Puri

Khurda/Puri/Cuttack: The flood situation remained grim in three coastal districts of Odisha on Tuesday following rise in the water level of the Mahanadi. In Khurda district, the floodwater of Rajua river marooned thousands of people in 20…

Puri/Sambalpur: Three wanted criminals were injured in two separate encounters in Puri and Sambalpur districts. In the first incident, police exchanged fire with two criminals in Puri late on Monday. The duo has been identified as Biswa…

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: Former Puri MP and Union minister Braja Kishore Tripathy on Thursday criticised the Odisha government for the wanton demolition of mutts and historic edifices around the Jagannath temple. Tripathy said the state government's…

Puri: The Solicitor General and Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae will visit Puri on Friday to review the ongoing eviction drive adjacent to the Jagannath temple, a top district official said on Thursday. Also on Thursday, the district…

Puri/Bhubaneswar: Even as the meeting between a 15-member committee and Puri Collector Balwant Singh over the ongoing demolition drive near Jagannath Temple in Puri on Wednesday remained inconclusive, Mahants (chiefs) of different mutts…

Puri: The meeting between a 15-member committee and Puri Collector Balwant Singh on Wednesday failed with the latter rejecting the demand to stop the eviction drive around the Jagannath Temple. After the meeting, the collector told the…

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra on Wednesday launched a broadside against the Odisha government for the demolition of mutts and historical edifices near the Jagannath Temple in Puri. “In the last seven days, the Odisha…

Puri: A day after the district administration postponed demolition of Bada Akhada Mutt following vehement opposition to the move from the sadhus, a 15-member committee is scheduled to meet Puri Collector Balwant Singh on Wednesday. The…