Puri district is one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites for Hindus, Situated along the coast of Bay of Bengal in the state of Odisha. Puri is also known as Jagannath Puri. It is considered as one “Dhaam” among four holy “Dhaam” in India. The holy script of the Skanda Purana describes Puri as the resting place of Lord Vishnu. Apart from this Puri district is famous for its golden sea beach and black pagoda or sun temple of Konark. The famous heritage art village Raghurajpur is in this district, where artisans paint world famous Pattachitra painting. Puri Khaja, Khechuudi, Dalma has its own special flavor.
It is pertinent to mention that Coffee farming is transforming the lives in the Tribal hinterland of the district. Koraput, being located at a height of 3,000 feet above sea level, is ideal for coffee cultivation due to its cool climate and rainfall.
The Superintendent Of Police (SP), Puri, KB Singh said that a three-tier security cover has been arranged at the strong room.
Superintendents of police have been instructed to entrust SDPOs and DSPs to visit police stations of all districts by October 5, 2021 and take steps for the safety of the malkhanas (storerooms).
Many people were seen standing in queues outside polling centres, where markings have been drawn on the ground to enable voters to maintain social distancing. Polling will continue till 6 PM.
EVMs at booths number 154 at Kausalyapur, 158 at Puba, 161 at Lakshminarayanpur, 167 at Kunjar, 169 at Seula and 173 at Binayakpur in Pipili developed technical glitches, disrupting and delaying the voting process in the early hours
All the preparations are in the final stage with polling parties reaching various booths and conducting rehearsals for the high-voltage bypoll
As many as 25 platoons of police forces along with three companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed in Pipili to maintain law and order situation during the polling.
As per the EC guidelines, all the election agents, counting agents etc. deployed by the candidates have to be fully vaccinated. Thermal scanning of the voters will be done at the entrance of booths and masks and sanitizer will be provided to them, the officials said.
The BJP launched a direct attack on rival Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for trying to influence the forthcoming by-election to the adjoining Pipili Assembly constituency. The party has also raised serious questions over the role of the police in the incident.
Polling is scheduled to take place in a total of 348 booths with strict adherence of the Covid-19 guidelines. While 102 booths have been declared ‘highly sensitive’, as many as 73 among those have been identified as ‘sensitive zones’
The explosion was so powerful that the entire office building was reduced to rubble while almost all the office items, documents, electronics have been completely destroyed in the fire.
The by-poll in the Pipili assembly constituency was necessitated following the demise of sitting MLA Pradeep Maharathy in October 2020. The voting is scheduled to take place on September 30 and the counting of votes on October 3, respectively.
The minor girl from Astaranga area in Puri district went missing on September 5. Her family members lodged a complaint at the Nimapada police station alleging that the girl had been abducted by some miscreants from a nearby village
After the darshan of Lord Jagannath, Chief Justice Ramana set out for Cuttack where he inaugurated the new building of the Odisha State Legal Service Authority (OSLSA). He would grace a few other programmes there.
The IMD said that heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh and Ganjam between 8 am of September 25 and 8 am of September 26.
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