Tag: Cuttack

Cuttack: When we talk about mouth-watering cuisines available during the historical Bali Jatra Fair, ‘Thunkapuri’ is the first dish to come to our mind. This food item is exclusive only to this week-long fair in the Silver City. Thunkapuri stalls at the fair can be found on both the grounds of Bali Jatra. Special cooks […]

Cuttack: The Millennium City is abuzz with Kali Puja celebrations that began from Diwali night. Silver crafted backdrops or ‘medhas’ of Goddess Kali are attracting many devotees to the 70 odd puja mandaps here. Among the various mandaps, the unique idol of the Goddess at Bakharabad Puja Mandap is particularly pulling crowd. Instead of Goddess […]

Bhubaneswar: With Dhanteras being celebrated today, people in the Twin City had been seen making a beeline to jewellery stores for the past couple of days to pick their share of gold and silver. And why not when the occasion offers them a reason to buy and the jewelers even more reasons to attract customers […]

Cuttack: Celebrating the  140th birth anniversary of Utkalmani Pandit Gopbandhu Das and commemorating the 75th year of Mahatma Gandhi’s concept of Gram Swaraj or village self-rule, Odia daily “The Samaja” initiated its annual Gopabandhu Jyoti Yatra from Gopbandhu Bhawan at Buxi Bazar, Cuttack. The “Jyoti” was brought from Utkalmani’s birthplace, Suando in Puri district in the morning […]

Cuttack: The popular North Indian festival Karva Chauth was celebrated in the Millenium City in a grand manner by Cuttack Srijan Sakha of Akhil Bharatiya Marwari Mahila Sammelan that hosted a Karwa Chauth festival for Marwari women in the city on Sunday. A special Karva Chauth function was held at Joharimal High School in the city […]

Cuttack: A student of Ravenshaw University today lodged a police complaint alleging ragging by his seniors over a social media post. The victim identified as a second year Sanskrit student Suryakant Mohapatra, in his complaint at the Malgodown police station alleged that he was assaulted by a group of seniors from the MBA department inside […]

Cuttack: A dengue patient undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack died today taking the toll in dengue-related deaths to four in Odisha.  The deceased has been identified as Rabindra Nayak, an under-trial prisoner in connection with a murder case in Rayagada district. “He was admitted to the Rayagada district headquarters hospital […]

Cuttack: Movement of vehicular traffic was disrupted after a major portion of a road near CDA sector-9 caved in today. As a six feet crater was caused on road, it created problems for the commuters as well as local residents. Apprehending mishaps, locals blocked the road as a precautionary measure. #WATCH: Portion of road caves […]

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Temples across Odisha were decked up to mark the birth of Lord Krishna which is celebrated as Janmashtami. Special arrangements have been made by temple authorities across the state for the celebrations today. As per the mythology, Lord Shri Krishna was born on the auspicious day of Bhadrav Krushna pakhya on Astami as the […]

Badamba: The flood water of Mahanadi River entered the sanctum sanctorum of Maa Bhattarika temple in Narasinghpur of Cuttack district in the wee hours today. Sources said the water flooded the temple premises at around 3 am. However, the flooding did not affect the conduct of rituals of the deity as the temple committee shifted […]

Bhubaneswar: Incessant rainfall over the last 24 hours due to the low-pressure over the Bay of Bengal has thrown normal life out of gear in several parts of Odisha including the twin city of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. Several areas in Cuttack have been waterlogged following heavy downpour since last night while water has rushed into […]

Bhubaneswar: With eight persons getting admitted to SCB medical in Cuttack after being afflicted by a ‘mysterious’ ailment upon arrival from Goa and subsequent return of 12 more persons from Goa yesterday triggering panic; Health Minister Pratap Jena today ruled out Nipah virus scare. The minister said that is only a hearsay that the eight […]

Bhubaneswar:The crackdown on various fish markets and godowns to detect cancer inducing formalin laced fishes continued at different parts of the state for the third consecutive day today. According to reports, a team of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) raided a godown at Press Chhak in the city and collected samples for examination at the food […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: City denizens had a tough time reaching their destinations as incessant rains inundated several low lying areas restricting movement of traffic. While most of places in the Bhubaneswar had knee deep water, the NH 16 stretch in front of Iskcon temple remained completely inundated. Apart from two wheelers and four wheelers, a bus along […]

Cuttack: After traces of cancer-causing formalin were dected from Pomfret samples in Bhubaneswar, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) conducted a raid on several fish markets and godowns on Sunday. The health wing of the municipal corporation led by food inspector raided the fish markets and collected samples for examination. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Secretary […]