Jagdev -"the conqueror"

Rourkela: The Rashtrapati Bhavan today issued a notification regarding appointment of the five-time Nagaland chief minister and veteran Congress leader Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir as new Governor of Odisha. He will replace incumbent Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, whose tenure has already completed since August 20 last year. The veteran Congress leader had earlier served as Governor of Maharashtra and Goa. He was also chief minister of Nagaland five times­­­­­­­­­­­- 1980, 1982-1986, 1993-1997, and 1997-2003. According to sources, Jamir has been informed about his appointment. His appointment as Governor of Odisha will be the third gubernatorial assignment.

Rourkela:   “Women are psychologically, sentimentally and emotionally stronger than men,” said G S Prasad, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) while addressing a grand function to celebrate the International Women’s Day organised at Gopabandhu Auditorium here yesterday. Prasad dwelt upon the status of women in Indian society down the ages and how courageous and intelligent women had changed the course of history. Expressing happiness over the significant progress of women in the 21st century, the RSP CEO exhorted women to believe in themselves. “Society should not treat women as victims and rather view them as fighters who can take any challenge headlong and overcome it,” he added. Acknowledging the role of women in the progress of RSP, the CEO wanted to see more women getting into the tougher jobs of the Plant. “One day, a lady will be heading the Rourkela Steel Plant,” he hoped. Speaking on the occasion, Paramita Satapathy, Commissi...

Rourkela: Former captain of Odisha Ranji Cricket Team Harmohan Bhawanishankar Praharaj died of cardiac arrest last evening at Ispat General Hospital (IGH). He was 55 and is survived by his wife, a son and a married daughter. He was suffering from Jaundice and cardiac problems. Harmohan was working as Assistant Manager (Sports) in Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). A right-arm medium pacer and an all-rounder, Praharaj started his 14-year long first-class career in 1978, took 108 wickets playing 42 matches. One 10-wicket haul and six times 5-wicket hauls are his achievements. As a right-handed batsman, he had scored 1372 runs in his first-Class cricketing career with one century and three half-centuries. Being reckoned as a great coach, many cricketers including present Odisha Captain Ranji team Natraj Behera, Subash Mohanty, Alekh Barik, Sahid Khan, Sujan Mohanty, Atish Jena, Alok Pradhan, Ansuman Gop, Amit Das, Santosh Maharana, Ranjit Singh, Ashok Barik and Gob...

Rourkela: A host of functions marked International Women’s Day celebration across Sundargarh district. Meetings, seminars, debates, competitions and cultural programmes were organized to mark the Day on which there was a clarion call for concerted efforts for women empowerment, apart from protecting their rights and dignity in society. Addressing a function organized by district administration at the Bikash Bhawan ground in Sundargarh town, Collector Rupa Roshan Sahu said women should come forward and play a greater role for growth of society. She exhorted the women members of all families to ensure that girl child gets proper education. She also highlighted the government initiatives towards empowerment of women and stressed on collective efforts to ensure women get equal social and economic status. In Rourkela, ‘Janani’, a journal dedicated to women celebrated International Women’s Day at Bhanja Bhawan auditorium. It was jointly organized by Bharat Majdur Sa...

Rourkela:  Banking and insurance needs re-birth globally for any nation's economic development which will make their path of development robust to claim the status of a developed country, said Dr. S K Mathur, Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad. He added that concept of Bancassurance in the country is just emerging and is in fact, another distribution channel. Speaking on “Global Financial Reincarnation through Bancassurance” at the 2nd International Seminar held here today at IIPM-School of Management, Kansbahal, a unit of Indian Institute for Production Management, Prof. Mathur said the term first appeared in France after 1980 to define the sale of insurance through banks. “India has high saving rate and huge insurance potential. Banks are major players in the financial sector. Complementarily between banking and insurance products require their customers to insure themselves against some standard risk. Various insurance services, offered via ban...

Rourkela: Organisers have decided to celebrate the 105th year of the annual Vedvyas Mela in a grand way this year. Keeping in view the large number of devotees expected at the fifteen-day Vedvyas Mela, the local administration, along with members of Vedvyas Trust Board, today held a meeting here to make all necessary arrangements for smooth and peaceful conduct of the festival. Rourkela ADM, Rabindranath Mishra, president of the Trust Board, along with other departmental officials and Trust Board members discussed a host of issues on infrastructural issues like road maintenance, colouring the concrete gates and Saraswati Kund, proper illumination, water supply, sanitation and cleanliness, maintenance of law and order situation, medical assistance, ambulance provisioning, volunteers, social and charitable service, cultural programmes and business activities of small vendors. The ADM underscored the need for maintaining proper fire safety, sanitation, lightning faciliti...

Rourkela: In the absence of a fly-over, a population of over 80,000 residing in Basanti Colony, Daily Market and Uditnagar area are facing a lot of inconveniences in daily commuting. Now they largely depend upon the level-crossing route while going to different destinations besides official and marketing purposes. Locals say if the fly-over over the railway level-crossing at Basanti Colony lying incomplete is completed, it will ease traffic congestion to a large extent. Most of the time, the level crossing gate remain closed when trains pass off, leaving the commuters in traffic snarl-ups. As the Rourkela railway station is 3 km from the level crossing, most of the time people get stuck in traffic jam after shutdown of the level crossing gate, informed Bulu Mohanty, Councilor of Basanti Colony. South Eastern Railways (SER) sources said 145 to 150 express and good trains ply on the route on daily basis. Another reason for the rush at the level crossing is due t...