Chidananda Saraswati birth anniv celebrated
Brahmapur: The Divya Jeevan Sangh, Brahmapur branch celebrated the 102nd birth anniversary of Chidananda Saraswati here on Monday under the chairmanship of Sangh branch president Prakash Chandra Rath. Swami Vidyanand Saraswati, Swami Harisaranananda Saraswati, All India Radio Brahmapur centre Director Hrusikesh Panigrahi, Prof Mihirkant Panigrahi and Nimai Charan Padhi attended as guests. On the occasion, various puja, yajnas were held and 100 school students took prasad. Sangh Badhiausta branch also celebrated the birth anniversary. Among others, sangh branch president Srikant Acharya was present.
Phulbani advocate passes away
Phulbani: Local advocate Ram Chandra Panda passed away on Tuesday. He was a practising lawyer for eighteen years. A condolence meeting for him was held in bar hall being presided over by Phulbani Bar Association vice-president Satya Narayan Behera, Association executive member Ashok Mahapatra, advocates Bijay Patnaik, Bijay Mahanty, VV Ramdas, Bansidhar Mahapatra and Manoj Kumar Pathak recalled Panda’s contribution to the legal profession.
Community awareness drive at women's college
Phulbani: The NDRF 3bn, Cuttack held a community awareness programme at the SM Government Women’s College here for the students as to how to save the life of a person when need arises. Inspector Narendra Kumar, DPO Sanjay Kumar Jha, students of the college, students of the AJO High School and Reserve Police staffs were present at a demonstration given by the NDRF team. The college Principal inaugurated the programme.
Rajiv Mishra takes addl charge as MCL CMD
Sambalpur: Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, currently CMD of Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL), took over additional charge of CMD of Mahanadi Coal Fields Limited (MCL) on September 24. Prior to this, Mishra worked in Central Coalfields Limited as Director (Personnel) and at Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDIL), Ranchi as Head of Personnel & Administration. He has been appointed as a Permanent Invitee on the Board of Directors of CIL from November 2015. During his three decades of service, Mishra bagged many accolades for his noble stance in human resource development. MCL officials and employees warmly welcomed him and gave him good wishes for his future endeavour.
NTPC Director visits Talcher Kaniha
Talcher: NTPC Director (Technical) Prasant Kumar Mohapatra visited the Talcher Kaniha-NTPC's second largest power station on September 22. Talcher Kaniha ED Sanjeev Kishore and other senior officials welcomed him. Mohapatra interacted with the senior officials and employees and discussed the technical aspects of the functioning of the power station. Later, he had a review meeting with senior officials.