Odia IAF officer’s body cremated in Delhi
Bhubaneswar: The body of Odia Flight Lieutenant Sunit Mohanty, who along with 12 others died in a transport aircraft crash in Arunachal Pradesh on June 3, was cremated with full military honours in New Delhi on Friday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid homage to all the 13 IAF plane crash victims at the War Cemetery located at the Brar Square Delhi Cantonment. Sunit was a native of Baliapalli village under Kabisuryanagar block in Ganjam district.
Newborn’s body found in Bhadrak
Bhadrak: In another such incident, a body of a newborn child was found lying near a petrol pump at Khemka chhak under the Bhadrak Rural police limits on Saturday. Locals first found the body in a cardboard box. Informed by them, the police went to the spot and recovered the body. A probe has been initiated to ascertain who and why abandoned the dead baby in a box, said police.
Youth found hanging from tree in K’handi
Bhawanipatna: Tension prevailed in Chilapada village under the Jaypatna police station in Dharamagarh block of Kalahandi district on Saturday morning when a body of a youth was found hanging from a tree in the area under mysterious circumstances. While the identification of the deceased was yet to be ascertained, he appeared to be in his thirties. The incident came to light after villagers spotted the body hanging from a tree in a nearby field. They immediately informed the Jaypatna police about the incident. Police sent the body for postmortem and launched an investigation.
Yoga Day celebrated at Blossoms School
Bhubaneswar: The International Day of Yoga was celebrated in the Blossoms School on Friday, which also happened to be the World Music Day. The celebrations commenced with chanting of shlokas from ‘The Upanishad’ by music teacher Harapariya Pati and her team. This was followed by meditation and performance of yogasanas by students and staff members under the guidance of yoga instructor Mamata Mohanty. It was unanimously accepted that yoga is not just a set of exercises but the real passport to physical fitness.
PPL staffs donate a day’s salary to CMRF
Bhubaneswar: Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) employees contributed their one day’s salary to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) for Fani relief. Company CGM (Operations) Pranab Bhattacharya handed over a cheque of Rs 8.57 lakh to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. GM (Maintenance) Ranjan Kumar Mohanty, Head of Corporate Affairs Sudhi Ranjan Mishra and employees’ union leaders Kartik Chandra Ojha and Gyana Samal were present.
Yoga Day held at TTPS
Talcher: The International Yoga Day was celebrated at the Talcher Thermal Power Station (TTPS) with enthusiasm. Employees with families, members of Sagariaka Ladies Club, CISF and NTPC associates and students from DAV schools performed yoga en masse. The programme started with lighting of lamp by CGM (O and M) Anil Jana followed by 1.15 hours of yoga and pranayam. Jana spoke about the usefulness of yoga in one’s life. DGM (HR) Samit Deb gave a vote of thanks.