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Puri: A devotee from Madhya Pradesh died on Jagannath Temple premises here on Thursday morning. He has been identified as Anurat Singh (67). According to sources, Singh had come to the temple with his family for a darshan of the sibling…

Bhubaneswar: Three post graduate students of the Department of Pediatrics at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital have done the institution proud by winning three awards at the 26th East Zone Pedicon 2019 held at Puri…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly on Thursday was adjourned twice as the opposition Congress and BJP members created a ruckus over inordinate delay in paddy procurement following protests by farmers against the online token system. As soon…

Bhubaneswar: Olive Ridley turtles have begun arriving for their annual mating season at Rushikulya coast in Odisha’s Ganjam district. The mating season precedes the mass nesting of these endangered turtles at Rushikulya, which is one of…

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday requested the Centre to introduce a direct flight between Bhubaneswar and Ras-Al-Khaimah city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Pradhan made this request…

Cuttack: Senior IPS officer of 1988 batch Satyajit Mohanty took charge as the interim DGP of Odisha Police on Thursday. Mohanty, who was given the Guard of Honour at the State Police Headquarters here, will remain in the post till the new…

Eighty-two years old now and his memory of the first visit to Bali Jatra is a bit hazy. "It was around 1957," says Ramaballav Mishra, now a resident of Bhubaneswar. "Yes, it was a big fair even then. The crowd was mostly rural and it was…

Bhubaneswar: On the recommendation of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the Odisha government on Wednesday appointed senior IPS officer Abhay as the new Director General of Police (DGP) of Odisha. The 1986-batch IPS officer is…

Bhubaneswar: Here’s some good news for nature lovers. The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has taken up a project of creating mini forests on empty plots or wastelands in and around the city using the Miyawaki method, a Japanese…

Although Prathamashtami has not lost its sheen or importance, like everything else, it has given way to digitalisation. While some families stick to tradition, others have found easier methods given the paucity of time and the long…