Demolition of illegal shrimp farms halted after assault on forest staff | Bhubaneswar News

Residents oppose the demolition of illegal shrimp farms in Bhitarkanika Kendrapada: A demolition drive of illegal shrimp farms had to be stopped on Sunday in the seaside villages within Bhitarkanika National Park, as many shrimp farm owners and locals stood in the way of the demolition drive and allegedly assaulted forest personnel.Assistant conservator of forest…

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Experts link suspected tunnels beneath Puri shrine to ancient mutts | Bhubaneswar News

Bhubaneswar: Amid the buzz and mystery surrounding the detection of suspected tunnel-like structures in the ground penetrating survey (GPR) around Puri Jagannath Temple, historians and archaeologists said such structures were an integral feature of the mutts that were established near the 12th century shrine.The draft GPR report, submitted by IIT Gandhinagar to Odisha Bridge &…

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Bjp Mla Booked For Firing Blanks: BJP MLA Nabin Kumar Jain booked for firing blanks during Ram Navami procession in Odisha | Bhubaneswar News

BHUBANESWAR: Police on Saturday booked BJP MLA Nabin Kumar Jain for allegedly firing blanks during Ram Navami procession in Titlagarh town of Balangir district.According to the police, the Titlagarh MLA fired three rounds from his licensed pistol in a celebratory mood during the procession in the evening where hundreds of people, including BJP supporters, took…

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HC directs police to ensure smooth construction of rural road in Jagatsinghpur | Bhubaneswar News

Cuttack: Stressing that projects serving larger public interest must proceed unhindered, the Orissa high court has directed police authorities in Jagatsinghpur to ensure smooth construction of a rural road after removal of encroachments on govt land.The case pertained to a 256-metre stretch of road at Dharadharpur under Raghunathpur tehsil, sanctioned under the Mukhya Mantri Gramya…

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