PURI: District Collector of Puri, Aravind Agarwal, today lodged an FIR against some servitors who allegedly abused him, while a priest was arrested on charge of launching an attack on journalists during the final ‘Pahandi’ ritual of Lord Jagannth’s Ratha Yatra festival. Agarwal, who was present at the site during the ritual last night, objected…
The Lord Jagannath Temple built by the Emami Group of Companies hosted its very first colourful Car Festival (Rathyatra) at Balgopalpur , Balasore, Odisha. After the “Prana Pratistha” of the divine Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra in November 2015, this is the first Rathayatra that is being celebrated at this temple. Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra &…
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, prohibits ‘physical punishment’ and ‘mental harassment’ under Section 17(1) and makes it a punishable offence under Section 17(2). The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs) have been entrusted with the task of…
The Doing Business team of the World Bank Group is on a two week mission to India for interacting with various stakeholders and to validate data for the upcoming Doing Business Report (DBR), 2017. A Kick-off meeting, chaired by Additional Secretary (Investment), Department of Economic Affairs to interact with the Doing Business mission team of…
142 villages have been electrified across the country during last week (from 13th to 19 th June 2016) under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY). Out of these electrified villages, 6 villages belong to Arunachal Pradesh , 80 in Assam, 16 in Jharkhand, 15 in Meghalaya ,5 in Rajasthan , 8 in Odisha, 3 in Uttar Pradesh…
