Tag: Puri

Puri: The mass eviction drive taken up by the Odisha government and Puri administration to ensure safety and security of the 12th century shrine seems to be unfolding new twists and turns every day. The eviction of centuries-old Emar Mutt that began on Thursday could not resume today due to protest by the Chief (Mahanta) […]

Bhubaneswar: Days after two century-old shrines were razed to the ground in Puri as part of a demolition drive around the Shree Jagannath Temple, the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has offered help to restore heritage structures in the beach town. The organization, in a memorandum to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, […]

Bhubaneswar: In party-led governments, policies are always guided by politics. And the Naveen-led Government’s newest ‘ABADHA’ (Augmentation of Basic Amenities & Development of Heritage & Architecture) scheme for Puri, coined after Centre’s HRIDAY (National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana), smells politics at the core. Significantly, Naveen’s ABADHA offer for Puri development came in 2017-18 […]

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 […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: In a significant move, union agriculture minister, Narendra Singh Tomar has promised additional assistance to coconut farmers whose crop was hit by cyclone Fani. The assurance must be music to the ears of farmers in areas like Chandanpur and Sakhigopal in Puri that bore the brunt of Fani that made landfall […]

Puri: The iron scaffoldings put up at Konark Sun Temple will soon be removed, informed Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). In this regard, a three-member team of Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) from Roorkee led by scientist Siddharth Behera inspected the temple today. The CBRI team, accompanied by an engineering team of ASI, inspected the […]

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 […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of its effort to transform Puri into a world class heritage city, the Odisha government on Friday appointed five IAS probationers for implementation of the development projects worth Rs 500 crore. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved appointments of the five 2018 batch IAS probationers to assist Puri Collector Balwant Singh in excuting […]

Bhubaneswar/Puri: In a move to boost tourist inflow to Odisha, the state tourism department has come up with a new idea of providing tent facilities for tourists visiting Sun Temple in Konark. A meeting in this regard was held in Lokaseva Bhavan under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy. As per reports, Odisha government […]

Puri: The last line of control was marked using Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) near Srimandir today. As per reports, marking is being done 75 metres from the Meghanad Pacheri or the boundary wall of the Srimandir – the area that has been identified to cleared of all encroachments and obstacles for movement of devotees […]

Puri: A mega cleanliness drive under the banner of ‘Mo Beach’ cleaning initiative was organised at Odisha’s Puri beach to mark the International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday. The Puri administration claimed that it is the world’s largest coastal clean-up drive that aims to sensitise people about the importance of clean beaches. More than ten […]

Berhampur: Gopalpur beach in Odisha’s Ganjam district is more polluted than Puri, a study has found. The recently-released findings are based on the study conducted by the Marine Sciences Department of the Berhampur University in collaboration with the National Center for Coastal Research, Chennai. Waste from Gopalpur, Puri and an Olive Ridley turtles’ nesting site […]

Bhubaneswar: A photo is being circulated on social media platforms claiming about the coronation of new Puri King. The picture, which has gone viral, purportedly shows a youth in a customary attire along with Puri Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb and Raja Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo of Dhenkanal and their families. In no time speculations were rife […]

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha witnessing an intense rainfall spell between September 24 and 26, Gopalpur on Thursday has recorded the highest amount of precipitation in the country. As per the latest rainfall data with IMD, when Gopalpur in Odisha recorded 102.1 mm today, the temple town Puri recorded around 72 mm and the rainfall amount at […]