Tag: Puri

Puri: Members of socio-cultural outfit Shree Jagannath Sena today staged violent protests while observing bandh in Puri over eight-point charter of demands including scrapping of newly implemented queue system at Puri Srimandir. According to sources, the protesters blocked road by burning tyres on Bada Danda and pelted stones at the residence of Puri Superintendent of […]

Bhubaneswar: With an aim to motivate the cadres for the upcoming 2019 Assembly polls, BJP party President Amit Shah today attended a meeting of the party’s women’s wing at Puri. He was welcomed by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other senior leaders of the party. Shah inaugurated the three-day national executive meet of the women’s […]

Puri: The Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium reached Puri today to hold discussions with various stakeholders over 12 proposals suggested by the apex court as part of disciplinary reforms for the Jagannath temple. Subramanium reached Puri today morning and visited the 12th century shrine, informed Puri collector Jyoti Prakash Das. “He reached Puri today […]

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium will visit Puri on September 20 to hold discussions with various stakeholders over 12 proposals suggested by the apex court as part of disciplinary reforms for the Jagannath temple. During the visit, the amicus curiae will hold discussions with the officials of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), […]

Puri: Thousands of residents of waterlogged Sujata Nagar in Ward number 1 under Puri municipality finally heaved a sigh of relief after a team led by district authorities cut the National Highway to drain out water from the area late last night. According to sources, a 5-feet wide cut was made on the national highway […]

Puri: The ashes of former Prime Minister Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed in the Bay of Bengal at Puri today. As part of the BJP’s ‘Asthi Kalash Yatra’ across the country, urn containing the ashes of Vajpayee (Asthi Kalash) were brought to Bhubaneswar yesterday. The ‘Asthi Kalash’, was taken to Puri in a grand […]

Puri: Two divyang youths covered 104 kilometre on wheelchairs and reached Puri today for darshan of Lord Jagannath in Srimandir. Yesterday night, on the eve of Independence Day, Kamalakant Nayak and Prashant Nayak started their journey from Olatpur’s Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR). After traveling for 12 hours, the duo […]

Puri: The Supreme Court today gave permission to two petitioners to be made parties to the plea in connection with the entry of non-Hindus into Puri Srimandir. The petitioners are Continental Lawyers Association and Sri Jagannath Sena, who have opposed the proposal of the entry of non-Hindus. “The main petition was renewed after the apex […]

Puri: A newly married woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband under Baliapanda police limits in Puri today. According to reports, the deceased identified as Sarmistha was admitted to the District Headquarters hospital in a critical condition on Saturday where doctors declared her dead. Later, Sarmistha’s family members lodged a police complaint alleging […]

Puri: While the pilgrim city of Puri is known for its vibrant and enticing beach that attracts lakhs of tourists and devotees every year, heaps of garbage piling on the roads have raised concerns on the deplorable condition of hygiene in the pilgrim town. Stinking and foul smell around the town has made life miserable […]

Puri: Mass culling of chicken was carried out in the affected villages under Krushna Prasad block of the district today as bird flu situation continued to remain grim. Nearly 1,000 chickens were found dead at a farm in Naba village of the district today. After the detection of avian influenza virus in four villages under […]

Puri: Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik through a sand art congratulated comedian Kapil Sharma who will tie the knot with his long time girlfriend Ginni Chatrath in Jalandhar, Punjab today. Through his sand art at the Puri Beach, Patnaik has conveyed best wishes to Kapil and Ginni for the new innings of their life. […]

Puri: Hours after pictures of the interior of the Puri Srimandir were uploaded today on social media by police sub inspector Dilip Panda, Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi has suspended him. As per reports, the pictures of the temple premises were found posted on a Facebook post today, thereby raising concerns over security measures at the 12th […]

Puri: A three-member team of National Security Guard (NSG), the elite Counter Terrorist Task Force, is scheduled to conduct a review of the security arrangements at Puri Srimandir. The team is likely to arrive today. The security review of the 12th century Jagannath temple is likely to be carried out for two days. The team […]

So it has been some time that the Part I of this piece was written. It dealt with outlining few of the major problems with tourism in Odisha. In this second part of the essay I shall attempt to delineate few measures that can offset these overriding concerns and help take Odisha tourism, abound with […]