Governor Lal calls on Modi
New Delhi: Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday and congratulated him on his assumption of office for a second time. Both discussed matters of national interests. Earlier the Governor had attended the Modi Ministry’s swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Blood donors’ body pays tributes to Kalpana
Bhubaneswar: Orissa Voluntary Blood Donors’ and Motivators’ Association founder president Dillip Dashsharma on Sunday on behalf of the association expressed grief over the demise Odisha’s ace mountaineer Kalpana Dash. He paid floral tributes at her body which reached here on Sunday.
Narayan Charitable holds blood donation camp
Cuttack: The Narayan Charitable Trust organised a mega blood donation camp at the SCB Medical College Hospital Blood Bank here on Sunday. SCB Emergency Officer Bhubananada Maharana, Blood Bank Officer Dr Pankaj Parida, Cuttack Zone-2 ACP Manas Kumar Gadnayak, Abhijeet Dixit and trust chairman Narayan Samal inaugurated the camp. As many as 195 units of blood were collected. The guests also motivated the donors.
ECoR holds children’s summer camp
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) is organising a children’s summer camp for the wards of railway employees at Rail Vihar here from June 2 to 9 in which 375 children are enjoying various activities like yoga, singing, dancing, swimming, acting, stitching, sand art, martial art, etc., under the guidance of qualified instructors. The camp was inaugurated by ECoR Additional General Manager Sudhir Kumar.
Durniti Sangharsha distributes solar lanterns
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Durniti Sangharsha Manch distributed solar lanterns among Fani-hit residents of three slums near Kaliapadar under Nimapara block in Puri district recently. Manch president Dr Nanda Nandan Das, general secretary Er Jagabandhu Sarangi and members Sudheer Mohanty, Ranjit Sahoo and Upasana Rao and Nimpara branch president Gadadhar Parida and secretary Prashant Kumar Sahoo distributed lanterns. Lawyer Dillip Patnaik and Lankeshwari Women’s College Principal Niranjan Mohapatra provided cooperation. Electricity was yet to be restored in the area.
Red Cross Society distributes relief at Jalakana
Bhubaneswar: The Red Cross Society State branch distributed relief materials to residents of Jalakana village in Kendrapada which suffered a massive fire mishap recently with 60 houses, many motorcycles and agricultural equipments being reduced to ashes. Red Cross volunteers under Secretary Major Dr Kalpana Dash’s leadership distributed essential commodities like tarpaulins, stoves, sarees, buckets, bed-sheets and mosquito nets. Padma Shri Padmanabha Muduli, Sumitra Mohapatra, Mani Mohanty , Laxman Swain, Arun Das, Binay Nayak, Ashok Das, Sanjay Patra, Sanjay Guru, Kirtan Banchhor, Prasant Barik and Kahnu Pradhan helped in the relief distribution.