Keonjhar: Thousands of devotees gathered Thursday evening to witness the Sunabesa or the golden attire of Maa Tarini at her famous shrine in Ghatagaon, about 45 km from Keonjhar town, on the occasion of Asadhi Parva. The temple remains closed during the day on this...
Balasore: In a significant move towards grassroots environmental restoration, Eco Walk, a leading climate action movement in Odisha, in collaboration with local organisation ROSIA, organised a large-scale tree plantation drive Thursday at Angula Kacheri Padia under Mahumuhan panchayat of Soro block in Balasore district. The...
Keonjhar: Sleuths of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) again raided the residence of BJD leader Raja Chakra at Jagannathpur in Keonjhar and sealed his transport office Thursday. The raid was carried out over the alleged misappropriation of money at Suakati-based Gandhamardan Loading Agency owned by the...
Bhubaneswar: Members of the Biju Mahila Janata Dal Thursday staged a protest here demanding the arrest of BJP MLA Santosh Khatua for allegedly making ‘derogatory’ remarks against senior BJD leader and general secretary Lekhasri Samantsinghar. Led by BJD’s chief whip and senior vice-president Pramila Mallik,...
Puri: As many as 48 people, including servitors of the Jagannath Temple, Thursday recorded their statements at a public hearing into the June 29 stampede in Puri that left three dead and over 50 injured, officials said. The hearing was part of the ongoing administrative...
Bhubaneswar: BJD chief Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to return to Bhubaneswar July 12 after fully recovering from his spine surgery for cervical arthritis, party sources said Thursday. BJD senior vice-president Debi Prasad Mishra said Patnaik will reach Biju Patnaik International Airport here Saturday afternoon. He...
Bhubaneswar: Ambassadors and diplomats from eight countries Thursday voiced concern over the growing impact of climate change and global warming, calling for urgent and focused global action to protect the planet. Spain's ambassador Juan Antonio March Pujol, while addressing a two-day international conclave on ‘Climate...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Thursday urged the Centre to ask all banks at their apex level to open branches in unbanked gram panchayats (GPs) in the state. According to a release issued by the CMO, Majhi made this appeal to the Centre...
Bhubaneswar: Puri's titular king Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb Thursday said he supports reforms in the 800-year-old Jagannath Temple to preserve its heritage while adapting to changing times, but remained uncertain about allowing non-Hindus into the 12th-century shrine. In an interview with PTI, Deb, who has...
Bhubaneswar: A POCSO court in Bhubaneswar Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl five years ago, a government lawyer said. Special Public prosecutor Rajib Sasmal said the judge of the special POCSO court, Saroj Kumar Sahoo, also imposed...
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