U Sammilani pays tributes to Sarat Kar
Bhubaneswar: The Utkal Sammilani organised a condolence meeting for noted litterateur and former State Assembly Speaker Sarat Kar at VSS Nagar Durgapuja Mandap here on Sunday. Presiding over the meeting, Sammilani Industrial Estate Branch president Dillip Dashsharma said Kar’s contribution for accordance of State anthem status to the Bande Utkal Janani is incomparable. Among others, advisor Nimain Charan Das, vice-president Shital Chandra Mohanty, joint-secretary Sidhatha Shankar Gadanayak, Akshay Kumar Jethy, Pratap Kumar Nanda, Maheshwar Biswal, Niranjan Patra, Prakash Samal, Dhirendra Mohanty and Manoj Kumar Sahoo paid tributes to Kar.
Man dies; wife, son hurt in D’nal road mishap
Dhenkanal: A man died while his wife and three-year-old son sustained critical injuries as the motorcycle by which they were travelling collided head on with an ambulance near Belabahali under the Rasol police station in Dhenkanal district on Sunday. Dhenkanal MP Mahesh Sahoo, who was passing through the road at the time of the road mishap, rescued the injured mother-son duo and admitted them to the District Headquarters Hospital. The two were later shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack as their condition deteriorated.
N’vihar culture body pays tributes to Maharathy
Bhubaneswar: The Niladrivihar Youth and Cultural Association paid rich tributes to culture lover and former Minister Pradeep Maharathy at a special programme here on Saturday. Association president Dr Prakash Chandra Panigrahi presided over a commemorative meeting where association members, youth activists, preople’s representative paid tributes and prayed for the departed soul. General secretary Bishwajit Patnaik, culture secretary Batakrushna Panda, treasurers Prakash Chandra Sahoo remembered Maharathy’s contributions in the field of culture. Among others, scribe Sukant Rout, Ranjan Kumar Sahoo, Alok Parija, Narendra Sahoo, Kumar Barik, Kaibalya Prasad Sahu, Bhimasena Samal and Niranjan Sahoo paid homage.