Tag: Bada Akhada Mutt

Puri: No sooner than the Puri district administration started the mass eviction drive today, inmates and Mahant (chief) of the Bada Akhada Mutt criticised the demolition process citing the administration of victimising them. Though already the inmates have vacated the mutt and shifted their belongings to other places, the demolition was halted and postponed by […]

Puri: A meeting between Puri district collector and a 15-member team representing various stakeholders over the ongoing demolition work near Puri Jagannath temple ended inconclusively today. According to sources, district collector Balwant Singh refused to accept the demand of stakeholders who sought stoppage of demolition of shops adjacent to Meghnad Pacheri (boundary wall) of Srimandir. […]

Puri: A day after Supreme Court-appointed Amicus Curiae Ranjit Kumar gave a clean chit to the Odisha government’s demolition drive on structures around Puri Srimandir, a political slugfest has erupted between the Opposition parties on one side and the ruling-BJD on the other. The eviction drive in Puri, which was temporarily stopped by the district […]