12 vultures arrive at Nandankanan
Bhubaneswar: Twelve long-billed vultures arrived at the Nandankanan Zoological Park here on Tuesday. The winged guests were brought from the Gwalior zoo to commence the Vulture Conservation Breeding Programme at Nandankanan. Identification tags were attached to the birds and their feathers were plucked. The vultures would be sent to the Odisha Veterinary College here for their sex determination.
Red Cross serves visitors at city Baliyatra
Bhubaneswar: Under the guidance of Indian Red Cross-Odisha State Branch secretary Dr Kalpana Dash, the Odisha State Red Cross began providing services to people at the Barimun Baliyatra ground here on Wednesday. It has initiated different services like Swatchhata drive, first-aid treatment, stretcher facilities, free blood grouping and supplying of drinking water. Red Cross counsellor Laxman Swain and coordinator Sushil Kumar Pattanaik and many volunteers participated under a slogan, “Where there is a need, there is Red Cross”.
U Sammilani welcomes hockey players
Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Sammilani welcomed and greeted all hockey players who are in the city now to participate in the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup matches at the Kalinga Stadium. A representative team of the Sammilani led by Mancheswar Industrial Estate Branch president Dillip Dashsharma and vice-president Shital Chandra Mahanty put a welcome banner on the over-bridge near the Kalinga Stadium for the purpose. Holding of the Hockey World Cup is a matter of pride for Odisha and every Odia feels proud of it, said Dashsharma in a statement.