CM remembers Vajpayee on his birth anniv
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister on Tuesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the latter’s birth anniversary. He recalled the ‘Titan of Democracy’ Vajpayee for his contributions to the country. Taking to the microblogging site Twitter, Patnaik wrote: Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had released a commemorative coin worth Rs 100 in honour of the late leader, a day before his 94th birth anniversary.
Sudarsan attempts world record
Puri: In yet another world record attempt by internationally-acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik, he has sculpted a Santa Claus sand art at the Puri sea beach on the occasion of Christmas. The 30-feet-high and 100-feet-wide art has been created with 10,000 plastic bottles. The sand art bears the message of beating plastic pollution.
Dashsharma felicitated for blood donation
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Red Cross Society, Police Commissionrate regional branch held its annual general convention here recently. On the occasion, branch chairman and Police Commissioner Satyajit Mohanty felicitated executive member Dillip Dashsharma for blood donation. Dashsharma was honoured for organising blood donation camps and himself donating blood under the programme 'Jivan Alok' of the Police Commissionrate. A book on Red Cross in Odia by Dashsharma was also unveiled.
Red Cross holds awareness meet
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Red Cross Society Odisha State Branch organised an awareness programme on family consultation at Shyampur village here on Monday in which many local girls and women participated. Chief guest social activist Preetichhanda Dhal spoke about different problems arising in families and their remedies. She urged the participants to come to the Red Cross family consultation centre in the village to solve their problems through mutual understanding. Social activist Subhasis Das, centre consultants Priyanka Dash and Bijaylaxmi Kar coordinated the programme.