NABA KRUSHNA CHOUDHURY REMEmBERED
Bhubaneswar: Rich homages were paid to former Chief Minister and Gandhian leader Naba Krushna Choudhury on his death anniversary on Thursday. Members of the Utkal Sammilani Mancheswar branch led by its president Dillip Dashsharma offered floral tributes to the late leader at the office premises. Other members paid tributes at their residences in view of the Covid situation.
HUMARA BACHPAN HOLDS YOGA DAY
Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 has made a major impact on people’s physical and mental health when yoga has proved to be very useful as a protective means with its multi-faceted benefits. On the 7th International Day of Yoga, Humara Bachpan’s children and adolescents of urban and rural communities of Khordha and Puri districts conducted yoga awareness programmes in their neighborhoods. Through ‘Asana’ and ‘Pranayam’, they gave messages about the enormous benefits derived from yogasanas. “Consistent practice of yoga helps improve health and strengthen natural immunity,” said Janaki Behera, peer leader of Patharabandha Beherasahi of Bhubaneswar.
PREM DISTRIBUTES DRY RATIONS IN B’PUR
Brahmapur: The People’s Rural Education Movement (PREM) in collaboration with the Sri Raghunath Trust, Plano, USA distributed 270 packets of dry ration kits to poor and needy families of slum areas of Brahmapur on Thursday. The food items were distributed in the presence of Brahmapur MP Chandra Sekhar Sahu and MLA Bikram Kumar Panda. President of PREM Dr Jacob Thundyil coordinated the event.
DAUGHTER, YOUTH HELD FOR WIDOW’S DEATH IN JSPUR
Jagatsinghpur: The Balikuda police on Wednesday recovered a body of a woman from her residence. The woman had died under mysterious circumstances. The deceased 50-year-old widow Rumika Kandi, a resident of Bandar village under Balikuda block, was found dead with her hands tied and mouth stuffed with cotton. The case came to the fore after SHG members visited her house in the evening and noticed suspected activities of her daughter Manini and a youth. When asked, both fumbled. Later, villagers handed over both to police. A case in this connection is under investigation.
YOUTH DROWNS IN RAGHUNATHPUR
Jagatsinghpur: One Kishor Chandra Sutar, a resident of Odapada village under Raghunathpur block, drowned while bathing in the village pond on Wednesday. Kishor, an employee of OMFED, Odapada, had gone to take bath in early morning but didn’t return home. Later in the day, his body was fished out from the pond.