Min Jena lays stones for Pallahara projects
Pallahara: Panchayati Raj Minister Pratap Jena w as welcomed by Pallahara MLA Mukesh Pal at Khamar and Pallahara on Saturday when the former came on a visit. Jena laid foundation-stone of the Rs 5.28-crore Institutional Development Project to be funded by the World Bank. He also laid foundations for renovation of the Saratachandra Club and a medical costing Rs 1.76 crore and construction of a bus-stand market building. The local Sub-Collector, the BDO and other administrative officers and BJD block president Gangadhar Jit were present.
Writer Rajguru remembered at P’khemundi
Paralakhemundi: The 156th birth anniversary of Shyamsundar Rajguru was celebrated here on Sunday which was organised by the Odisha Sahitya Akademi. The meeting was presided over by Odisha Sahitya Akademi Member Bichitrananda Bebarta in which Purnachandra Mahapatra was chief guest and Dr Brushaketu Dash chief speaker. The speakers lauded various literary achievements of late Rajguru for which he had been honoured by Parala Maharaja Krushnachandra Gajapati.
Gajapati girl wins State-level essay competition
Paralakhemundi: Baisali Panigrahi, a student of Class-X of the MRGH School here stood second in a State-level essay competition organised by the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (DSO) on the topic "role of students in society". Odisha DSO leader Sibani Mishra gave away the prizes to the winners. MRGH School Headmaster and other teachers lauded the achievements of their students.
Man held for black-marketing of rly tickets
Brahmapur: A team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) led by CK Tiwari conducted a raid at Mandir Street in Brahmapur and arrested a person Laxmi Sadiei on the charges of availing railway reservation tickets illegally and selling them on commission basis. He was unauthorisedly using 10 IDs. During search, nine tickets of value of Rs 6,828 for different destinations were seized. A case was registered under Section 143 of the Railway Act and the accused was forwarded to court.
Almonds in demand on Valentine’s Day
Bhubaneswar: Some people gifted almonds along with flower bouquets to friends, family members and loved ones on the Valentine’s Day as almonds are good for health, with rich protein, fibre, vitamin, magnesium, potassium, iron and nutrients. Almonds help people grow healthy due to lower cholesterol, etc. “These are ideal occasions to exchange pleasantries and express love, care and affection with each other,” said Snigdha, a student of a city college.