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Puri: Preparations for the annual Rath Yatra gathered pace as the Akshaya Trutiya, falling on April 20, will mark the commencement of chariot construction for Lord Jagannath and the start of the 21-day Bahar Chandan Yatra. The final ritual schedule (Niti Nirghanta) for the auspicious day was approved at a meeting of the Chhatisha Nijog held at the Shree Jagannath Temple office under the chairmanship of Chief Administrator Arabinda Kumar Padhee. The schedule, finalised by the Niti Sub-Committee, ...Read More >
The proposed Shree Jagannath International Airport at Puri has received Stage-I (in-principle) forest clearance from the Centre -- a move set to boost connectivity to the pilgrim town in Odisha. In a letter to the Odisha government on April 1, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change allowed diversion of 27.886 hectares of forest land for the project, while setting conditions for final (Stage-II) approval. The Stage-I nod for the greenfield airport follows a recommendation ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The proposed Shree Jagannath International Airport in Puri on Saturday received stage-1 environmental clearance from the ministry of forest, environment and climate change (MoEFCC), crucial to fast-track the ambitious greenfield project.Last year in June, after the forest ministry gave in-principle approval to the project on May 6, the expert appraisal committee (EAC) recommended environmental clearance. The proposed airport will have an estimated passenger-handling capacity of 4.6 ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 4 (PTI) The Centre has accorded in-principle approval for stage-1 forest clearance for the proposed Shree Jagannath International Airport in Puri, officials said on Saturday. The greenfield airport project, mooted by former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in 2021, received conditional clearance to convert around 27 hectares of forest land for construction. Puri district collector Divyajyoti Parida said the stage-I clearance by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Chan ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday outlined an ambitious roadmap for Odisha's transformation, calling the next 10 years a 'decade of resolve' to build a prosperous and developed state. Addressing the state-level Utkal Divas celebrations at Suando, the birthplace of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das in Satyabadi block of Puri district, Majhi announced a '585 crore development package for the historic place. Describing Gopabandhu Das as a symbol of service and sacrifice whose leg ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday announced that historic schools Satyabadi Bana and the nearby Bakula Bana in Puri district will be redeveloped as a heritage tourism site at a cost of Rs 585 crore. Majhi visited Suando village in Satyabadi area, the birthplace of Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, on Wednesday and paid floral tribute to the statue of Das. Addressing a gathering at an event organised at a nearby college to celebrate the statehood day, Majhi said ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday outlined an ambitious roadmap for Odisha's transformation, calling the next 10 years a 'decade of resolve' to build a prosperous and developed state. Addressing the state-level Utkal Divas celebrations at Suando, the birthplace of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das in Satyabadi block of Puri district, Majhi announced a '585 crore development package for the historic place. Describing Gopabandhu Das as a symbol of service and sacrifice whose leg ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 1 (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday announced that historic schools Satyabadi Bana and the nearby Bakula Bana in Puri district will be redeveloped as a heritage tourism site at a cost of Rs 585 crore. Majhi visited Suando village in Satyabadi area, the birthplace of Utkalamani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, this morning and paid floral tribute to the statue of Das. Addressing a gathering at an event organised at a nearby college to celebrate the statehood day ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Dec 16 (PTI) BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday termed the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old college student at Dhauli in Odisha as "distressing", while the BJP accused the regional party of indulging in politics with the tragic incident. Patnaik also expressed concerns over the alleged sexual assault of a student in Bhubaneswar. Noting that such incidents indicate a serious "deterioration" in public safety and raise questions about the law and order situation in the state c ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Nov 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the death of several civilians in the deadly explosion that occurred in Delhi this evening and directed the state police to remain on high alert and tighten security measures in major cities and sensitive locations across the state. Condemning the incident in the strongest terms, Chief Minister Majhi said that India has never tolerated such inhuman acts and will never do so in the ...Read More >
Puri: Devotees will be allowed to enter the Shree Jagannath Temple here only through the Singhadwar (Lion's gate) during the 'Panchuka' celebrations, an official said Thursday. This was decided at the coordination meeting between the civil administration and police ahead of the 'Panchuka' (the last five days of the holy month of Kartik), said Puri District Collector Dibyajyoti Parida. He said this time, 'Panchuka' falls on four days from November 2 to 5, when lakhs of devotees are expected to ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, October 24: In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gangraped by some of her distant relatives in the Chandanpur area of Puri district in Odisha on October 22. The heinous crime came to light after the minor victim lodged a complaint in this regard at the Chandanpur police station on Friday. "A 16-year-old Dalit girl on Friday lodged a complaint at the police station, alleging that her uncle and brother, both distant relatives from the same village, forcibly r ...Read More >
Puri: Odisha Police Saturday arrested two persons for allegedly gangraping a minor girl, who happens to be their niece, in Puri district, an officer said. According to Puri Police, the victim's parents had gone to attend the immersion ceremony of Goddess Kali at Biragobindpur Dakshin Bhoi Sahi under Chandanpur Police Station October 23 when the incident occurred. The accused duo took advantage of the absence of her parents, allegedly entered the house, tied up her elder sister, and took turns ...Read More >
Puri: A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her two distant relatives at a village in Chandanpur area of Odisha's Puri district. The incident took place under the jurisdiction of Chandanapur police station on the night of October 22, when Kali Puja idol immersion procession was underway in the locality, police said. Distant relatives (a brother and uncle), who are staying in the same village as the victim, entered the house of the girl when she was alone and committed the crime. Based on ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Oct 24 (UNI) Forest officials seized around 15 quintals of mangrove roots that bore striking resemblance to sandalwood in Bhitarkanika National Park on Friday and arrested nine persons, including five women, for trespassing into protected forest and felling trees. Ten quintals of Salacia prinoides roots and stems locally called Batara, an important mangrove species packed in 20 sacks, and five quintals of ceriops decandra roots locally called as Garani packed in 10 sacks, were seiz ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Oct 23 (PTI) Vedanta Group Chairman Anil Agarwal on Thursday said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has "assured" him that the company's proposed university should be established nowhere else other than Odisha. Agarwal made the remark after holding discussions with Majhi here over the Group's additional Rs 1 lakh crore investment in Odisha. "The Vedanta University project was also discussed (in the meeting), and the chief minister told me that if a world-class university has to be ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A 15-year-old boy died after being hit by a speeding train while attempting to shoot an Instagram reel near a railway track in Odisha's Puri district, police said on Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Biswajit Sahu of Manglaghat area in Puri town, was trying to capture a moving train in the background of his video when the accident occurred on Tuesday evening, they said. A purported video of the incident, recorded on the mobile phone of his friend, has surfaced on social media, ...Read More >
Puri: A 15-year-old boy from Puri lost his life after being hit by a moving train while attempting to shoot a reel for social media near the railway gate at Jankadeipur station under Chandanpur police limits in Puri Sadar, on Tuesday evening. The video recorded during the incident has gone viral on social media.The deceased has been identified as Biswajit Sahoo (15) of Manglaghat area in Puri town. Local residents rushed him to Puri district headquarters hospital, where doctors declared him dead ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A Class 9 student from Balukeshwar Government High School in Khajuria in Odisha's Puri district, suffered severe burn injuries on Thursday while attempting a hazardous fire stunt involving petrol, allegedly inspired by social media trends; reports said on Friday. The incident occurred on the school campus when the student, reportedly trying to create a video reel, mishandled petrol, causing it to ignite and engulf him in flames. Eyewitnesses promptly intervened, providing initial ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Today is the birthday of BJD President and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. This time, the opposition party leader will celebrate his birthday in a different way. After a gap of about 6 months, he will participate in a public program. He will join the party's padayatra in the Ekamra Bhubaneswar constituency and will encourage the party workers. It is worth mentioning here that on the birth anniversary of Pandit Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das, the BJD's state-wide Jansampark padaya ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall lashed Odisha in the past 24 hours, with 10 places receiving significant downpours. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar, Bahanaga in Balasore district recorded the highest rainfall of 105.0 mm. Going by the information provided by Manorama Mohanty, Head of Regional Meteorological Centre, Other areas that experienced substantial rainfall include Balasore (93.6 mm), Soro (90.0 mm), Nilgiri (85.0 mm), Bhograai (79.0 mm), and Krushnapras ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The BJD will launch its one-month-long yatra from October 9 to make people aware of the alleged failures of the BJP government in the State, a party leader said on Monday. The annual 'Jan Sampark Padayatra' will continue till November 9 in every Assembly constituency, block, and panchayat across the State, BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra said. "The BJD usually holds such processions from October 2 every year, but Dussehra falls on that day in 2025. So, we have decided to commence the ...Read More >
Puri: The police have arrested the accused in the sexual assault of a Puri girl case today. Besides him, three others have also been arrested from Andhra Pradesh today. According to information, a young girl was sexually assaulted by a group of men on Friday near the Baliharchandi temple in Brahmagiri of Puri district. She had gone with her male friend in the afternoon to visit the shrine. The local youths of the nearby Chandiput village clicked their photographs and videos and blackmailed the ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A 19-year-old female college student has been allegedly gang-raped near a beach in Odisha's Puri district, police said on Monday. Three persons have been arrested in connection with the rape and a manhunt has been launched to nab others allegedly involved in the incident. The incident took place near Baliharchandi temple in Brahmagiri police station area around noon when the woman and her male companion had gone to a place near the temple to spend some time. However, a group of loc ...Read More >
The order was delivered by State Information Commissioner Susanta Kumar Mohanty after finding that the applicant, identified as Chittaranjan Sethy of Satapuri village, had made 61 applications seeking information from Meteipur gram panchayat and the Nimapara Block office, demanding month-wise and year-wise details of income, expenditure, and development works. The panel noted that despite receiving responses and opportunities to inspect documents, Sethy continued filing repetitive applications. ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Sept 14 (UNI) The Odisha State Information Commission has debarred an RTI applicant from filing fresh queries for a year, citing "repetitive and burdensome" applications that put unnecessary strain on public resources. In a ruling issued yesterday, State Information Commissioner (SIC) Susanta Kumar Mohanty said applicant Chittaranjan Sethy's conduct amounted to "abuse of the RTI process" and was a "clear indication of misuse." "No doubt the applicant being the citizen of India has ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The State Information Commission (SIC) on Saturday barred one Chittaranjan Sethy of Puri district from filing RTI applications for one year for allegedly abusing the process. Sethy, a native of Satapuri village, had filed 61 applications seeking information from Miteipur gram panchayat and Nimapara block office, demanding month-wise and year-wise details of income, expenditure and development works. The Commission observed that despite receiving responses and opportunities to insp ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Five day after a self-immolation attempt over alleged debt burden, a woman of Pipili in Puri district succumbed to her burn injuries while undergoing treatment at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar on Monday. The 37-year-old woman sustained around 70-80% burns after allegedly attempting to end her life by setting herself on fire at her rented home in Pipili town. Police had then seized kerosene bottle, a handwritten suicide note, and a matchbox from the scene. "During preliminary investigation, we ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A woman who attempted self-immolation by pouring kerosene on herself and setting herself afire at Pipili in Puri district has succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment at AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Monday. According to reports, the incident occurred on August 13 at Jaypur Chowk in Pipili. The woman was rushed to Pipili Community Health Centre with severe burn injuries and was later shifted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar as her condition deteriorated. Despite medical efforts, she died si ...Read More >
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