Emar Mutt mahant taken on remand

The court of the judicial magistrate on Thursday allowed the Town Police to take Mahant Rajgopal Dasmaharaj of the Emar Mutt on a three-day remand. 

The Judicial Magistrate AK Pradhan passed the order with a number of conditions

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Puri temple richer by Rs 15 cr from auction

The Sri Jagannath temple became rich by at least Rs 15 crore as the auctions of granite stone and morrum quarries fetched about Rs 20 crore, a four hundred per cent rise in the revenue than

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Safety measures in kolab demanded

The rising cases of drowning in Kolab River near Gupteswar, 55 km here, has spread panicamong the pilgrims visiting the place. Gupteswar, which houses a six-feet Shiva Linga in a Cave, is located over 500 metres above the sea-level. It has turned out

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Tributes paid to Indira Gandhi

Chief Minister JB Patnaik on Saturday said people should follow the ideals of Indira Gandhi for , that will be the best tribute to the former prime minister. He was speaking at a function, organised to mark the 14th death anniversary of Gandhi, obse

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Puja committee meeting held

A total of 136 mandaps would be erected in different parts of the City during Dussehra. This was decided at a meeting of the Mahanagar Puja Committee held at Saheed Bhavan, here on Monday. Collector Isaac Behera presided over it.

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PM to inaugurate National Science Congress

The state government in collaboration with NISER and KIIT is organizing the 99th National Science Congress,to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the state capital on January 3.

Sources said, as many as 15,000 representati

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Maoists attack combing party,three security personnel injured

The security personnel from Odisha and Chhatisgarh,while conducting a joint combing operation,came under heavy firing by the Maoists inside the dense forests on Monday evening.

According to sources, the Maoists attacked the combing party

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Stone falls from a small temple inside Jagannath shrine

There was panic among the devotees and the sevayats,when a stone slab weighing about a tonne fell from the roof of the western entrance of the Sri Jagannath temple on Tuesday.

According to sources,the incident occurred on Tuesday at abou

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