Honour for singer

Bhubaneswar: Legendary singer-composer Prafulla Kar was conferred the Padmashree by  President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. Kar has composed the music for over 70 Odia movies and four Bengali films as well.

Annual day

Bhubaneswar: The Central Institute Of Freshwater Aquaculture is going to observe its annual day event on April 1. Scientists, technical officers and other employees will be present on the occasion. Many farmers have also been invited to attend the event.

Single window 

Bhubaneswar: The single window clearance authority meeting for Khurda district was held on Monday. Proposals of two large, two medium, 22 small and 15 micro enterprises, with a proposed investment of Rs 207.85 crore were placed before the committee.  

Suicide

Bhubaneswar: Jalandhar Naik, 45, a fourth-grade employee of the municipal corporation on Monday committed suicide outside the corporation office. Police are yet to ascertain the reason behind the incident. 

Bahuda yatra 

Bhubaneswar: The bahuda yatra or return festival of Lord Lingaraj will be held on Tuesday afternoon at the Rameswar temple. 

The public darshan of the Lord at the Rameswar temple will be held between 5.30 am and 7.30 am.

Police recovered the abandoned body and conducted a post-mortem at the Capital Hospital. This is the third such incident in the past 15 days. 

Accused flees

Sambalpur: An accused, who was arrested by Hirakud police on Monday night, fled from the Hirakud police station on Tuesday. The accused, Upendra Mukhi,was arrested for looting cash from a person. 

Fire mishap

Bhubaneswar: Five persons were critically injured after a gas cylinder burst at Athgarh in Cuttack. The injured are being treated at SCB Medical College and Hospital.

Jailed

Bhubaneswar: The Balasore district judge on Monday awarded life  imprisonment to a 60-year-old for hacking a woman to death at a village in the district two years ago. The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 2,000 on the accused, Parikhita Dalei. Parikhita, a native of Gobindapur village, had killed Santana Dalei, 62, of the same village following an altercation over a minor issue on June 28, 2010.

Celebration

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sahitya Academy is going to celebrate the birth centenary of Binode Kanungo, compiler of Jnan Mandal, a famous Odia encyclopedia. The celebration will commence from Wednesday at the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya. 

Sports boost

Cuttack: The Odisha Olympic Association has decided to add 17 new districts of the state along with affiliating two state sports associations.