Eminent Prof Tara Mohapatra no more
Brahmapur: Eminent Professor and former City College, Brahmapur Principal Tara Prasad Mohapatra passed away at his Gajapati Nagar residence here on Monday. He was 86. Brahmapur MLA Bikram Panda, former MLA Dr Ramesh Chyau Patnaik, former BDA Chairman Subash Moharana, a large number of well-wishers, former students, former colleagues and members of local public organisations of the city visited his residence to pay him last respects. He is survived by his wife, five sons and a daughter. Mohapatra was taken to Puri for last rites.
Jiban Bindu in B’pur: 400 blood units collected
Brahmapur: The Radhakrushna Banika Sangha along with residents of Tulasi Nagar orgainsed a blood donation camp under the Jiban Bindu programme to mark the birthday of former Corporator and Biju Yuva Janata Dal Mahanagar president R Murali Mohan here on Tuesday. Over 400 units of blood were collected from the camp. Doctors from the Brahmapur Red Cross collected the units. Among others, former MLA Dr RC Chyaupatnaik, former BDA Chairman Subash Moharana, SDPO Bishnu Prasad Pati, weightlifter K Ravi Kumar, social activist SA Khallil and former Mayor K Madhvi were present.
125 N Nagar SVM students clear JEE Main
Brahmapur: As many as 125 students of the Neelakantha Navar Saraswati Vidya Mandir passed the JEE Main Examination conducted by the Nation Testing Agency this year. Among successful students, Ashutosh Tripathy secured 99.42 percentile, followed by Mrutunjay Swain 98.84 percentile, Soumya Ranjan Sahu 97.85, Aditya Kumar Padhy 97.79, Aainal Subham 97.69 percentile. More than 35 students secured above 90 percentile. Besides, eight students of the school got positions in top 20 in the State-level Chemistry Olympiad. Management committee president Srikant Mohapara, vice-president Dr Harikrushna Nayak, secretary Narayan Panda, Pricnipal S Mohan Rao and Pradhan Acharya Uma Madhav Mohanty have greeted the students.
CM opens ICICI Bank’s 150th branch in Bijepur
Bargarh: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated an ICICI Bank branch at Bijepur in Bargarh district on Tuesday. It is the first branch by a private sector bank in Bijepur and the bank’s 150th branch in the State. The branch, which also houses a 24x7 ATM, would cater to the varied banking needs of the households in the village and surrounding areas. The Bijepur branch is part of the 16 new branches that the bank has opened in Odisha this fiscal. Among others, bank Odisha and Chhattisgarh Retail Zonal Head Pradosh Rout was present.
Central Fertiliser Secy visits PPL
Paradip: Government of India Fertiliser Department Secretary Chhabilendra Roul met the senior executives of PPL and discussed about human resource, expansion plan, raw material supply and infrastructure readiness for enhancement of the plant’s production capacity. He made an onsite study of different units of the plant. PPL COO Ranjit Singh Chugh, CGM (Operations) Pranab Bhattacharyya, Chief Financial Officer Sailesh Pati, GM (Resources) Jagannath Khuntia and GM (Maintenance) Ranjan Kumar Mohanty were present.
1st bridal lounge opens in BBSR
Bhubaneswar: The smart city got its first of its bridal lounge at PN Tower on Janapath Road near Big Bazaar Square here. The bridal lounge is part of the Indulge Salon chain. Ollywood actresses Puspa Panda and Archita Sahoo inaugurated the lounge which would offer pre-bridal makeup and bridal makeup at Rs 6,000 and Rs 8,000, respectively. Franchise owner Smriti Sweta Das said the new facility would offer an exciting experience to the brides availing various beauty products.
Two Khariar schools hold joint athletic meet
Nuapada: A two-day combined athletic meet of Raja Artatran High School and Government Girls’ High School of Khariar was held at the Raja AT High School playground from January 20. "It was the 41st year of combined meet, which speaks a lot about the culture of cooperation and support between these two old institutions of Nuapada district," said teachers. Khariar LIC branch Development Officer Binod Padhi attended as chief guest on the inaugural day and praised the efforts of the schools for keeping the cooperation alive for four long decades.