Tag: Konark

Konark (Puri): The Forest Department said a section office and a black buck reproduction centre will be set up at Bana Baba Ashram eviction drive in Balidokan under Konark police station where the district administration on Wednesday demolished all the buildings constructed illegally by the self-styled godman.

Konark: The multi-storey ashram built by Bana Baba on encroached forest land at Darshanibanta near here was razed completely today in the presence of adequate police forces and administrative officials. The Kali temple, Yanja mandap and kitchen had been demolished earlier while the main ashram was razed in the presence of two platoons of police […]

Konark: The eviction drive launched by the Puri district administration at self-styled godman Bana Baba alias Banambara Moharana’s ashram near Konark entered the third-day on Sunday. According to reports, an ACF, a Ranger and 60 forest officials were deployed at the spot to avoid any untoward incident. All buildings, including the main building of the […]

Konark: The eviction drive launched by the Puri district administration at self-styled godman Bana Baba alias Banambara Moharana’s ashram near Konark yesterday continued on Saturday amid tight security.

Konark: The Puri district administration on Friday started a demolition drive at self-styled godman Bana Baba’s ashram built illegally on forest land near Konark.

Konark: Tension ran high at Bajapur village under Kakatpur police station limits in Puri district this morning after three members of a family were seriously injured after they were attacked by the members of another family in the village. Following the incident, irate villagers staged a road blockade by burning tyres on the Kakatpur-Konark road […]

The Puri district administration on Monday implemented the hiked entry fee at the Sun Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site

Konark (Puri): After being stalled for nearly a month due to a protest by the Konark Suraksha Samiti (KSS), the increased entry fee at the Sun Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, here will be finally implemented from Monday.

The Puri district administration on Sunday decided to hold back implementation of the revised entry fee for the Sun temple for the next 15 days

Protesting against the reintroduction of increased entry fee for Sun temple here, the Konark Surakhya Samiti members on Friday locked the ticket counter at the monument and called for a Konark bandh

Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Dr Rakesh Srivastava today inspected the conservation work of the world famous Sun temple here

Sea, sand and surfing. Participants in the 3rd India Surfing Festival-2014 enjoyed these three things to the fullest

Renowned sculptor Padma Vibhushan Raghunath Mohapatra is recently in news not for his artistic creativity but for his desire to enter Rajya Sabha

Bhubaneswar: Railway minister Suresh Prabhu has accepted a proposal for a new railway line in Odisha within three minutes of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik offering on Twitter to share half of the project cost. Patnaik proposed the new line between Puri and Konark on the microblogging site at 10.05 PM last night and it was […]

Bhubaneswar: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has been declared as the brand ambassador for the 5th International Sand Art Festival to be held at Konark by the tourism department of Odisha. International Sand Art Festival is a popular annual event organised by Odisha Tourism from December 1 to 5 at Konark in Puri. Several sand […]