Odisha Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mohan Charan Majhi, along with Deputy Chief Ministers KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, took part in a cleanliness drive in Puri on Saturday, ahead of the start of the annual Shri Jagannath Yatra.
After the Kanker encounter in Chhattisgarh, Arun Kumar Sarangi, DGP Odisha, has said that the bordering state of Chhattisgarh has been kept on high alert and the intelligence team is keeping an eye the Naxals movement in the area.
Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Arun Kumar Sarangi on Sunday reviewed the security arrangements at the State Legislative Assembly ahead of the budget session which is set to begin on February 5.
"On January 17, we are having the inauguration of Shree Mandir Parikrama (another name for Jagannath Heritage Corridor). We have made elaborate security arrangements," Arun Kumar Sarangi, Odisha DGP, told ANI.