Bhubaneswar, Oct 3 (IANS) Tension prevailed on Wednesday at Jagannath temple in Puri as a 12-hour dawn-to-dusk shutdown to protest against the introduction of a queue system for ‘darshan’ turned violent. An irate mob attempted to barge into the 12th-century shrine, removed the barricades erected near the temple and ransacked[Read More…]
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Journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra asked to appear before House panel for anti-Odisha jibe
Bhubaneswar: A house committee constituted by the Odisha Assembly on Friday decided to issue notice to journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra for his alleged derogatory remarks against the state, its culture and the lawmakers. The committee headed by Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra decided to issue a notice to Iyer Mitra[Read More…]
Puri priests against ‘Beef Supporter’ Mamata Banerjee’s Jagannath temple visit
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who arrived in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday evening on a three-day tour to the state witnessed agitation from the priests of Jagannath temple. Annoyed with West Bengal CM’s ‘support’ for those who eat beef, more than 12,000 priests at Jagannath Temple are preparing to stop her[Read More…]