Tag: Puri

Puri: Pipili Police in Puri district today arrested the assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Balanga Police Station on charges of raping a woman. The accused cop who has been identified as Chittaranjan Das was arrested following hours of interrogation. Police had detained him on Thursday night for questioning. Police arrested Chittaranjan based on an FIR lodged […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Among the major tourist attractions of the state the beaches at Puri and Gopalpur have been rated as the second and fourth most clean in the country respectively in a survey conducted by the National Centre for Coastal Research ( NCCR), an institute functioning under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. The […]

Puri: A class-VI student along with his parents sat on a hunger strike in front of the Srimandir in Puri alleging that the school he was studying has denied him promotion to the next class. As per reports, the boy named Dinabandhu Rajsekhar Pradhan was studying in Blessed Sacrament High School at Puri and had […]

Puri: Following a series of chain snatching in the pilgrim town, police today managed to arrest a miscreant who is believed to be one of the members behind the robberies. As per reports, three miscreants were attempting to rob a woman in Mochi Sahi area of Puri when one of them was nabbed by the […]

Puri: Special Pushyaviseka rituals of the Holy Trinity are underway at Srimandir on occasion of full moon day of the Hindu Paush month. Huge numbers of devotees from across Odisha and outside continue to throng the 13th century shrine to witness the ‘Rajadhiraj Besha’ or ‘Suna Besha’ of Lord Balabhadra, Lord Jagannath and Devi Subhadra […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition parties on Wednesday lambasted the Naveen-led Odisha Government for allegedly ignoring Supreme Court’s order by not deputing a full time Chief Administrator at Puri Srimandir for managing the temple affairs. Addressing a presser at Congress Bhawan in Bhubaneswar, spokesperson Satya Prakash Nayak also took a jibe at Secretary of Transformation and Initiatives […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik recently laid the foundation for seven projects worth over Rs 500 crore in Puri as part of his government’s ambitious plan to turn the pilgrim town into a world-class heritage destination. The projects include the construction of a trumpet bridge, a huge meditation and pilgrim help centre, […]

Puri: Bizarre it may sound, but an engineering graduate has been found begging on Badadanda, the Grand Road, in the pilgrim town of Puri. The identity of the man was revealed after he lodged an FIR, written in English, against a rickshaw-puller at Puri Town Police Station on Friday. In the FIR copy, he mentioned […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will host BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise in February, informed National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) DG, SN Pradhan on Monday. Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is an international organisation to foster socio-economic cooperation among Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal. All the countries are prone […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday sought the Center’s support in formulating a policy for the growth of tourism that will enable cross-flow of tourists among eastern Indian states. A strong plea for Center’s supports in working out a comprehensive tourism package was made by Odisha Tourism Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi at the two-day National […]

Puri: On the occasion of  ‘Magha Saptami’, lakhs of devotees thronged Chandrabhaga beach at Konark in Puri early today morning to take holy dip and offer prayers to the Sun God. As per the tradition, the presiding deities of Konark, Lord Tribeniswara, Lord Aisaneswara and Lord Dakhineswara were taken in a grand procession to the […]

Puri: From now on, funds of Shree Jagannath Temple will only be deposited in nationalised banks, informed Chief Administrator of Jagannath Temple, Krishan Kumar following a crucial meeting of the temple managing committee today. As per reports, the managing committee of Srimandir discussed various issues pertaining to the swift management of temple including the parking […]

Puri: As many as 30 families residing in Kurupal village under Krushnaprasad block of Puri district continued their dharna in front of Krushnaprasad tehsil office today to show grievances over their social ostracization from the village for some political reasons since 2019 general polls. Though members of the ostracised families tried negotiating with the villagers […]

Puri/Malkangiri: Marriages are made in heaven and solemnized on earth with love. The saying couldn’t have been proven truer with anything than the story of two couples who broke geographical and ideological boundaries to unite. He was dressed in sherwani and reciting Jagannath Jananas while with her mehendi, vermillion and Mangal Sutra she wore a […]

Puri: Ahead of the world famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath this year, the second batch of timber, which will be used for the construction of gigantic chariots, reached the…