Utkal Sammillani celebrates Nuankhai
Bhubaneswar: A Nuankhai Bhetghat (get-together) was organised at the State Utkal Sammillani office here on Monday. The participants exchanged pleasantries and underlined the need to work for glorifying these festivals rooted deep in Odia culture and life. Prominent among the attendees were Sammilani central committee vice-president Bichitrananda Sahu, Bichitra Kumar Badajena, Dr Surendra Mishra and Mancheswar branch head Dillip Dashsharma.
Nilgiri rapist held after 9 months of crime
Baleswar: The Nilgiri police have arrested a rape accused, who was absconding for about nine months after allegedly raping a minor girl at Panchalingeswar village. The accused was identified as Karunakar Mohanty. He had kidnapped the girl on January 18. Subsequently, after raping the girl he had fled and was playing hide-and-seek with police. However, following information from the Gop area, he was arrested on Sunday night.
GPCDA holds plantation, Covid vaccination camp
Brahmapur: The Ganjam, Phulbani Chemists’ and Druggists’ Association (GPCDA) on Saturday organised its third-phase plantation programme at the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mohuda campus. Medicinal plants like amla, neem, tulsi, etc., were planted. The programme was coordinated by association president Bishnu Prasad Panda, secretary P Satyanarayan, PRO Nageswar Prusty, admin secretary Kedarnath Jena, biosciences president Krushna Chandra Panda, treasure Balabha Panigrahi and college Principal Dr Subrata Sen. Simultaneously, a Covid vaccination camp was also organised at the association’s office in Brahmapur, where doses of Covaxin and Covishield were administrated.
Maharana makes mini Ganesh idol with food grains
Brahmapur: On the occasion of Ganesh Puja, miniature wood artist Satya Maharana created a unique art piece of Lord Ganesh here using types of food grains. Maharana used grains like arhar, moong, biri, masuri, sagu dana, mustard, zeera, kolath, wheat, etc., to give the shape to the idol of a height of 18" and width of 14". He also carved a wood image of Ashtavinayak with a size of 4" to 9".