Bhubaneswar, Oct 24 (UNI) Incessant and heavy rains lashed several places across Odisha on Thursday under the influence of Severe Cyclonic Storm Dana. According to IMD sources, the Severe Cyclonic Storm “DANA” over the central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal has moved north-northwestwards at a speed of 12 kmph over the past six hours….
Bhubaneswar, Sep 17 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday claimed that several major decisions have been taken for the welfare of the poor, farmers, youth, and women of India in the last 100 days of the third term of the NDA government. Addressing the launching of Odisha government’s Subhadra Yojana,the largest, single women-centric scheme…
Puri, (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Odisha on September 17 to launch the ‘Subhadra Yojana’, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here on Sunday. He said Puri will be transformed into a modern, developed, religious place. The development of Puri is related to the development of the entire state, the union minister…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (UNI) Former BJD Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Mohanta, who was nominated by the BJP for the by-election to the Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha, filed her nomination papers here on Wednesday. Elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2020 as a BJD candidate, Mamata Mohanta, a popular Kudumi community leader from the tribal-dominated…
States »East Posted at: Jul 14 2024 8:42PM Bhitar Ratna Bhandar of Sri Jagannath Temple opens after 46 years Bhitar Ratna Bhandar of Sri Jagannath Temple opens after 46 years Puri, July 14 (UNI) After a gap of 46 years, the Bhitar Ratna Bhandar of the 12th-century Sri Jagannath temple was opened on Sunday following…
Puri, July 8 (UNI) A day after participating in the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings in Puri, President Droupadi Murmu spent sometime at the sea beach of the holy city on Monday morning. Later, she penned her thoughts about the experience of being in close communion with nature. On her X…
Puri, July 8 (UNI) On the second day of the Rath Yatra, lakhs of devotees participated as the pulling of the chariots of the presiding deities of Sri Jagannath Temple, suspended on Sunday night, resumed on Monday morning. Three sets of priests performed the daily chores of the deities like Mangal Arati, Abakash, Mailum, Tadap…
Bhubaneswar, July 7 (UNI) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced an ex gratia of Rs.4 lakh to the next kin of a devotee who died during a stampede in Puri car festival on Sunday. Majhi expressed his deep grief over the death of a devotee who has been identified as Lalit Bagarti from…
Puri, July 7 (UNI) One devotee died and five others were injured, one seriously, in a stampede during the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, his elder Lord Balavadra, and their sister Devoi Subhadra of Sri Jagannath temple in this pilgrim town on Sunday. The incident occurred as there was a mad rush among devotees…
Bhubaneswar,July 5 (UNI) The Odisha government has constituted a new committee under the chairmanship of former Orissa High Court judge Justice Biswanath Rath to supervise the process of inventorization of valuables stored in the Ratna Bhandar of Sri Jagannath temple. A notification issued by the Law department of Odisha government on Thursday night said the…
