Odia diplomat High Commissioner To Dominica
Bhubaneswar: Odisha-born diplomat Arun Kumar Sahu has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Commonwealth of Dominica, according to a release of the Ministry of External Affairs. Sahu, a 1996-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, is presently the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. His residence will be in Port of Spain.
JNU violence: BPUT students hold candle march
Bhubaneswar: The All Odisha BPUT Students’ Association (AOBSO) organised a candle march here on Monday and critisised the violence at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi. The students, under the leadership of association founder and BYJD president Amaresh Patri, demanded arrest of the culprits and stringent actions against them. Among others, Tarini Prasad Nayak, Basudev Swain, Alok Kumar Behera, Pawan Swain, Ajay Kumar, Acharya Rocky Priyadarshan, Ananta Narayan Jena, Chinmay Das and Partha Sahu were present.
U Sammilani Mancheswar election on Jan 12
Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar Branch’s general body meeting and election would be held at the VSS Nagar Durga Puja Mandap here on January 12. Sammilani general secretary Dillip Dashsharma has requested all members to be present in the meeting and cast their votes.
Udyam Charitable Trust holds annual function
Bhubaneswar: The Udyam Charitable Trust celebrated its second annual function at the KIIT campus here on Monday under chairmanship of its founder Dillip Swain. KIIT and KISS founder and MP Achyuta Samanta, trust advisor Santosh Kumar Mohanty and former Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik attended as guests. On the occasion, four PwDs were given wheelchairs; four deserted women were given sewing machines, 22 visually-impaired were given white canes, Rs 27,000 to two patients and 17 blankets to destitute people. Among others, Ramesh Chandra Behera, Ajit Kumar Samantray, Sandeep Lenka and Bikram Mallick were present.