Tag: Puri

The media loves nothing more than speculation. Anticipating and second guessing the supposed moves of political parties and leaders is what it revels in. In doing so, it is never deterred by the absence of an official word on such a move. [In fact, it dreads the ‘official’ word, because as and when it comes, […]

One can only pity Puri SP Dr. Sarthak Sarangi. The poor man is taking all the flak for a decision which he, left to himself, would perhaps never have taken. He would have known that the decision to seal the IMFA hangar at the Biju Patnaik airport and three helicopters belonging to the company on […]

Pre-election ‘surveys’ are the flavour of the season. And true to form, we have worked ourselves into a tizzy over the findings of two back to back surveys – the India Today ‘Political Stock Exchange’ survey and ABP C-Voter ‘Desh ka Mood’ poll – coming within a week of each other. While the India Today […]

Act first, think later. That appears to be the golden principle the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has been following religiously. Any hope that the change of guard at the top would put the messy affairs of the 12th century shrine back in order was rudely shattered on Wednesday when hundreds of angry residents of […]

There is a particularly poignant scene in Sir Richard Attenborough’s iconic 1984 film ‘Gandhi’ where a crowd of rustic looking men marches ahead with quiet determination, two at a time, to be baton-charged by policemen. A group of women in white sarees tow the men away as they collapse to the ground under the impact […]

Maheswar Mohanty is certain to be pilloried for his politically incorrect comment at an event in Puri today that even Mahatma Gandhi would have lost the election without money if he was to fight one now. Unpalatable though it may sound, what the Revenue Minister has said is a brutally honest admission of the real […]

The headline was hard to miss – and too salacious to skip the story. Here, in nutshell, goes the story that appeared in a leading Odia daily under the catchy title “Angel Priya bhabi asithile; dekhile Sukuti Sahu” (“Came in search of Angel Priya, Found Sukuti Sahu instead”) today. Attracted by the beautiful profile picture […]

Rukmini Harana Ekadashi falls on June 21st this year. On this holy day - Lord Jagannath, an aspect of Lord Vishnu, marries Rukmini, an aspect of Devi Lakshmi.

In 1909, Pandit Gopabandhu established an ideal school, Satyabadi Vana Vidyalaya at Sakhigopal. This was a catalyst in spreading national consciousness, in Odisha.

Puri: Over 40 students of Talada Padhiari School in Edabansa village of Astaranga block showed sheer perseverance when they took a boat ride on Friday to reach their exam centre for appearing the Annual Matric Examination. Reason, tardy progress of Talada bridge construction has forced them to take the risky ride. Without any other option […]

Bhubaneswar: Even after officials of the BPI Airport and Chilika Development Authority presented their stance on the former MP Jay Panda’s helicopter route and plan approval, the police summons to IMFA and Panda have been reportedly framed with lot of discrepancies. In a tweet, Panda mentioned that the FIR by Odisha Police changed ‘sea plane’ […]

Chief Administrator of the Puri SJTA, Krishan Kumar chaired a meeting on Thursday (May 20) for discussion regarding smooth conduct of Rath Yatra rituals. The meeting was convened after several servitors engaged in construction of chariots for Rath Yatra tested positive for Covid-19.

In the backdrop of the unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases, the Puri district administration has decided to issue prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC barring gathering around the Narendra Puhskarini and Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) office during the upcoming Chandan Yatra

Disturbing incident inside the Ananda Bazaar of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri. A servitor was injured after being allegedly attacked by another fellow servitor on the temple premises on Monday.

A youth was arrested on the charges of abusing and attacking an on-duty policeman during weekend shutdown at Balanga area in Puri district on Sunday