Nimapara student leader dies in road mishap
Nimapara: Newly-elected and differently-abled Nimapara College Students’ Union general secretary Pitambar Swain died in an accident while returning home from Cuttack at Balianta on Wednesday. He had gone to attend an examination in Cuttack and while returning he fell down from his tricycle scooter. He was rushed to the Amri Hospitals, Bhubaneswar, where he succumbed to his injuries. Nimapara MlA Samir Ranjan Dash, student leader Chintamani Baral, former block Chairman Pradipta Khatoi, youth leader Ashok Sahoo, college Principal Kamalkant Samantray and lecturers Jagat Prashad Sabut, Pranab Swain, Subrat Mohanty, Manas Swain and others held a condolence meeting.
2 AP women drown in river while Taking selfie
Rayagada: In a tragic incident, two women from Andhra Pradesh reportedly fell off a hanging bridge over river Nagabali in Odisha’s Rayagada district while taking selfie and drowned in the water body on Thursday. The deceased were identified as E Jyoti (27) of Visakhapatnam and S Sridevi (23) of Vijayanagaram. Being informed, Fire Service personnel reached the spot and recovered the bodies around 200 metres away from the spot.
Social worker Sovabati Patra passes away in B’pur
Brahmapur: Well-known social worker Sovabati Patro died at her residence here on Monday. She was 86 and wife of late Somanath Patra, owner of the Transport (Bus & Trucks ) Company, the first transport firm, of Ganjam district in 1960s. Her son Supreme Court advocate Ramesh Chandra Patra and daughter Induprabha Nayak and other family members were present at her deathbed. A galaxy of doctors and senior paid their last respects to her. Her body was taken to the Puri Swargadwar for cremation. BJD leader Rama Chandra Panda and senior journalist Narasingh Sahu also condoled her death.
Cleanness awareness drive held in Nimapara
Nimapara: Under the Swachh Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme, the Puri District Water Board organised a cleanness awareness drive at Dahijanga village of Dhaleswar panchayat on Wednesday with an aim to make the panchayat open defecation-free. School students holding placards went around the village shouting slogans on awareness for using toilets. A roadside meeting was also held under chairmanship of former block chairperson Manaswini Khatoi. Among others, Pradipta Khatoi, Sarpanch Puspalata Routray, Kahnu Charan Khatoi, Assistant Executive Engineer Prabir Bal, coordinator Ranjan Sahoo, NGO secretary Kailash Sahoo and school Headmaster Amar Nayak were present.
SSA holds child fest at Balanga
Balanga: The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Puri organsied a cluster-level Sishu Mahostav ‘Suravi’ at the Ganeswar Nodal UP School under Bamanal Education Cluster on Wednesday to improve the all-round development of primary school students. More than a hundred students of 13 schools participated in different competitions. Cluster Resource Coordinator Sandeep Narayan Dash presided over the meeting. Bamanal Sarpanch Sandhyarani Chotoray was chief guest. Among others, Panchayat Samiti member Deepak Kumar Behera and Headmaster Bijendra Kumar Mohapatra were present. School managing committee chairperson Debasis Mohanty coordinated the programme.
Pandit Godavarish remembered at Banpur
Banpur: Pandit Godavarish Misra was remembered on his birthday by the Odisha Sahitya Akademi at the Nehru Seva Sangh here on Thursday. Guests paid rich tributes to Godavarish recalling his literary and social reform activities. Among others, Sarojini Dash, Nrusingh Prasad Misra, Kedareswar Nanda, Dr Surendranath Patra, PR Mandal, Dr Dibakar Mansingh and Dr Fanindra Bhusan Nanda spoke.