Puri

Puri: The process for demolition of the urban primary health centre at Dolabedi Kona here has begun. "The health centre lies within 75-metre radius of Jagannath Temple and therefore, temporarily being shifted to Baliapanda," said Puri…

Puri: The police on Monday detained a constable on the charge of raping a woman along with his accomplices inside a government quarter here. The incident came to light in the evening after the victim lodged a complaint at the Kumbharapada…

Puri: Police sealed the Punjabi Mutt on the southern side of the Shri Jagannath temple here in the presence of a local magistrate on Monday. According to reports, police had raided the mutt on Sunday night following a tip-off that some…

Puri: Worried about the plight of his students post cyclone Fani, the headmaster of a High School under Nimapara block in Puri district is now constructing class rooms of his school with his own income. What is more, Lingaraj Mangaraj,…

Puri: A local fisherman rescued a rare fishing cat, also known as ‘Prionailurus Viverrinus’, which had got entangled in a fishing net at Krushnaprasad block of Puri district. According to media reports, Amulya Pradhan spotted the wild cat…

Puri: The three-day festival of lights at the Jagannath temple here, popularly known as ‘Deba Dipabali’, will be held from Monday. The festival begins on the day of Krushnapaksha Chaturdashi in the Hindu month Margasira. As per rituals,…

Bhubaneswar: More than five years after the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission, sanitation indicators in Odisha are among the worst in the country. According to the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2019 survey undertaken by the Union Jal Ministry,…

Bhubaneswar: In an apparent bid to prevent any possible confrontation with Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati while implementing its Puri Wold Heritage City plans, the Odisha government has granted autonomy to Govardhan Mutt, one…

The shrine owns a mind-boggling 60,418 acres (244 sq. km) of land both within and outside Odisha. This is 15 times the area of Puri town

Angul: Ajmer-Puri Express reportedly caught fire near Handapa station in Angul district on Thursday. The fire was spotted around 2pm when the train was chugging towards Puri. It was halted for a while at Handapa station and fire fighters…