Puri

Puri: Henceforth, anyone found chewing paan or gutkha inside the Jagannath temple in Puri will be penalised. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Srimandir Managing Committee presided over by the Gajapati Maharaja…

Puri: Police on Sunday arrested two prime accused in the Puri triple murder case from a forested area near Pipili. They have been identified as Mitu Behera and Punia Behera. "They had plotted and executed the crime," informed Puri SP Uma…

Bhubaneswar: Protesting the cancellation of the route permit of the bus in which a minor girl was raped by the helper in Puri during Rath Yatra, the All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association on Saturday threatened to launch an indefinite…

Puri: The Jagannath Temple will remain closed for four hours (4 pm to 8 pm) for the Banakalagi rituals on Wednesday. No devotee will be allowed inside during the ritual, the temple administration said. As per the ritual, Dutta Mohapatra…

Puri: Unidentified miscreants allegedly decamped with over Rs 3 lakh from the donation box inside Siddha Mahavir temple under Talabania police limits here on Monday night. The matter came to light after the temple authorities lodged a…

Puri: The Bada Danda Mahotsav started in Puri on Sunday. The devotees, who had gone for the darshan of sibling deities, took part in Bhajan and Sankirtan held during the Mahotsav, which will be a weekly event being organised by the Puri…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is planning to run electric buses in urban areas to curb environmental pollution. Science & Technology Minister Ashok Panda told the Assembly on Saturday that electric buses will be put into service…

Puri: Two days after the brutal murder of three members of a family of Sadanandapur village under Satyabadi police limits in Odisha’s Puri district on the broad daylight at Pattnaikia Chhak on Puri-Bhubaneswar National Highway, police on…

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has rescheduled the rituals of the Lords in view of the lunar eclipse  on Tuesday. The timing of the rituals are as follows: Dwara Phita-6 am Bhitara Sodha-6.30 am Mangala Alati-7 am…

Bhubaneswar: The people of Odisha have been celebrating ‘Niladri Bije’ ritual of Lord Jagannath as Rasagola Dibasa every year. On ‘Niladri Bije’, Lord Jagannath offers Rasagola to Goddess Laxmi to appease her, having left her behind while…