Actor Minaketan battles pancreatic cancer
Bhubaneswar: Actor Minaketan, who entertains audience with powerful performance especially in negative role in the Odia film industry and theatre, is now battling pancreatic cancer at the leelavati Hospital in Mumbai. Earlier, he had been admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. He was diagnosed with the cancer after undergoing medical tests. As he is in early stage of cancer, doctors have assured him of recovery through treatment. A total cost of expenditure for the treatment is estimated at Rs 35 lakh.
Woman, daughter electrocuted in Puri
Puri: In a tragic incident, a woman and her daughter were electrocuted after coming in contact with a paddy threshing machine at Areipada village under the Chandanpur police limits in Puri district on Thursday night. They were identified as Suka Mallick (55) and her daughter Jamuna. The duo was thrashing paddy using the machine. While relocating the machine after finishing their work, they were electrocuted and died on the spot.
Konark awarded as best heritage destination
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Tourism got the ‘Holiday IQ Best Heritage Destination Award’ for Konark at a programme held in New Delhi on Thursday. Tourism Director Nitin Bhanudas Jawale received the award
from Union Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office and Development of North Eastern Region Dr Jitendra Singh. Jawale highlighted about new initiatives taken to promote Odisha Tourism in both the domestic and international sectors on the occassion. The Mahindra Holidays’ Arun Anand congratulated Odisha Tourism for the award.
Kalinga Nursing School holds Int’l Nursing Day
Bhubaneswar: The Kalinga Nursing School in collaboration with the Kalinga Hospital limited celebrated the 197th International Nursing Day on the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. The opening session was marked by a capping ceremony of 56 passing-out nurses and followed by an oath taking ceremony in the presence of chief guest Dr (Brig) B Routray and Dr RC Patnaik, Managing Director of Kalinga Hospital.
HCl holds NGOs’ meet on CSR grants
Bhubaneswar: The HCl Foundation organised its conference called “CSR for Nation Building: The HCl Grant: Pan India Symposiums” to help NGOs gain better understanding on the CSR law and CSR grants here recently. The symposium was organised as part of the HCl Foundation drive to reach out to the NGOs in 10 cities. The HCl Grant has announced the call for entries for its third edition in 2017-18 for education, health and environment categories. The winning NGOs would receive a grant of up to Rs 5 crore.