Nationalist Odia weekly Rastradeep, which is published from Cuttack, celebrated its golden jubilee here on Saturday.
The programme was presided over by Dr Raghunath Mohapatra. On the occasion Rastradeep editor Jagabandhu Mishra said a readers’ conference would be organised at 50 different places of the State and efforts would be made to increase the circulation and number of readers of the only nationalist paper.
He also spoke on the crisis of acceptability which now grips the media and advised that media instead of running after commercialism and sensation should strive to look after the greater interests of the society and the nation.
Artists of Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir of Unit-III sang the welcome song. Among others, Golakha Chandra Das, Dhruba Charan Behera, Ghanashyam Mohapatra and Jayakrishna Prusty spoke.