Tag: Raja Festival

Keonjhar: A study carried out by Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPRD) reveals that around 90 per cent of police personnel are overworked with work time exceeding eight hours while 73 per cent hardly get a week off and are even called for emergency services, be it holidays or festivals. The whole country enjoys […]

Bhubaneswar: After two days of festivities, the unique three-day festival of Raja that celebrates womanhood will conclude today. During the festival, young girls and women were seen wearing new attires, playing on the swings and savouring delicious pithas. The festival has deeper connotations that reflect the strong correlation of mankind with mother nature and helps […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government on Thursday announced to relax the night curfew imposed in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak from 7 pm to 10 pm on June 12, giving a bit of cheer to people of the State ahead of the annual Raja celebrations beginning June 14. Special Relief Commissioner of the State, Pradip Jena in […]

Bhubaneswar: With Raja festival round the corner, Odisha government on Thursday advised people to exercise caution and avoid gathering during celebrations in view of the current COVID-19 situation in the State. Odisha government spokesperson, Subroto Bagchi today informed that the government has relaxed shutdown on June 12 with night curfew beginning at 10PM instead of […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after sealing several prominent shops, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials on Friday sealed the city’s major commercial complex – The Market Building at Unit-2, in a crackdown against COVID-19 norm violation. As per official sources, the decision to seal the market building was taken following a huge turnout of shoppers ahead of […]

Bhubaneswar: On the first day of Raja when people are celebrating the festival with their loved ones by staying indoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reports of as many as four ‘murders’ in a span of 24 hours have sent shivers down the spine of people in the State. A youth was reportedly shot dead […]