Bhubaneswar: Panic gripped passengers after two unclaimed boxes triggered bomb scare on Bhubaneswar-Mumbai Konark Express near Madhira station in Khammam district of Telangana today. However, the South Central Railways confirmed later that the boxes contained paint materials. Earlier, the two suspected objects were detected inside S-11 coach by Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials between Warangal […]
Jul 24, 2021
Puri: Around 30 acres of Casuarina plantations were reduced to ashes after a major fire broke out in Balukhand sanctuary on Puri-Konark marine drive near Beladala village of Puri district today. Though fire tenders and forest officials made attempts to control the blaze, it all went in vain as the fire tending vehicles could not […]
Jul 24, 2021
Konark: Police have arrested two youths on charges of taking intimate pictures of two lovers at Konark sea beach and blackmailing them in order to extort money. The two youths were identified as Suryakant Mohanty and Suryakant Sahu of Balakati on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. As per sources, they had clicked some intimate pictures of […]
Jul 23, 2021
Konark: While the 12-hour Odisha bandh and hartal protesting Kunduli suicide has crippled normal life across the State, thousands of devotees, who had come to Chandrabhaga near Konark in Puri district to take a holy dip in the sea on Magha Saptami, are facing the brunt of the shutdown. The devotees from various places across […]
Jul 23, 2021
Konark: The Puri district administration today finalised the ritual schedule for the holy dip in Chandrabhaga Sea on the occasion of ‘Magha Saptami.’ A meeting chaired by Puri sub-collector was held today to discuss the rites and rituals to be conducted on the occasion. “No changes have been made in the rituals. The previous year […]
Jul 23, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s architectural marvel, the Konark Sun Temple will be embossed in the new Rs 10 currency note in the Gandhi series to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As per initial reports, the country’s central bank will be issuing the new currency in chocolate brown colour and the design has already […]
Jul 23, 2021
Puri: A helper of a bus was killed while 20 other passengers were injured after the vehicle overturned near Liakhia bridge in Puri district on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Dilip Behera. The mishap occurred when the bus was on its way to Kakatpur from Puri. “Carelessness on part of the driver is […]
Jul 23, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik was today admitted to a hospital following an injury after a scuffle with an unidentified youth at the ongoing International Sand Art Festival in Chandrabhaga in Puri district. Pattnaik was rushed to the district headquarters hospital in Puri for treatment following the incident. Pattnaik said the youth attempted to snatch […]
Jul 23, 2021
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) authorities have suspended cleaning supervisor of Konark Express after Orissa High Court judge Biswanath Rath disembarked the train over foul smell of a dead rodent inside his compartment on November 3. A disciplinary action against the supervisor has been initiated with serving of a chargesheet by the authorities of Khurda […]
Jul 23, 2021
Konark: Visitors to the world-famous Sun Temple had a harrowing time today as most parts of the temple turned into artificial pools with knee deep water clogged on its premises within few hours of rain. Though in 2010 the State government had announced Rs 1 crore investment to improve the Sun Temple’s drainage system and […]
Jul 23, 2021
Puri: Describing the beauty of Sun Temple, RabindraNath Tagore had said, “ Here the language of stone surpasses the language of human.” Now this ‘poetry in stone’ will come alive with the much awaited light and sound show at Konark as Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurates it today. The light and sound project has been […]
Jul 23, 2021
Konark: After Dhauli, the State Tourism Department will soon start the light and sound show at Konark sun temple to attract more tourists. The trial of the project which is designed with the joint efforts of ITDC and Odisha Tourism Department was held on Wednesday in presence of Culture minister Ashok Panda, Revenue Minister Maheswar […]
Jul 22, 2021
Puri: Knowing the history of Sun temple at Konark will now be easier especially for the tourists coming from different parts of the country and world as the much awaited light and sound show facility will be introduced soon. The trial of the 35-minute duration light and sound show was successfully conducted at the heritage […]
Jul 22, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Eye catching classical dance, martial arts featuring folk tales on Kalinga war and history of world famous Konark temple will be on show during the opening ceremony of the much awaited Asian Athletic Championships which kicks off here on July 5. As many as 400 Odia dancers under the choreography of Padm Shri Aruna […]
Jul 22, 2021
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