Book on Jagannath culture unveiled in Puri
Puri: A book on culture and traditions of the Jagannath Temple was released by th3e Sri Gundicha Religious Trust in Puri on Friday. BJP leader Murlimanohar Sharma, historian Anil Dhir, researcher Madanmohan Mohapatra, Bijay Charan Mohanty, Bijaylaxmi Dash and Bijay Laxmi Sahu unveiled the book, which is a compilation of history, rites and rituals and traditions of the Trinity. Trust secretary LaxmiNarayan Patnaik coordinated the function. Among others present in the function were Bhabani Baliar Singh, Tapan Sethy, Hemangini Mohanty, Krisna Devi and Basant Mishra. Papu Nayak gave a vote of thinks.
New JSpur Bar office-bearers administered oath
Jagatsinghpur: The newly-elected District Bar Association office-bearers were administered oath in a function held in the association office here on Saturday. District Judge Ananda Chandra Behera attended the ceremony as chief guest accompanied by Collector SK Mohapatra, senior lawyers Rabindra Nath Mohanty and Gorachand Kanungo and election officer advocate Srikanta Nanda. Association president Gagan Das first took oath.
High-pitch campaign for HAL workers’ union polls
Koraput: The HAL Sundabeda workers’ union elections are scheduled to be held on April 13. Banners, posters put up by the candidates have flooded the plant campus. Three worker unions, HAEA, BAEU and HAMS, are contesting in the elections and holding meetings to woo the workers to vote in their candidatess favour. In the HAL township, hoardings, banners, flags have been put up just like the general elections. The general secretaries of the three unions claim that their union would emerge victorious.