COVID19 scare: Devotees to fill up self-declaration form before entry into Jagannath temple

Puri/UNI: In a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Jagannath temple administration today made it mandatory for the devotees to fill up a self-declaration form on the health status of the family members before entering into the 12th-century shrine.

INTACH Odisha chapter opposes demolition plan of ancestral house of Rabindranath Tagore

Bhubaneswar/UNI: The 100 years old Patherpuri house, an iconic building and invaluable heritage structure built by the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, will be demolished by Puri Municipality.

Puri: Minor girl gang-raped by four policemen in police quarter, prime accused held

Puri/UNI: As India witnessed outrage over the rape and murder of a young veterinarian in Hyderabad, four police personnel allegedly raped a minor girl of Nimapara in a police quarter in the pilgrim city of Puri on Monday evening.

Minor girl taken into custody for making pictures of Jagannath temple viral in social media

Puri/UNI: The Puri police have taken a minor girl into custody for taking pictures of Anand bazar of Sri Jagannath temple and making it viral in Tik Tok social media.

Puri: Lord Jagannath, his consort Devi Laxmi play gambling on Kumar Purnima day

Puri, Oct 13 (UNI) Lord Jagannath and his consort Devi Laxmi today participated in a dice game (gambling) popularly called "Kauri Khela" on the occasion of Kumar Purnima being celebrated today as Laxmi pooja in Odisha.

Authority to demolish all constructions around Jagannath temple in Puri

Puri, Aug 14 (UNI) All construction around the Sri Jagannath temple in Puri will be demolished to widen the passage as the temple is a soft target of the terrorist.

Puri Jagannath temple repairs to be carried out during car festival

Bhubaneswar, Jun 12 (UNI): The repair work inside the Puri Jaganath temple will be carried out during the car festival.

Dharmendra Pradhan visits Jagannath temple, inspects damage caused by Fani

Puri, May 19 (UNI): Union petroleum minister Dharmedra Pradhan on Sunday visited the Jagannath temple here and inspected the damage to 12th century shrine caused by the cyclonic storm Fani earlier this month.

After Odisha, Cyclone Fani may hit Bengal by this evening

Kolkata, May 3 (UNI/IBNS): After badly hitting normal life in Odisha, Cyclone Fani is likely to lash Bengal by this evening, according to a weather official.

Fani wreaks havoc in Odisha, heading towards Bengal

Bhubaneswar, May 3 (UNI) The extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Fani’ hit Odisha coast near Puri this morning, causing extensive damage to power infrastructure, thatched houses and trees.

Odisha: Coastal districts put on high alert as cyclonic storm FANI likely to make land fall near Puri coast

Bhubnaeswar, Apr 30 (UNI) Odisha government today sounded high alert to all coastal districts and decided to dispatch the NDRF and ODRAF teams in advance as severe cyclonic storm “FANI”, intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, is heading for a land fall on the coast between Puri and Kendrapara.

BJP ends climax about Tezpur: Sambit Patra fielded from Puri

New Delhi, Mar 23 (UNI) In the fresh list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls, the BJP on late Friday night released the names of five party nominees from Odisha including party spokesman Sambit Patra for the Puri parliamentary constituency. 

#LokSabhaelection2019:Bharatiya Janata Party names spokesman Sambit Patra from Puri in Odisha

New Delhi, Mar 22 (UNI/IBNS): The BJP Central Election Committee on Friday night announced the name of party spokesman Sambit Patra as its candidate from the prestigious Puri parliamentary constituency in Odisha.

Tapaswani Express catches fire at Puri station, no casualty reported

Bhubaneswar,Mar 22 (UNI) Empty coaches of Tapaswani Express, kept on Puri platform for cleaning, caught fire fully damaging one coach and partially damaging two more today.

Railways to run Holi special train between Kolkata-Puri

Bhubaneswar, Mar 12 (UNI) Railways has decided to run one pair of special train between Kolkata and Puri to clear additional rush of passengers during Dola Purnima & Holi Festival.