said Arkesh Singh Deo, son of BJD MP Ananga Uday Singh Deo. He added, “We have to work hard so that the BJD bags maximum numbers of seats in the forthcoming panchayat election.” Municipality Chairperson Santosini Behera was present, among others.
Vajpayee birthday celebrated at Joda
Champua: The 92nd birthday of ex- Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was celebrated at Joda on Sunday. A meeting was held being attended by BJP Joda town president RK Singh, vice-president BN Das and secretary Rasmirathi Mahakud, local BJP youth wing general secretary Sarthak Sarangi and many other youths. Vajpayee’s contributions for the nation were discussed. At the end, blankets and sweets were distributed to poor and needy people.
J’suguda Press Club office opened
Jharsuguda: An office of the recently-formed Jharsuguda Press Club was inaugurated by Municipality Chairman Harish Ganantra and Senior Citizen president Balgopal Mishra. Former Municipality Chairman and senior lawyer TR Choudhury, senior Congress leaders Bharat Awasthy, Pintu Padhi and Raju Panigrahi, BJP Town president Sunil Panda and Vedanta PRO Pranay Satpathy were present. “The aim of instituting a Press club is to bring unity and provide timely help to journalist friends in times of need. United, we can face challenging situations in any eventuality,” said club president Santosh Mishra.
Mayurbhanj Book Fair concludes
Baripada: The 10-day-long Mayurbhanj Book Fair came to a close on Sunday. Mayurbhanj SP R Prakash, DRDA PD Subham Saxena and book fair functionaries Padmanabh Sahu and Manoj Dalbehera, among others, attended the closing ceremony. A variety of valuable books were on display at the fair and a large numbers of book-lovers from all over the district visited the fair.
Swachh Bharat activist honoured
Bhadrak: Swachh Bharat activist, secretary and convener of Gopalpur Nagarik Mancha in Bahanaga block Sudarshan Mahapatra was felicitated by Rural Development Secretary Madhusudan Padhi and other dignitaries for his contribution in the field of sanitation. Mahapatra and his team have completed 115 weekly cleaning and awareness drives in Gopalpur panchayat and adjacent areas of Bahanaga block. At the valedictory function of the Odisha Environment Congress in Bhubaneswar, Mahapatra was conferred with the Swachh Ambassador Award by the State Government.
Dancer Rajrajeswari felicitated
Bhadrak: Artist Sushree Rajrajeswari was felicitated by the Kalinga TV for her contribution in the fields of Odishi classical and modern dances in Bhadrak. She was conferred the award by local MP Arjun Charan Sethi in the presence of Kalinga TV CMD Himansu Khatua, Chairman of Bhadrak Municipality Manas Mohanty and ZP President Jagannath Swain. Notably, Rajrajeswari is a student of the law College in Cuttack.
Nehru Seva Sangh celebrates Christmas
Banpur: The Christmas Day was celebrated by the Nehru Seva Sangh here on Sunday. Earlier, the ashram’s children had offered prayers at lord Jesus by lighting candles and cutting cakes on Saturday midnight.
The prayer meeting was presided over by Prof Rankanath Hata while Sangh office bearers like Sarojini Dash, Omprakash Agrawal, Pradeep Kumar Das, Nrusingh Charan Moharana spock on Jesus. Children recited verses of the holy Bible and performed cultural programme based on Jesus.