NAT’L CANCER AWARENESS DAY HELD IN CUTTACK
Cuttack: The National Cancer Awareness Day was observed by the Innovative Vidanasi Pathachari Association and the Rotary Club Cuttack Greater here. Dr Lalatendu Shadangi, Director of Cuttack Acharya Harihar Cancer Hospital, attended a meeting as the keynote speaker and said cancer is the second deadliest disease in the world. Early detection increases the chances of more successful treatment and longer life. For this, education and awareness should be created among the people. In the meeting held under the chairmanship of Devendra Sutar, president of Abhinav Vidanasi Pedestrian Association, Dr Viswanarayan Mohanty, president of Rotary Club, gave information about the significance of this day.
CSPUR DAVIANS CELEBRATE KARTIK PURNIMA
Bhubaneswar: Students of the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, celebrated Kartik Purnima amid reminiscing the rich maritime heritage and spreading the message of love and fraternity through cultural numbers ahead of the festival in the school premises on Monday.
BJP HOLDS DHAMNAGAR VIJAY DIVAS IN B’PUR
Brahmapur: Thousands of BJP workers led by BeMC Ward No.3 Corporator Sabita Sahu congregated at Haridakhandi Chhak and Aska Road and celebrated a “Vijay Parva” to mark the victory of BJP in the Dhamnagar by-poll. They distributed sweets among people and sounded very optimistic about BJP forming Government in Odisha in 2024. The strategies and mechanisms adopted by the BJD such as winning over voters by money as well as engaging administration against the opposition BJP proved futile as the electorate rejected the ruling party, they said.
LEGAL SERVICES AWARENESS CAMP AT JSUR
Jagatsinghpur: A legal services awareness camp was organised by the Jagatsinghpur District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and the civil administration here on Sunday. District Judge Anup Kumar Chandan inaugurated it. Additional District Judge Rajashree Mohapatra, ADJ Pocso Court Ajaya Mohanty, ADM Satchidananda Sahoo, DLSA Secretary Sunanda Padhee, DSP Subash Panda, Judicial Magistrate Malika Goenka spoke. Lawyer Dhirendra Nath Acharya proposed a vote of thanks. Stalls were erected depicting Government-sponsored welfare schemes.
CHILDREN'S FEST SURAVI CELEBRATED IN JSPUR
Jagatsinghpur: A district-level children's festival ‘Suravi’ was celebrated at the Government Girls’ High School here on Saturday in which hundreds of schoolchildren under the guidance of teachers participated. The celebration showcased different competitions among elementary and secondary school students like art, craft, song music, dance, debate, essay, elocution and creative writing. The best performers were sponsored for the State-level competition. District Education Officer Niranjan Behera, DIPRO Kaminiranjan Pattnaik, Additional DEO Rajashree Sahoo and Headmistress Arnapurna Panda spoke.
JSPUR SANSKRUTIKA PARISHAD OFFICE-BEARERS ELECTED
Jagatsinghpur: The office-bearers’ election for the Jagatsinghpur Sanskrutika Parishad was held here on Saturday under the supervision of election officer ADM Satchidananda Sahoo. As many as 22 executive body members were elected unopposed. The executive body elected office-bearers: working president Biplab Choudhury, vice-presidents Bijaya Kumar Rout and Ganeswar Mania, general secretary Sarada Prasad Das, joint secretaries Sudhir Kumar Mohanty and Naresh Das and treasurer Prasanta Mohapatra.
ASSN ‘PARADEEP YOUTH VOICE’ FORMED
Paradip: A new youth organisation ‘Paradip Youth Voice’ has been formed under the leadership of social worker Amiya Das to solve various issues in the port town by bringing together the youth mass of Paradip. The office bearers of the association are Satya Prakash Mohanty (President), Shivabrata Nayak and Anant Biswal (vice president), Karmadeep Jena (secretary), Kishore Pota (joint secretary). Amiya Das, Balidhia Sarpanch evendra Kumar Rout and lawyer Sanjay Kumar Behera are in the advisory board. The association will work for the all-round development of Paradip people, said the office bearers.
LEGAL AWARENESS CAMP AT P'KHEMUNDI
Paralakhemundi: On behalf of the Gajapati DLSA (District Legal Services Authorities), a legal awareness camp was held here. District Judge-cum-Chairman of DLSA Pranab Kumar Routray was chief guest and Collector Lingaraj Panda, SP Jayram Satpathy and Secretary of DLSA Rabinarayan Behera were guests of honour. The chief guest highlighted the legal support for common people. He also talked about various Government schemes in this connection. About 600 beneficiaries were given cheques and other documents.
LEGAL SERVICES CAMP HELD AT PHULBANI
Phulbani: The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Phulbani, and the State Legal Services Authority, Cuttack, organised a delivery based mega legal awareness camp at Phulbani. DLSA Chairman cum District Judge Nisikanth Samal, Collector Kandhmal Asish Iswar Patil, SP Kandhmal Vinit Agrawal, other judicial officers, district level officials, District Bar Association president Bijaya Mohanty, secretary Durga Sankar Pattnaik and members were present. As many as 140 persons benefited from the camp. DLSA, secretary Anushila Ray gave a vote of thanks.
ARKHITTA MEMORIAL FOOTBALL TOURNEY ENDS
Pallahara: Arkhitta Memorial Foot Ball Tournament-2022 which had started on November 4 came to a close on Monday at the Jhimiripali mini stadium. It had been inaugurated by football coach Sudhansu Kapardar. 14 teams participated in the tournament. In the final match between Katarapali and Kalanda teams, Katarapali emerged the champion by defeating the rival by 2-0.
Under the chairmanship of Narottam Sahoo, the closing ceremony was held, where Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahoo was chief guest. Lingaraj Das, Dharmendra Sahoo and Jogeswar Behera were the guests of honour.