Tag: District Administration

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Cuttack: Preparations are on in full swing in the silver city for the historic ‘Bali Yatra’ which is scheduled to begin from November 23 and the administration is leaving on stone unturned to make it a grand success this year. According to sources, the process of allocation of plots for setting up stalls is underway […]

Berhampur: The Ganjam district administration on Wednesday night sealed three medicine shops located on premises of the MKCG Medical College and Hospital over alleged irregularities in records. A team including Additional Tehsildar and Drug Inspector raided the shops and examined medicine stocks and documents. Following the move, drug shop owners met the Sub Collector and […]

Cuttack: The historic annual Bali Jatra festival will start from November 4 and continue till November 11 this year. While the administration has begun preparation for the event, the stall rentals for traders have been increased by Rs 2 per square feet. After a visit to the festival ground, Cuttack Collector Sushant Mohapatra today informed […]

Puri: Though the second co-ordination committee meeting for the upcoming Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath is scheduled tomorrow, the continuing impasse following last year’s Niladri Bije fiasco and posters put up today urging servitors to boycott the meeting have thrown questions over smooth conduct of the annual sojourn of the Trinity. The Sevayat Sammilani had […]

Puri: Barely a month after the Jagannath Sevayat Sammilani urged the servitors’ community to stay away from Ratha Yatra coordination committee meeting through posters, the priests body once again put up posters at various places near Sri Jagannath temple today requesting same ahead of the second meeting for the mega religious event. Protesting against the […]

Bhubaneswar: The inhabitants of revenue villages of Akhada and Gudikodha in Gajapati district strangely own ration cards supplied by neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Moreover, a solar lighting project has been undertaken by the neighbouring government in the villages. However, the strangeness gave way to a well thought out strategy of the neighbouring government when a team […]

Koraput: Suspensions handed over the officials in connection with the delay in giving landing approval to Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s chopper’s landing in Borigumma on February 13 during Panchayat poll campaigning has pitted the revenue employes against the district administration. Protesting arbitrary action, the clerks under the aegis of the Rajaswa Amala Sangh, have been […]

Cuttack: Taking note of grievous injuries and even instances of death during kite flying in the Millennium city during Makara Sankranti in the recent past, a joint team of officials of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) and the district administration today conducted raids at several kite shops in the city and seized manja thread from some […]

Khurda: Tension ran high in Nirakarpur market area under Tangi tehsil in the district on Sunday morning over cremation of a minor boy’s body. Relatives of the deceased staged a road blockade on Nua Jagannath Sadak over the incident which was lifted after the district administration assured the villagers to resolve the issue within three […]

Puri: The district administration has ordered an inquiry into the grabbing of Swargadwar land allegedly by some private parties thereby squeezing the cremation ground in the beach town considered holy across Odisha. The crematorium, which was once capable of cremating a number of bodies simultaneously, has become narrow due to the encroachment. Some people have […]

Kendrapara: The district administration of Kerndrapara has placed under suspension a booth level officer (BLO) for skipping poll duty in Aul block. The errant official Madhab Chandra Dalei skipped poll duty in Balakati polling booth under Aul block, officials said. “The official was found guilty of skipping poll duty assigned to him. So he was […]

Puri: After undertaking a massive eviction drive around Shree Jagannath Temple, the Puri district administration today cleared encroachments which had come up on government land near sea beach in Baliapanda area. As per official sources, a Yatri Nivas which had come up on over 1 acre land at Baliapada area was demolished in a joint […]

Koraput: A day after OTV highlighted the plight of a minor girl struggling under acute poverty with her family in Koraput, the district administration today extended help to the 17-year-old Laxmi Nayak, who works as labourer to take care of three younger siblings. As per reports, Borigumma Block Development Officer (BDO) and Tehsildar visited Laxmi’s […]

Puri: In view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation, the district administration in Puri on Wednesday urged the outstation devotees not to enter the town on the occasion of Nagarjuna Besha, to be observed on November 27. As per the earlier announcement made by the Srimandir Temple Administration (STA), the rare attire of the Trinity (Lord […]