Bhubaneswar, July 7 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced an ex gratia of Rs.4 lakh to the next kin of a devotee who died during a stampede in Puri car festival on Sunday. Majhi expressed his deep grief over the death of a devotee who has been identified as Lalit Bagarti from…
Puri, July 7 (UNI) One devotee died and five others were injured, one seriously, in a stampede during the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, his elder Lord Balavadra, and their sister Devoi Subhadra of Sri Jagannath temple in this pilgrim town on Sunday. The incident occurred as there was a mad rush among devotees…
Bhubaneswar,July 5 (UNI) The Odisha government has constituted a new committee under the chairmanship of former Orissa High Court judge Justice Biswanath Rath to supervise the process of inventorization of valuables stored in the Ratna Bhandar of Sri Jagannath temple. A notification issued by the Law department of Odisha government on Thursday night said the…
Puri, June 19 (UNI) The Bhitar Ratna Bhandar (or inner temple treasury compartment) of Sri Jagannath temple will be opened on July 8, a day after the commencement of annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, Archaeological Survey of India’s (ASI) Superintending archaeologist Dr DB Garnayak said. Garnayak, who is in-charge of the Puri Circle, informed…
Bhubaneswar, June 19 (UNI) BJP MLA from Ranapur and former minister Surama Padhy filed her nomination for the Speaker post of the Odisha Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. Surama filed her nomination after the BJP legislature party meeting held here unanimously nominated her name as the party candidate for the Speaker post. Accompanied by Chief Minister…
Balasore, June 19 (UNI) Indefinite curfew clamped in the Balasore Municipality area from Monday midnight in the wake of a violent group clash between the two communities continued for the second day on Wednesday. Balasore SP Sagarika Nath said so far 34 people from both communities were arrested in connection with the group clashes and…
Balasore, June 18 (UNI) An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the entire Balasore Municipality area from midnight on Monday by the district administration to contain law and order situations following Monday’s group clash between two communities. The administration has also suspended internet services in sensitive areas, and additional police forces have been deployed in…
Puri, June 13 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi along with his cabinet colleagues, who were sworn in on Wednesday, visited Sri Jagannath temple early on Thursday morning and offered prayers to the presiding deities during the Mangal Alati. The Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues were received by state chief secretary PK Jena,…
Puri, June 13 (UNI) All four gates of Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri were opened for devotees and the general public during the Mangal Alati of the presiding deities in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and his council of ministers on Thursday. The opening of the four gates of the 12th-century shrine…
Bhubaneswar, June 12 (UNI) Tribal leader Mohan Charan Majhi was sworn in as the first BJP Chief Minister of Odisha on Wednesday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several of his council of ministers and chief ministers of nine BJP-ruled states at the famous Janata Maidan. Odisha Governor Raghubar Das administered the oath…
