Jagdev -"the conqueror"

Bhubaneswar, July 14: To counter any future terrorist attack on any vital and sensitive installations in Odisha, the officers and Commandos of National Security Guard (NSG) along with Odisha police conducted a mock drill programme at Bhubaneswar for the last three days. NSG drill (pix courtesy: Indian Defence Analysis) SOG, Special Tactical Unit (STU) and twin city commissionerate police (Bhubaneswar-Cuttack) participated in this joint exercise. This joint exercise was conducted in the night of July 11, July 12 and the next day in some vital government and non government establishments. On July 11 nights, the mock drill was conducted in the Infosys campus, on July 12 it was held in the premises of Hotel May Fair and on July 13 the drill was conducted in the State Secretariate premises. In regard to this, the senior officers of NSG held two rounds of meeting with state’s DGP KB Singh in his camp office at Bhubaneswar and finalised the schedule of this joint exerci

Bhubaneswar, June 11: Appreciating the initiatives of Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF), eminent poet , critic and essayist Kedarnath Singh today  said that the greatest contribution of any literary festivals that are organized anywhere is to encourage the youth to pursue literature. Dignitaries on stage in KLF The second day of KLF witnessed discussions, debates and disagreements on issues of love, dance, exclusion and nationalism. The sessions built on the first day’s focus on peace, harmony, lived experience and feminism in literature. Kalinga Literary Youth award was conferred upon thirty promising writers of Odisha. These awardees, working to promote Odia language, poetry and literature, were chosen from 30 different districts of Odisha. Various sessions on Mystic Kalinga, Akbar, Indian cinema, short love stories, resurgence of nationalism, exclusion, poetry and popular lyrics was also staged. The event was graced by Tarun Vijay, Ashok Maheswari, Bijayananda S