Tag: Puri

Puri: Barely a week after its inauguration, the prepaid auto-rickshaw and taxi services at Puri railway station have come to a halt with the local auto-rickshaw drivers’ association strongly opposing the outsourcing bid. The association is now up in arms against the move of the police officials for engaging a private party for managing the […]

Puri: Police detained a youth for allegedly manhandling and attacking Kanas Tehsildar and additional Tehsildar of Puri district inside their office on Saturday. The youth has been identified as Babuli Patra of Chandapada village in the district and is now being interrogated by cops. Sources said, Babuli barged into the office and started attacking additional […]

Puri: The mutilated body of a youth was found on roadside in Bali Sahi here this morning. The deceased has been identified as Krushna Chandra Sahu alias Bapi of Dhanakuti Sahi. On receiving information, the Town police rushed to the spot and initiated an investigation into the incident. Though the exact reason behind the death […]

Bhubaneswar:  Heavy to very heavy rain is likely to lash 10 districts of the state, including Khurda, Cuttack and Puri on December 9 and 10 due to a deep depression over central Bay of Bengal. According to a latest bulletin issued by the regional meteorological centre, heavy rainfall is likely to occur at one or […]

Bhubaneswar: The vision of Chief Minister and party president Naveen Patnaik to make a modern, empowered and progressive ‘New Odisha’ will be the focus of the 20th Foundation Day of ruling BJD scheduled to be held in Puri this year, instead of Bhubaneswar. Party leaders today met Patnaik at the State Secretariat in Bhubaneswar to […]

Bhubaneswar: As part of the Swachh Abhiyan, the State Government is mulling over possible measures to ensure that the river Daya, which flows from the Capital city to Puri district, maintains continuous and unpolluted flow. During a meeting, Revenue Minister Maheswar Mohanty discussed on the steps the government would be initiating to clean the so […]

Puri: The management of Laxmi temple inside Puri Srimandir will come under the purview of Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and its functioning will be reviewed every three months. New guidelines will be shortly formulated in this regard, informed SJTA chief administrator Pradeep Jena after a meeting with servitors on Tuesday. “The existing practice of […]

Puri: Music band party owners and DJ organisers will face stringent action for playing loud music during processions, especially near the Srimandir here. To curb noise pollution and avoid the damage caused to the 12th-century shrine due to loud music, the Puri district administration has imposed certain restrictions on musical bands and DJs. As per […]

Puri: The Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Wednesday sealed the Bauli Matha adjacent to the Swarga Dwara here and took it into possession while acting as per a directive issued by the Supreme Court. The SJTA took possession of the matha after the latter’s management lost a litigation in the apex court. Shops on […]

Puri: An alleged victim of physical abuse, a girl studying in Class IV, was rescued by Childline members in Puri on Tuesday. The minor was admitted to a hospital as her condition was reportedly critical. “The condition of the child shows that her mother is involved in it. There is no place left on the […]

Puri: The last rites of former DG of Fire Services and Home Guards Binoy Behera were completed at Puri Swargadwar (crematorium) today. The funeral pyre of Binoy was lit by his eldest son Baibhav. Various senior IPS officers of Odisha Police, retired IPS officers and other dignitaries paid tributes to Binoy before his body was […]

Puri: Police on Friday claimed to have busted a major prostitution racket in Puri that mostly engages girls from other parts of the country including West Bengal. Two persons including a hotel manager have been arrested while two girls were rescued by police during a raid on a guest house at Puri market. Addressing a […]

Puri: A marital discord turned tragic after a man committed suicide allegedly by hanging himself at Gadabhingura village under Puri Sadar Police Station in the district today. Santanu Patra who had some dispute with his wife, was found hanging from a tree in the village, police said. He reportedly explained the reasons in his Facebook […]

Bhubaneswar: It has been a year since the Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency denominations were scrapped as legal tender. Still huge number of banned notes continues to find way into donation boxes at major shrines like Jagannath Temple in Puri, Tarini Temple at Ghatagaon (Keonjhar) and some others in State. With deadline for exchange […]

Puri: With what is being touted as one of the ‘boldest measures’ in Indian economy, one year has passed since the decision by the Centre to demonetise high value currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. One year on, OTV did a reality check on the effect of demonetisation at Nuagaon village under Satyabadi […]