Orissa HC directs Puri Municipality to pay ₹10 lakh for dog bite death

Orissa HC directs Puri Municipality to pay ₹10 lakh for dog bite death

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: S. R. Raghunathan The Orissa High Court has directed the Puri Municipality to pay compensation of ₹10 lakh to parents of a child, who lost lives followings bites by a pack of dogs in Puri in 2016. A four-year-old boy died soon after a pack of dogs mauled him … Read more

Second contempt petition in Orissa High Court as government fails to make Puri Jagannath temple disabled friendly

Second contempt petition in Orissa High Court as government fails to make Puri Jagannath temple disabled friendly

A view of the Orissa High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A prominent disability right activist and a quadriplegic himself filed a second contempt petition in Orissa High Court following State government’s failure to provide wheel-chair bound devotees access to 12 th century Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri, despite the court twice ordering to … Read more

Morning Digest: May 14, 2023

Morning Digest: May 14, 2023

AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, with Congress leaders Siddaramaiah, D K Shivakumar, Randeep Singh Surjewala, and K. C. Venugopal, during a press conference after the Karnataka assembly elections 2023 results, in Bengaluru on May 13, 2023. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Karnataka Congress Legislature Party meeting set for Sunday Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC … Read more