Nandankanan loses baby Nilgiri langur

Bhubaneswar: A day after the death of tigress ‘Priyanka’, the Nandankanan Zoological Park lost another animal with the death of a baby Nilgiri langur on Wednesday. The reason behind the baby monkey’s death was yet to be ascertained. It was born on June 1, just a day after its ailing father died at the zoo. Now, only one female Nilgiri langur is left at the zoo. She has been kept under the CCTV surveillance.

DAV mgmt donates Rs 2 cr for Fani victims 

Bhubaneswar: President of DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi Dr Punam Suri, his wife Mani Suri and Director PS-II, Dr  Nisha Peshin handed over a cheque for Rs 2 crore to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for Fani victims in the presence of DAV Regional Officers (Zones-I & II) Dr KC Satapathy, LN Pradhan, ARO Dr Sujata, Principals and others at the Lokseva Bhawan (State Secretariat) in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.

Models display Tricolour on I-Day-eve

Bhubaneswar: Models under the banner of the Odisha Fashion Villa display the National Flag in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday on the eve of the Independence Day.

Ziqitza Healthcare holds cycle rally, plantation drive

Bhubaneswar: The Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd, an agency responsible for 108 and 102 ambulance operation in Odisha, on Wednesday organised a cycle rally and plantation drive pledging to make environment beautiful and green. The 5-km-long awareness cycle rally, started from Rupali Square and culminated at the Unit-4 Government Hospital, flagged off by Bhubaneswar DCP Padmini Sahoo. More than 100 of its employees took part in the plantation drive in the Unit-4 Hospital premises where National Rural Health Mission MD Shalini Pandit attended as guest.