VSSUT teachers’ body office-bearers elected
Sambalpur: Prof Prakash Chandra Swain, Professor of Civil Engineering, has been elected as president of Teachers’ Association of the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Technology (VSSUT), Burla. Dr Manas Ranjan Kabat, Associate Professor in Computer Science & Engineering), and Dr Pandab Patro (Mechanical Engineering) were elected vice-presidents while Dr Harish Kumar Sahoo, Associate Professor of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, was elected as secretary. Dr Arun Kumar Barik, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Gautam Behera, Assistant Professor, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering were elected joint secretaries.
Freedom fighter Maheswar Swain passes away
Dhenkanal: Veteran freedom fighter Maheswar Swain passed away in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday following prolonged illness. He was 95. Swain was born in Sangrami village in Dhenkanal district. His son Rabi Narayan Swain and other family members were present at his bedside. The Kamakhyanagar Bar Association mourned his death.
Balliguda RI held taking bribe
Phulbani: The Brahmapur Vigilance police on Thursday caught Balliguda RI Tarini Parichha Pattnaik red-handed while he was taking bribe of Rs 1,000 from one Sukadeba of Badagan village to identify a land for committee house and its clearance.
Jatindranath HS founder remembered
Bhubaneswar: The Martyr’s Day marking Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination and the 91th birthday of the Jatindranath Pradhan, founder of Jatindranath High School, Odasingh, Salepur were celebrated in the school premises on Wednesday. Noted science writer Dr Pramod Kumar Mohapatra, Akashvani Deputy Director Sudhanshu Sekhar Dhada, ‘Unnati Pathe’ editor and National Journalists’ Welfare Board vice-president Pradyumna Kumar Mohanty and senior journalist Baishnab Jena attended as guests. Headmistress Niharbala Debi presided over the meeting. Teacher Prashant Kumar Bhuyan and retired Sanskrit teacher Pandit Chakradhar Das were felicitated.
J’suguda club submits memo on assault
Jharsuguda: Members of the Jharsuguda Press Club (JPC) under the leadership of club president Jiwan Mohanty lodged a protest against the assault on a Bhubaneswar-based scribe and murder of a Balangir newspaper staff, besides demanding strongest action against the miscreants. In this regard, on Tuesday, JPC president Mohanty along with general secretary Ritesh Sharma, secretaries, Surendra Barik and Bhuban Kishore Tiwary, working president Pyare Lal Srivastava, advisors Raj Kumar Sharma, Prashant Mohanty, Sanjay Lodha, and members Prabharanjan Mishra, Santosh Mohapatra and Basant Jena submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister and the Governor through ADM Trilochan Maghi.
Subarnapur activist in HUD Dept panel
Sonepur: Well-known activist Ghasiram Panda of Subarnapur has been appointed as the State level Committee member for monitoring the progress of shelter for urban homeless under the Housing and Urban Development Department. As per the Housing and Urban Development Department, former Commissioner JD Sharma has been appointed as chairman of the Committee and Housing and Urban Development Commissioner GM Hattaran, Aharani Choudhari and activist Panda have been appointed as the members. They will supervise the progress of shelter for the urban homeless.
Utkal Alumina holds health camp at Nuagoan
Bhubaneswar: Under the banner of the Aditya Birla Group Company, the Utkal Alumina organised a multispecialty health camp at the Community Centre of Nuagaon recently. Kashipur BDO Bedabar Pradhan inaugurated the camp in the presence of specialists Dr Ananta Charan Nayak, Dr MM Purohit, Dr Arun Kumar Tudu, Rakesh Mishra, BRK Padhi, Siba Sankar Mahapatra, Sukanta Mahapatra and Binod Pujari. A total of 512 patients from 16 mine periphery villages were treated.
OPGC holds preventive health camp
Jharsuguda: The Odisha Power Generation Corporation Ltd (OPGC) on Wednesday conducted a preventive health camp at the office of Sunari GP in Lakhanpur block in the district. Sarpanch Akshaya Kumar Sa inaugurated the camp in which a total of 400 patients from villages were examined for various ailments and provided free medicines. IB Thermal Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr Bijaylal Biswal along with Assistant CMO Dr Manas Ranjan Panigrahi and Dr Ekanta Padhan of the Lakhanpur PHC treated the patients.