Puri

Puri: With Durga Puja drawing to a close, servitors of Jagannath Temple here on Wednesday adorned the sibling deities in Radha Damodar Besha. This Besha is observed from Aswina Sukla Ekadasi tithi (the 11th day of the bright fortnight in …

Puri: The spiritual soul of India, the Rig Veda, and poetry have been intertwined since the ancient times, according to Hriday Narayan Dikshit, Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker. “India is itself poetry. Rig Veda is the ancient poetry of the…

Puri: With the holy month of Kartika beginning from October 13, the Puri district administration held a preparatory meeting to provide all facilities to ‘habisyalis’ (women who observe fast during the month) here on Friday. Notably, the…

Puri: After the demolition of some mutts and trading establishments within the 75-metre radius of the Jagannath Temple, the Puri district administration has begun the social impact assessment (SIA) survey for acquisition of private land.…

Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) has decided to start MEMU service between Cuttack and Puri, Cuttack and Bhadrak and Cuttack and Paradeep. MEMU Train between Puri and Cuttack will replace Cuttack-Paradeep (58416) passenger with train…

The open site of the Bada Akhada Mutt is a welcome sight for the sore eyes of those who support the Mutt demolitions being done in Puri. As promised, the small temple, the Gadi of the Mahant, and the kitchen inside the mutt were left…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government declared the closure of all schools in Puri, Ganjam and Gajapati districts on Wednesday following heavy rains in the state incessantly for the past 36 hours. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said…

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhushan Harichandan on Sunday said that he will try to resolve the Polavaram row between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Briefing mediapersons here during his maiden…

Puri: The world’s biggest coastal clean-up drive, ‘Mo Beach’, was launched in Puri on Saturday morning. Bollywood celebrity Vidyut Jammwal participated in the drive to motivate the people. Earlier, the ‘Commando’ actor left a video…

Puri: Bollywood actor Vidyut Jammwal will be taking part in a clean-up drive organised  on Puri beach under the 'Mo Beach' campaign. The garbage cleaning drive, which is touted to be the largest cleaning drive of its kind will start on…