ONLINE TICKET BOOKING FOR SCB OPD SERVICES FROM MAY 9 (Pix)
Cuttack: Online booking of tickets for availing OPD services at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack will commence from May 9. People can visit eswasthya.odisha.gov.in to book slot for OPD services. They need to bring with them a printout of the booking done on online mode to avail the services.
U SAMMILANI REMEMBERES GANA KABI PANI (Pix)
BHUBANESWAR: The Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar Industrial Estate branch on Saturday paid homage to Gana Kabi Baishanab Pani on his death anniversary by garlanding his statue here. Addressing a gathering, branch president Dillip Dashsharma said the State Government should open a museum in the Gana Kabi’s memory and preserve all the materials used by the “people’s poet” and his masterpieces. Among others, branch vice-president Sheetal Chandra Mohanty, secretary Basanti Tripathy and members Prassana Rath, Sharat Chandra Sahu and Maheswar Biswal were present.
RUPSA WINS MRS INDIA CROWN (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: Rupsa Nayak, a former Computer Science student at the Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (SOA) here, has won the Mrs India pageant, the grand finale of which was held at Mumbai recently. The two-month long pageant, organised by the Glamour World, had attracted around 200 competitors. Ten of them were groomed for the finale. Rupsa made it to the top five and subsequently won the top crown. Mother of a one-year old girl child, Rupsa was a student in SOA belonging to the 2009 engineering batch. She had found a place in the top ten in the Femina Miss India contest in 2009. Her husband works in the banking sector in Mumbai and has Bollywood connections.
HUMAN CHAIN MARKS ANTI-CHILD LABOUR DAY (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: To mark the Anti-Child Labour Day, a human chain and an oath-taking ceremony were conducted by the Actionaid Association in collaboration with the CCWD Bhubaneswar here at Adibasi Gaon under Ward-21. The objective was to make the slum dwellers aware to “Say no to child labour, said CCRD secretary Sadasiv Swain.
GANJA WORTH RS 1 CR SEIZED IN GAJAPATI (Pix)
Paralakhemundi: The Adaba police in Gajapati district on Saturday seized 1,609 kg of ganja packed in 54 polythene bags, the market price of which would be around worth Rs 1 crore. Acting on a tipoff while patrolling in remote areas, a police team led by IIC Ananda Patra raided the house of one Mojesh Sabar in Kandara village under Garadama gram panchayat and seized the contraband. The ganja was weighed in the presence of the Mohana Additional Tehsildar.
FREEDOM FIGHTER JAGANNATH DAS REMEMBERED (Pix)
Brahmapur: The 20th death anniversary of freedom fighter, Odisha’a first pharmacist and first ML Schroff National Awardee Jagannath Das was observed at his residence here on Saturday with his son photojournalist Prasant Das performing the rituals. Odisha’s first pharmacy college, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was established at Mohuda near here in 1979 under his leadership. Late Das also played key role in formation of two more pharmaceutical institutions in Ganjam district. His close associate Prof KC Panda recalled his contributions. Das had been conferred “Lifetime achievement award” in 2001 by the then Governor MM Rajendran. Many social workers and healthcare professionals paid their floral tributes to him.
TRIBUTES TO BAISHNAB PATNAIK ON BIRTH ANNIV (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: Sociopolitical leader and Chairman of SNSMT Suparno Satpathy and others paid birth anniversary homage to legendary freedom struggle hero late Veer Baishnab Charan Patnaik on Saturday. Patnaik was Dhenkanal MP from 1962 to 67. While addressing a gathering Satpathy said, “Baishnabbabu stood for high morals in politics and it is time for today’s youth to value that.”
GOPABANDHU CHOUDHURY REMEMBERED IN JSPUR (Pix)
Jagatsinghpur: Renowned freedom fighter and social reformist Gopabandhu Choudhury was remembered on his death anniversary in his home turf Jagatsinghpur on Friday. The Jagatsinghpur Municipality and the civil administration jointly organised a meeting. ADM Satchidananda Sahoo garlanded the statue of Choudhury at Bangala Chowk and native Kherasa village accompanied by Municipality Chairperson Archana Singh, other officers and the late freedom fighter’s kin Devi Prasad Choudhury.
GAJAPATI POLICE NAB GOLD THIEF FROM WB
PARALAKHEMUNDI: The Gajapati district police on Friday arrested a thief who had fled away with gold ornaments worth Rs 21 lakh. A team of the Paralakhemundi Model police station nabbed Saror Midia from Mamudpur village under the Chandital police station of Hooghly district in West Bengal on charges of stealing 424.530 grams of gold meant for jewellery shop Suriya Hallmark here. Midia had been sent to Paralakhemundi to deliver the gold by Bhubaneswar based BVC Logistic on March 31. Police, following an FIR of the shop manager, started a manhunt to nab the accused.