Test held for young artists at Baripada
Baripada: The Creative School of Art and Craft, a premier artorganisation of Mayurbhanj, held different competitions in art, music,dance and painting here recently. Hundreds of children took part and received prizes for their excellent performance. The prize distribution ceremony was presided over by the organisation’s chief adviser Charu Chandra Das. Journalist and social activist Kavi Vishnu Satpathy, attending the function as the chief guest, gave away the certificates and medals to the young achievers. A large number of art-lovers and intellectuals were present on the occasion.
Woman dies of snakebite in Gajapati
Paralakhemundi: A woman died after she was bitten by a venomous snake in her crop field while she was working there on Saturday. The victim was identified as R Sharada of Agarkhandi village in Gajapat district. She was admitted at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), where doctors declared her dead.
ECoR observes Sadbhavana Diwas
Bhubaneswar: The East Cost Railways (ECoR) on Monday observed Sadbhavana Diwas at the Rail Sadan here by organising a pledge ceremony. ECoR Genaral Manager Umesh Singh administered the oath of the day to all employees that they would work for the emotional oneness and harmony of all the people of India regardless of caste, region, religion or language and to resolve all differences through dialogue and constitutional means without resorting to violence. Principal Chief Personnel officer Manju Ray conducted the ceremony.
Vedanta celebrates Independence Day
Jharsuguda: Vedanta employees here celebrated the 72nd Independence Day with a great fervour. The programme started with a ceremonial march-past by 400 strapping security personnel followed by unfurling the National Flag by company CEO Abhijit Pati. A felicitation programme was also held on the occasion where 46 security personnel were acknowledged. The CSR team of the Vedanta reached out to different schools and Anganwadi Centres in the peripheral villages for I-Day celebration. As many as 600 employees and their families including 150 ex-military and security personnel participated in the programme.
JSPl receives Energy Efficiency award
Anugul: The Jindal Steel and Power ltd (JSPl), Angul received Energy Excellence Award in Gold Category for its efforts in achieving energy efficiency. JSPl Angul location Head and Executive Director Atul Misra congratulated the employees for the achievement. The award was received by executive vice-president Ravi Kant Somani and Energy Manager Jay Prakash Choudhary at New Delhi. The award ceremony was organised by the Grow Care and former NDMA member Muzaffar Ahamad and MP Hari Om Pandey.
J’suguda Press Club pays tributes to Vajpayee
Jharsugada: Members of the Jharsugada Press Club paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a condolence meeting on Monday. A two-minute silence prayer was also held in which members prayed for peace to the departed soul. Club president Santosh Mishra said the nation has lost a great son and visionary leader and his demise is the end of an era. Club general secretary Mehboob Mahtab, senior scribes Prashant Mohanty, Raj Kumar Sharma, Jeewan Mohanty, Subhash Pradhan, Sanjay lodha, Bhuvan Kishore Tiwari, Bhagirathi Sahu, Santosh Sahu, Sazzad Badshah, Sudam Sahu and Mukesh Sahu also paid tributes.