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Puri: The Jagannath Temple here will remain closed for devotees for four hours from Wednesday evening for a special ritual of the shrine's sibling deities, its administration said. In a public notice, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) said darshan will be suspended from 6...

Puri: The authorities of the Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri has opposed the decision of a temple in Ferozepur of Punjab to hold the Rath Yatra, untimely. IAS officer Arabinda Padhee, the chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), urged the Ferozepur district...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Groundnut cultivation is steadily emerging as a game-changer for farmers in Nuapada district, offering a viable pathway to higher income and improved agricultural profitability. Once largely dependent on traditional crops with limited returns, many farmers are now turning to large-scale oilseed cultivation and witnessing...

Bhuban: Sand smugglers pelted stones at a woman police IIC and threatened her of dire consequences if she did not release the sand-laden tractor seized by her during a raid by police on sand smuggling near Mrudanga Akhandalamani Temple Square under Bhuban police limits in...

Badamba/Maniabandha: A 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death and his body set on fire in a forest near Talamunduli village under Maniabandha police limits in Cuttack district over suspected sorcery and witchcraft practice, police said Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Tikam Behera of...

Berhampur: A local court in Ganjam district has sentenced two persons to life imprisonment after convicting them in a 2024-murder case of a villager registered at Gopalpur police station. The convicts were identified as Pradeep Das (28), and Narayan Das (40) of Teragounj village. District...

Berhampur: Police are yet to arrest the accused involved in the brutal assault on a 27-year old youth Umesh Rath of Bijipur on the busy Giri Road in Berhampur, even after 24 hours of the incident. However, as per Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M, four...

Puri: The inventory work of the Puri Jagannath Temple's 'Ratna Bhandar' or treasury resumed here Tuesday amid tight security and adherence to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) approved by the Odisha government, a senior official said. The inventory process of jewellery and valuables stored inside...

Berhampur: A man and his female friend were assaulted with sticks by a group of people in Odisha's Berhampur city, triggering outrage and Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Naveen Patnaik alleging that 'goonda raj' was prevailing in the state under the BJP government....

Jaipur: Mitchell Marsh trumped a pedestrian Rajasthan Royals attack with a brutal 96 as Lucknow Super Giants posted an imposing 220 for 5 in an IPL match here Tuesday. After Jos Inglis' 29-ball-60 provided the initial impetus, Marsh, nicknamed as 'Bison' in the cricketing universe,...