Nilambar Rath, C K Nayak get Pallishree Award
New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) Mr Nilambar Rath, Chief Executive Producer with ETV Oriya, and Mr Chhaya Kanta Nayak of Reuters, have won the Pallishree Samman 2008 for journalism.
Noted poets, Mr Devi Prasad Dash and Mr Akhil Mishra, are winners of the award for literature, Palli Bani Mission, a literary organisation based here, said in a press note today.
The awards were presented at a function held at the Constitution Club here. Dr PK Patsani, MP, Mr AK Rath, Secretary in the HRD Ministry, Dr SN Dash, Secretary in the Heavy Industry Ministry, and Dr PK Bandopadhyay, Director General (News), were present on the occasion.
Addressing
the
function,
Mr
R
C
Nath,
Founder
Editor
of
Palli
Bani
magazine,
demanded
an
amendment
to
the
eighth
schedule
of
the
Constitution
to
correct
the
spelling
of
the
word
''Odiya''
which
has
been
spelt
as
''Udia.''
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