'Pahandi Bije' of The Holy Trinity during Rath Yatra in Puri   Thousands of devotees gather for Rath Yatra at ISKCON and RCM in Bhubaneswar   Artistes perform during the 15th Margi Ustav at Rabindra Mandap in Bhubaneswar  

Chennai: Hockey Association of Odisha and Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu made history Friday by being crowned champions in the women's and men's sections, respectively, of the 1st Hockey India Masters Cup 2025. Odisha defeated Hockey Punjab in the women's section while Tamil Nadu got the better of Hockey Maharashtra in the men's summit clash played at...

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJD Friday condemned the alleged police excess against journalists, who were officially invited to Puri by the Odisha government to cover Rath Yatra. BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty, in a statement, said that the government had arranged a bus to take accredited working journalists from Bhubaneswar to Puri. “Upon reaching Puri, despite showing their cordon passes...

Puri: Lord Jagannath devotees will get another chance to pull the chariots tomorrow as none of them reached their destination Friday after Lord Balabhadra's Taladhwaja chariot "got stuck while negotiating a turn, causing delays that prevented the others from arriving at Gundicha Temple, 2.6 kilometres away from the 12th-century shrine." "There is no major issue. It is...

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New Delhi: Several Opposition parties Friday denounced RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale's call to review the words 'socialist' and 'secular' in the Preamble, terming it a "deliberate assault" on the soul of the Constitution. The attack came a day after the RSS proposed reviewing the two words, saying they were included during the Emergency and were never...

Mumbai: India's external debt increased by 10 per cent to USD 736.3 billion at the end of March 2025 compared to USD 668.8 billion in the year-ago period, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. As a percentage of the GDP, the external debt increased to 19.1 per cent at the end of the recently concluded financial year...

Washington: A divided Supreme Court Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship. The outcome was a victory for the Republican president, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda. But a conservative majority...

New Delhi: India Friday banned imports of certain jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through all land routes amid strained relations between the two countries. However, imports are allowed only through Nhava Sheva seaport in Maharashtra, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification. The goods under these curbs include jute products, flax...

Berhampur: Like in previous years, the chariot of Lord Jagannath's sister Subhadra was pulled by women at Gosaninuagaon in Odisha's Berhampur on Rath Yatra Friday. However, the chariots of Lord Jagannath and Lord Balabhadra were pulled by male devotees, adhering to traditional customs. Berhampur is believed to be the second place in Odisha, after Baripada, to observe...