Tag: Puri

Puri: Once again throwing an open challenge for police, miscreants on Saturday night attempted to loot cash by breaking open an ATM of the State Bank of India near its branch in Bajrakote under Krushnaprasad block in the district. Though the miscreants damaged the ATM, they failed to loot cash from it. The matter came […]

Puri: The month-long Rath Yatra festivities of Lord Jagannath will begin with the Deba Snana Purnima tomorrow. As per rituals, the Holy Trinity will be taken out of the Srimandir on ‘dhadi pahandi’ and moved to the Snana Mandap (bathing altar) where they will be bathed with 108 pots of perfumed water. According to detail […]

Puri: Marking the beginning of the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra, the Snana Purnima rituals began at Puri Srimandir today amid tight security. Puri Gajapati Dibya Singha Deb performed Chhera Pahanra on Snana Mandap after the Chaturdha Murti were given ceremonial bath. Puri Gajapati Dibya Singha Deb on Snana […]

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha having recorded a nearly 34 per cent deficient rainfall vis-a-vis the normal for the month of June till date, the State is all set to witness a virtually wet week during June last week and further extending up to July first week. Importantly, when the pilgrim town of Puri will be witnessing […]

Puri: Amid the mounting cases of Covid-19 in Odisha, campaigning for the Pipili bypoll by the three major political parties in the State continues in full swing with door-to-door visits…

Puri: Even though 50 days have passed since the extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani hit coastal Odisha, people in several villages in Puri district are still forced to live in dark as power supply is yet to be restored. Though normalcy has returned in some places of the district, power supply still eludes some places […]

Bhubaneswar: With the monsoon current going weak again, the good riddance for the State is within a span of around 10-days, Bay of Bengal (BoB) region around the State will again witness a low pressure area by the weekend. As per the weather models, under its influence, districts like Puri, Khurda, Cuttack, Ganjam and Nayagarh are […]

Puri: Quintals of flattened rice (chuda) meant for distribution among the Cyclone Fani-hit victims of Krushna Prasad block in Puri district were dumped by local administration near Chilika coast here on Wednesday. Though the stock was buried yesterday, the matter came to the fore only after some locals reported the matter to the media. As […]

Puri: Like the fodder scam in Bihar, Odisha has come across ‘Ration Card Scam’. Massive discrepancies in the public distribution system (PDS) in the State have come to the fore in the aftermath of Cyclone Fani with fresh reports from Gop block of Puri district revealing that tonnes of rice meant for the cyclone-victims were […]

Bhubaneswar: After registering a deficient rainfall of around 34 per cent during the month of June, the coming month (July) will be a wet one for Odisha. As per the rainfall data till date with the IMD, the first week of the month of June saw good rainfall. But the 2nd and 3rd week of […]

Puri: With just a few days left for Rath Yatra, lakhs of people across the world are getting ready for the mega festival in Puri. On this special occasion, as the Holy Trinity will embark on an annual sojourn to the temple of Mausi Maa, there are some families who have defined the true meaning […]

Puri: Fresh from their recuperation from fever after a special cure during the Anasara period, the Holy Trinity of Lord Balabhadra, Jagannath and Devi Subhadra will appear for the devotees for the first time after a fortnight today. The event marked as ‘Nabajouban Darshan’ is the most important and last phase preparations of the Lords […]

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack/Puri: The Low Pressure Area (LPA) over Northwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a well-marked low pressure under the impact of which, almost all parts of the State have been witnessing heavy spells of rainfall since Monday. The Regional Meteorological Science Centre of IMD in Bhubaneswar predicted that under the influence of the well-marked […]

Bhubaneswar: With only a day left for the World famous Rath Yatra, a reality check of the pilgrim town Puri reveals how one among the ‘chaar dhams’  lacks the wherewithal to handle the colossal municipal solid waste about  to be generated due to  a vast influx of an estimated around 12 lakh pilgrims to witness […]

Puri: While devotees from across the country and abroad have started to arrive in Puri to witness Rath Yatra, uncertainty looms large over the accommodation of tourists as the cyclone-hit hotel industry is yet to recover completely. It is being apprehended that tourists may face problems as the restoration work at many hotels is yet […]