News from Puri

The installation of the rig was completed recently. After drilling, Oil India will examine all the stones and soil underneath to search for signs of hydrocarbons.

As per reports, the caller had sought the account details and other credentials of the victim teachers on the pretext that money will be credited into their account towards procurement of sanitisers in their school.

Repeated incidents of floating bridge vessel (Bhasa Pola) getting stuck in the middle of Chilika lake has emerged as a matter of serious concern.

The preliminary process prior to drilling has been started near Bania Sahi on the banks of the Kushabhadra River in Gop area.

In a teary reunion, a man reunited with his father, who was undergoing treatment at Puri District Headquarters hospital, after 42 years.

After the Oil India found proof of crude oil in the Mahanadi Basin near Konark last year, the Central government PSU took eight acres of land from 37 land owners in Kusupur on lease for three years to explore the quantity and quality of underground oil.

The car’s old registration number was ORP-2456. The new registration number allotted to it is OD VAAA 0001.

Despite restrictions on fishing imposed by the local administration during their nesting season, scores of dead turtles are being washed ashore along the beach from Debinashi in Astaranga to Krushnaprasad on a daily basis.

She browsed for hotels in Puri and zeroed in on a particular hotel near the Blue Flag beach. She dialed the contact number provided by the search engine and the persons on the other side asked her to pay Rs 9,000 as an advance payment for booking.

The visibly delighted Class X student, Tanmay Biswal said the PM’s answer to his question was quite satisfying. 

Dwaraphita ritual was held at 7 am at Srimandir today and subsequently, devotees were allowed inside the shrine. 

Jani Brinajmen, mother of Netherland hockey team captain said, “We really like to be in India because the crowd is awesome and the country is beautiful.”

Devotees get chance to see the beautiful Besha of Lord Jagannath on the following day after Mangala Alati rituals.

The couple who hail from Janardanpur village under Jagatsinghpur district were travelling from Delhi and were scheduled to de-board at Cuttack.

It was a long-pending demand of the locals and devotees, who had been walking at least 3 kms more to get to the Singhadwara or to the other side of the Temple because of the on-going construction work under the Srimandir Parikrama Project.