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Kanpur: The Kanpur district administration on Tuesday banned the sale of ‘Pani Puri’ in the state fearing that crowding at the street food stalls might result in the spreading of the deadly COVID-19 virus. As per reports, District…

Puri: The Puri district administration began demolishing the Sana Chhata Mutt located inside the designated security zone of the Jagannath temple on Wednesday. The demolition drive began in presence of the Puri sub-collector, Bhabatarana…

Puri: Panic gripped the Pilgrim Town of Puri after a portion of the boundary wall of Indradyumna Tank caved in while the road along it sank on Sunday night. Notably, a portion of the boundary wall of the tank had collapsed due to heavy…

Puri: After hours of effort, the tugboat MV-Cheetah finally removed the stranded Malaysian cargo ship “Jin Hwa 32’ from the shore of Chilika Lake in Odisha’s Puri district on Sunday night. Reports said the tugboat of Singapore with 15 crew…

Dhenkanal: A day after four persons were drowned in a boat capsizal in Brahmani river, former MP Rudra Narayan Pani on Sunday accused the Dhenkanal district administration's "apathy" for the mishap. The incident took place on Saturday…

Puri: The district administration on Tuesday decided to put the demolition of Bada Akhada Mutt on hold. Talking to the media, deputy collector, Puri, Binay Kumar Das said the demolition of the mutt has been put on hold as the talks with…

Puri: The mahant of Emar Mutt, Rajgopal Ramanuj Das, on Friday expressed resentment over the demolition of the Raghunandan Library on the mutt premises as part of the demolition of the 12th century monastery by the district administration.…

Bhadrak: Protesting against plying of light motor vehicles in panchayat and block areas, the syndicate of the Bhadrak Private Bus Owners’ Association on Thursday gave a 24-hour dawn-to-dusk bandh call. Talking to the media, the syndicate…

Puri: The Puri district administration began  eviction of structures adjacent to Meghanada Pacheri (four sides of the boundary wall) of the Jagannath Temple here on Monday morning. The drive to declutter the shrine area began at 6 am in…

Khurda: The Khurda district administration began demolishing a mansion-like house of Shubranshu Parida alias Chotta, a drug peddler and a mining mafia, at his village of Gurujanga on Monday. Chhota's house, estimated around Rs 2 crore, has…