Jagdev -"the conqueror"

Rourkela, Sept 11: “All-out efforts have to be made to popularize the literary oeuvre of Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja,” said GS Prasad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) while addressing the gathering at the ‘Kavi Samrat Upendra Bhanja Festival-2015’ organized at Civic Centre on Thursday. The programme was organised by Aks foundation, a cultural organisation of New Delhi under the auspices of RSP. The cultural evening was inaugurated by the CEO with lighting the ceremonial lamp and paying floral tributes to the legend Kavi Samrat Upendra Bhanja. Mrs Manjari Prasad, President of Deepika Mahila Sanghati (DMS) was the Guest of Honour on the occasion. M K Das, ED (Projects), Mrs Sharmistha Das, Vice President of DMS, Dr AK Singh, Director-in-charge (M&HS), several senior officers of the plant and many culture loving citizens of Rourkela were also present on the occasion. Prasad along with Mrs Manjari Prasad presented the ‘Upendra Bhanja Samm...

Bhubaneswar, Sept 11: Adding to the festive fervour of celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi in the state, Odisha’s leading jewellery retail chain Khimji Jewellers has announced the launch of its ‘Ashtavinayak Collection’- a divine series of eight beautiful Ganesh gold pendants exclusively designed by Khimji Jewellers. An ode of reverence to Lord Ganesh, known as the God of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune, these eight representations of exquisite Gold Ganesh pendants come in a variety of shapes and styles including two of the designs having a rudraksh nicely set beneath the trunk of the Lord in the pendants. Appropriately named as ‘Ashtavinayak Collection’, each of the eight pendants has been exclusively designed and crafted by master craftsmen of Khimji Jewellers with 916 purity 22K gold. Each of the pendants is BIS hallmarked and comes packed in a special box created especially for this pious occasion, making it a perfect memoir. The mesmerizing ‘Ashtavinayak collection’ ...

Bhubaneswar, Sept 11: After a day-long protest by the students of KIIT University in Odisha capital, the commissionerate police today arrested a 25-year-old youth on the charges of capturing obscene videos of a girl student at the Campus-VI hall bathroom with the help of his mobile phone installed inside it  yesterday . Accused Rakesh Padhiary The accused identified as Rakesh Padhiary of Gandarpur in Barang on outskirt of the city, was working as a daily labourer in the university. The arrest of Padhiary was made by the Infocity police here after acting on an FIR lodged by the girl student today who had handed over the accused yesterday to the police after some girl students of the university caught red handed the culprit. The student in their complaint had alleged that Padhiary was caught red handed while he was recording the obscene video footage of the girl with the help of his mobile phone camera which he had installed in the bathroom of the Campus-VI bathro...

Rourkela, Sept 11: The annual function of ‘Ninaad’ the musical venture of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) will be celebrated at Civic Centre in the Steel City tomorrow. It is worth mentioning here that under the guidance of GS Prasad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RSP and a passionate music lover, ‘Ninaad’ was launched about three years ago in order to create a symphony in steel. The idea behind the initiative was to hone and bring to the limelight the musical talents from among the employees as well as their family members. Since then the journey of Ninaad has been extremely exciting and eventful. The initiative that was launched with a handful of artists, now boasts of having about 60 artists comprising employees from various department of the Steel Plant as well as talented spouses and children of many employees. It is a real delight to see how the people who make one of the sturdiest metals on earth like steel can be equally deft in creating a mellifluous mélange of mu...

Rourkela, Sept 9: Adding beauty to the ambience inside the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), ‘Shyamali’, a beautiful garden developed in front of PBS Cooling Tower of Blast Furnace-5 was inaugurated by GS Prasad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RSP today. RSP CEO inaugurating 'Shyamali' Umesh Kumar, ED (MM), M K Das, ED (Projects), S K Acharya, ED (Projects), A K Singh, Director In-charge (M&HS), several general managers and many other senior officers of the plant and employees in large numbers were present on the occasion. The CEO along with the EDs and other senior officers went around the garden and appreciated the efforts of all the departments which had combined their efforts for developing such a picturesque garden. Prasad also planted a tree in the garden to mark the occasion. It is worth mentioning here that the garden has been developed by the Projects Department in association with CE (S) and Material Recovery Department. Spread over an area of more ...

Bhubaneswar, Sept 6: Panic struck residents of the Banalata Apartment located in Saheed Nagar area in Odisha capital when a 45-year-old lady doctor committed suicide by jumping from the 8th floor of the apartment this afternoon. Suicide (Courtesy- newsfirst.lk ) Though the incident took place around 1.30 pm, the deceased body was reportedly recovered an hour later by the police who were informed by the apartment people. The deceased, identified as Swetapadma Mishra, a gynecologist working at Jagannath Hospital located under Saheed Nagar police limits, was then rushed to Apollo hospital in the city where she was declared brought dead. Her body was then shifted to Capital hospital here for the post-mortem. Police sources said though the actual death of Swetapadma, wife of Arijit Mohapatra, a pediatrics at the same hospital, is yet to be ascertained, but the deceased parents have lodged a complaint at the local police station bringing a...

Rourkela, Sept 5: ‘Teachers come in different forms’, said Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rourkela Steel Plant while addressing the teachers and the students on September 5 on the occasion of the Teachers Day celebration at Civic Centre here. RSP CEO addressing at Teachers' Day celebration The CEO G S Prasad was the chief guest on the occasion. Recalling the immense contribution for the cause of education by Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India whose birthday is celebrated as Teacher’s Day, he urged the teachers to walk the talk. He extolled the contributions made by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, the missile man of India, in the area of education and the impact on the lives of students. Adding further, he said that learning is a never ending process and one should be ready to learn from everyone including the happening around and the surroundings. He urged the teachers to invest in students and build great individuals with humane qualities which ...

Bhubaneswar, Sept 5: Showing her bravery in fighting two looteras, a 35-year-old woman today managed to catch the miscreants, who had planned to snatch her gold chain while she was entering to her residence in Rasulgarh area in Odisha capital with her scooty, getting help of local people. The miscreants identified as Bijay Kumar Sahu and Harihar Das, both hail from Haladipadia under Laxmisagar police limits were later handed over to the Mancheswar police personnel by the locals. Police sources said while the complainant Deepti Rekha Rout of Rasulgarh area was returning with her child in scooty this afternoon, two bike-borne miscreants followed her vehicle. The accused persons tried to snatch the lady’s gold chain when she was entering her residence. “The accused persons first tried to snatch the gold chain of the lady and when she resisted they took hold of her child and tried to harm her. The lady did not lose her nerve and fought till last minute to catch the looters. ...