U Sammilani observes Vyasakabi birthday
Bhubaneswar: The 175th birthday of Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Senapati was observed by the Utkal Sammilani here on Saturday. Sammilani Mancheswar Industrial Estate Branch president Dillip Dashsharma and others garlanded the Vyasakabi’s statue at the main gate of Utkal University. Among others, branch vice-president Sheetal Chandra Mohanty, secretary Gobind Chandra Subuddhi, Bhubaneswar Branch vice-president Basanti Singh, joint secretary Basanti Tripathi, executive committee member Dr Siba Prasad Mishra, council members Ashok Kumar Palatasingh and Akshaya Kumar Jethi paid tributes. Apart from singing ‘Bande Utkal Janani’ and giving slogans of ‘Vyasakabi Fakir Mohan Amar Rahe’, members remembered Fakir Mohan as the founder of Odia prose literature and as a former president of the Utkal Sammilani.
Makar Milan, Fakir Mohan Jayanti held in Baripada
Baripada: The Mayurbhanj Sahitya Parishad held a Makar Milan and Fakir Mohan Jayanti Utsav here on Saturday. The programme, presided over by Parishad president Ajit Kumar Kabat, was attended by secretary Asish Kumar Basa, nonagenarian artist Purna Chandra Bindhani, lyricist Sangram Mohanty, Prof Jagat B Acharya, journalist Kavi Vishnu Satpathy and engineer Bhagirathi Parida, among others. The speakers highlighted the special features of the Makar festival in Mayurbhanj and paid rich tributes to the great storywriter Fakir Mohan Senapati. A Kavita Pathotsav dedicated to Makar festival and Fakir Mohan was organised. ‘Mayurakshi’, the annual mouthpiece of the Parishad was released.
Acid hurling: Man gets 4-yr jail term in JSpur
Jagatsinghpur: The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court here in its judgement on an acid hurling case sentenced an accused to undergo four years’ imprisonment and pay a fine `17,000. The accused Rajkishor Sahoo hails from Sarkhi village in the Tirtol area who had been arrested in connection with the acid hurling incident at the village on March 29, 2005 in which one Kailash Jena was injured. CJM Ramakrushna Chudhury found Rajkishor guilty.
Businessman dies in JSpur road mishap
Jagatsinghpur: In a mishap at Sindhola on the Ersama-Manijanga road, a businessman, Golekha Chandra Das, of Kotakana village was killed on Thursday night. Das was waiting for a bus when a car hit him. The errant car driver fled the spot.
Man dies, wife hurt in road accident in K’handi
Bhawanipatna: A man died and his wife was seriously injured when they were hit by a rice-laden truck at Kashibahal near Dharmagarh in Kalahandi district on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Rabishankar Jal (65). Demanding compensation for the deceased’s family members, locals on Saturday blocked the Bhawanipatna-Dharmagarh road placing the body on the highway.