Puri, March 23 (Odisha.in) At least seven persons including the head of ancient Emar Mutt in Orissa’s Puri were arrested Wednesday for concealing information relating some buried treasure and spending part of it for their own purposes, police said. Police arrested Mahant Gadadhar Ramanuja Das the custodian of the Mutt and one of his disciples, […]
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Women show unity, organize Palli Sabha
Konark, July 9 (Odisha.in) Demonstrating their unity women residents of a village in the district of Puri organized a Palli Sabha for the first time to discuss various problems of their area. Palli Sabha usually male members organize in most of the villages. But in Baharana- a remote village under Gop Block hundreds of women […]
RSS seeks security for Sankarachrya
Bhubaneswar,Dec 19 (Odisha.in) Considering the attacks by the Islamic terrorist groups in the near future, RSS demanded security both for the Gobardhan Pitha and Puri Sankaracharya. RSS pleaded the help of the State Government and strongly opposed the Islamic terrorist organization. Briefing the press, State Chairman of RSS, Er. Ashok Kumar Das said “an unknown […]
Puri Sweet Water Zone to be made free from construction
Bhubaneswar, November.18 ( Odisha.in) Orissa High Court in a historical judgment has asked the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) to ” take appropriate steps for recovery of the land out of 448 acres which has sweet water reserve.” The judgment of the High Court has created commotion among the people and particularly among the hoteliers […]
Jagannath shrines in Orissa to get facelift
Puri,November 14(Odisha.in) A number of shrines of Lord Jagannath in Orissa, languishing after surviving the onslaught of medieval Muslim invaders, are poised to get a facelift. The Puri Jagannath temple administration, as a part of its plan to preserve and enlarge the sphere of Jagannath cult and its heritage, has embarked upon the project, deputy […]