Cyclone Dana update: Flights at Kolkata airport suspended, Odisha civil services prelims exam postponed, trains cancelledCyclone Dana live tracker: Ahead of the landfall of the severe cyclonic storm Dana, Odisha and West Bengal have been put on high alert. In ...
23 Oct, 2024, 07.20 PM IST
ASI to resume technical survey of Jagannath temple 'Ratna Bhandar' from SaturdayThe Archaeological Survey of India will conduct a technical survey of the Ratna Bhandar treasury at the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple...
20 Sep, 2024, 04.31 PM IST
Panel recommends scanning of Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar using advanced technologyThe Odisha government's committee overseeing the inventory of the Ratna Bhandar at Puri Jagannath temple will recommend using advanced tech...
29 Jul, 2024, 05.04 PM IST
Lotus blooms in Odisha. Who could be first BJP chief minister of the state?The BJP is leading in 79 assembly seats in Odisha, challenging the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the state elections. The anti-incumbency factor...
04 Jun, 2024, 04.24 PM IST
Optimising tech in judiciary a strategic move towards democratising access to justice: CJI DY ChandrachudHighlighting the importance of district courts, Justice Chandrachud said they hold "a crucial position" for the realisation of the right to...
06 Jan, 2024, 07.40 PM IST
"We need to free ourselves from mindset of slavery": Nirmala SitharamanCoinciding with their visit, globally renowned sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik has created his latest artwork depicting the theme 'Meri Maati...
17 Aug, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
If BJP looks for temples in mosques, people will search for Buddhist monasteries in temples: SP Maurya"BJP people under a conspiracy are raising the mosque-temple issue. They are looking for a temple in every mosque. This will cost them dear...
31 Jul, 2023, 09.02 AM IST
PM Modi visits mother Heeraben in Gujarat, pens emotional note on her 100th birthdayThe PM took to his blog to share a lengthy post celebrating his mother’s life.
18 Jun, 2022, 11.00 AM IST
People from outside Puri allowed to cremate bodies at 'Swargadwar' crematoriumThe restrictions on immersion of ashes at 'Mahodadhi' (sea) have also been withdrawn by the administration following decline in infection r...
16 Aug, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
COVID-19: Kanwar yatra, shravani mela unlikely in Jharkhand's DeogharThe month of Shravan begins from July 25 this year but so far there has been no preparations from the side of Deoghar district administrati...
17 Jul, 2021, 08.33 PM IST
View: This R-Day, let’s focus on India’s cultural greatness rather than military muscleThere was indeed a Golden Age when India’s soft power created its greatest empire ever, without spilling any blood. Alas, historians of all...
26 Jan, 2020, 07.52 AM IST
Odisha government says its healthcare "assurance" better than Ayushman Bharat schemeThe BJD says Odisha’s decision will not cost significantly more than what it would have spent under the Ayushman Bharat programme.
18 Jun, 2018, 09.07 PM IST
Controversy over depiction of Lord Jagannath delays issue of commemorative coins on occasion of Nabakalebara“The design hardly looks like Lord Jagannath,” Shaktikanta Das, secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, communicated to the culture mini...
16 Jan, 2016, 04.32 AM IST
20,000 security personnel to guard Rath YatraA strong force of 20,000 armed men will guard the 138th Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath which will be taken out on July 18.
15 Jul, 2015, 10.35 AM IST
BSNL to invest Rs 830 crore in Odisha, launches wifi zone at PuriUnion Communications and Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the BSNL Wi-Fi service in Puri town.
09 Jul, 2015, 06.16 PM IST
Ravi Shankar Prasad launches half-an-hour free Wi-Fi facility at Taj Mahal complexMinister for Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday launched half-an-hour free Wi-Fi Interet facility in the Taj Mahal complex.
16 Jun, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
- Charity comes home to India with a $2-b kitty
It’s not just equities alone. Foreign money is pouring into religious and charitable institutions, too.
01 Dec, 2006, 12.42 AM IST