Iyer-Mitra, who was behind bars since October 23 over his tweets on 12th century Jagannath temple and 13th century Sun temple since September this year, was granted bail by Orissa High Court on Wednesday after the Odisha Government decided not to accord... read more

On September 16, Delhi journalist Abhijit Iyer-Mitra had posted tweets about the erotic sculptures of Sun temple at Konark as well as another disparaging tweet on the 12th century Jagannath temple. read more

A case was lodged following Abhijit Iyer-Mitra’s tweets on September 16 mocking the erotic sculptures of the 13th century Sun temple at Konark as well as another disparaging post on the 12th century Jagannath temple. read more