Ailing tusker found in N’Spur jungle
Athagarh: An aged ailing tusker was found in the Bokoda forest near Champeswar under the Narasinghpur east forest range on Tuesday. Being informed, Range Officer Aviram Jena along with veterinary surgeon Dr Sudhir Panda reached the spot and started treatment. Jena said the tusker is injured on the head, belly and legs due to a fight among elephants. Adequate saline and drugs have been administered to the tusker, which was yet to take any food. Athagarh DFO Sasmita Lenka too visited and took stock of the condition of the ailing pachyderm.
Jeevan Bindu blood donation camp held
Nimapara: A Jeevan Bindu blood donation camp was held by the Nimapara Biju Janata Dal here on Tuesday on the occasion of CM Naveen Patnaik’s birthday. A total of 201 units of blood were donated by BijuYuva Bahini members which was donated to the Puri district hospital and the Capital Hospital, Bhubaneswar Red Cross Blood Bank. Local MLA Samir Ranjan Dash, PS IIC Harmohan Nayak, former NAC Chairman Sanatan Pradhan, former ZP President Pradipta Khatoi, BJD block working president Ashok Sahoo and BJD NAC president Jibanananda Mohapatra were present.
PPL distributes 10K non-polythene bags
Paradip: The Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) has initiated an effort to distribute non-polythene bags; and as part of it, the PPL distributed 10,000 non-polythene bags at the Badapadia vegetable market here on Wednesday. Paradip Municipality Chairman Basanta Biswal thanked PPL for the initiative and urged everyone to take a resolution to make Paradip polythene-free. Among others, PPL Plant Head Pranab Bhattacharyya, GM (HR) Jagannath Khuntia , Paradip ASP Bishnu Prasad Mishra and PPT Estate Officer Biswajit Mishra were present. PPL Chief Manager (Corporate Affairs) Sudhi Ranjan Mishra conducted the programme.
NTPC Utkarsh scholarship distributed
Talcher: “NTPC Utkarsh” merit scholarship was provided to meritorious school and college students of Kaniha block by the NTPC Talcher Kaniha in a function here on Tuesday. A total of 40 candidates received the scholarship. Talcher Kaniha CGM Santosh James awarded the scholarship with an amount of Rs 3,000 to Class-X and XII and Rs 90,000 to BTech students. Among others, AGM (HR) K S Sarma, DGM (HR) PK Sahu, senior manager (HR) AK Das and officer (HR) MV Rao were present.
Navratri celebrated at TTPS
Talcher: Navratri celebrations kicked off with traditional fervour in the Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS), where the puja pandal is exquisitely decorated . Devotees are making a beeline to have darshan of the goddess. The atmosphere is rendered sacrosanct with the chanting of Vedic mantras in morning and evening.
Raman, Aishwarya winners of Trends Style Icon
Bhubaneswar: The Trends hosted the third edition of Trends Style Icon 2018 where more than 4,200 participated and 18 contestants (9 boys and 9 girls) were shortlisted from Odisha. The grand finale took here recently in which Ollywood actress Sanmira Nagesh, Ollywood director Sushant Mani, Reliance Trend Cluster Operation Head Ayushman Ray, fashion designer Zahida Ahmad and RJ Smita were the judges. Raman Ratan Rout and Aishwarya Singh were declared as the winners and were given cash prize and gift hampers.