eviction drive

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of MLAs from Punjab on Monday said that there is no misunderstanding with the Odisha government regarding the demolition of three Punjabi mutts in Puri. Talking to the media after a meeting with the Minister of…

Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding protests by locals, traders and sevayats, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will continue the eviction drive around the periphery of the Lingaraj temple here. The BMC commissioner, Prem Chandra…

Bhubaneswar: The eviction drive around the Lingaraj Temple here was put on hold on Tuesday following protests from locals, several trading establishments, and local leaders. “It was decided that a 10-member delegation of the servitor’s…

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Odisha government to consult Shankaracharya of the Gobardhan Peeth Swami Nischalananda Saraswati and senior servitors of Jagannath Temple in Puri before demolishing heritage mutts and…

Puri: A day after Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae Ranjit Kumar backed the Odisha government saying that the demolition drive near Jagannath Temple was in public interest, the Puri administration on Sunday resumed razing of Bada Akhada…

Puri: The Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae, Ranjit Kumar, on Saturday gave a clean chit to the Odisha government saying that the ongoing eviction drive near the Jagannath temple in Puri is in public interest. Kumar said this after a…

Puri: Emar Mutt will pulled down during the eviction drive aimed at decluttering space within a 75-metre radius of Jagannath Temple on Wednesday. Languli Mutt was demolished the previous day. Bada Akhada Mutt will be the next to be razed,…

Puri: The Puri district administration resumed demolishing illegal structures adjacent to the Jagannath temple on Tuesday. The drive at Meghanad Pacheri was part of an eviction drive within a 75-metre radius from the boundary walls of the…

Cuttack: Tension erupted at CDA's Krushak Bazaar here during an eviction drive on Saturday. Slum dwellers in the area opposed the eviction jointly conducted by the district administration and Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC). The…