Cycle rally marks Gopabandhu birthday in Nimapara Nimapara:
A cycle rally was organised here on Monday to mark the 140th birthday of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das by the Nimapara Yuva Bikash Parishad. Utkalmani’s grandson Adarsh Das led the rally in which more than 50 youths moved from Nimapara Jayashree chhak to Gopabandhu statue of Charichhak, a distance of 10 km. Youths spread messages for making an alcohol-free and corruption-free society and for saving water and petrol. Participants too garlanded Gandhi statue. Among others, Krushna Chandra Rout, Krushna Chandra Barik, Kapil Biswal, Debasish Dash, Kishan Rath,Sumanta Majhi and Prabesh Parida were present.
No lifejackets for Dhabaleswar devotees Athagarh:
Devotees used the waterways from the Bidanasi side of Cuttack city to reach the Dhabaleswar Temple on the first Monday of holy month of Kartik. However, the administration's instruction for use of lifejackets by passersby here was grossly violated.
Balanga BJP Yuva Morcha meet held
Balanga: The BJP Balanga Mandal Yuva Morcha organised a meet at the laxminrusingh temple of Taraboi on Saturday. BJP Mahila Morcha State president Pravati Parida attended as chief guest while vice-president Pinky Pradhan, Rajiv lochan Prusty, Rasmiranjan Sahoo, Ajay Mishra, Arjun Baral and Gopinath Mishra joined as guests. Nimapara College student leader Chandan Sahoo enrolled in the BJP Yuva Morcha in presence of the guests. BJP Balanga Mandal president Prasanna Kumar Dash presided. Hundreds of BJP workers and supporters joined the programme.