FPI’s Swapna files nomination for BBSR Ekamra
Bhubaneswar: Former Khordha District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) Senior Teacher Educator Swapna Bijayini has filed her nomination papers as a candidate of the Freethought Party of India (FPI) for the Bhubaneswar Ekamra Assembly constituency. She presented her papers to Bhubaneswar Sub-Collector SK Panda in the presence of FPI president Dr Bijayananda Kar and general secretary B Ramachandra CST Voltaire.
UDAAN badminton academy opens in city
Bhubaneswar: An UDAAN (Ultimate Dynamic Ambitions Academy of Nations) badminton academy at KIIT Square, Patia here was inaugurated on Sunday. The academy, set up jointly by the UDAAN and the KISS Memorial Trust, has gym and hostel facilities besides training. It promises to encourage the emerging badminton players, both boys and girls, at the grassroots level from all across the State and hopes to groom international-level players. Among others, Karateka Valena Valentina, badminton player Dr Sasma Das, Surjyakant Mishra and Sanjay Mohanty were present.
Big Bazaar opens 5th store in city
Bhubaneswar: Big Bazaar has opened its fifth store in Bhubaneswar at DN Regalia, DN Square, Kalinga Vihar, Patrapada. The store is spread over a 25,000-sqft plot.