Bypass route, AC tunnel part of Puri's makeover ahead of Jagannath temple corridor inaugurationThe Odisha government has built a 2.8-kilometer bypass stretch in Puri, India, to reduce travel time to the Jagannath temple by up to an ho...
08 Jan, 2024, 03.44 PM IST
Planning to visit Jagannath Puri temple? Take note of these strict new rules before goingThe administration of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri has introduced a dress code for devotees and banned the use of gutkha, pan, plastic, a...
02 Jan, 2024, 05.53 PM IST
16th IPL 2023 mini-auction: See who has been retained, released, or tradedIPL 2023: The trading window of IPL 2023 will be closed on November 15, 5 PM. All the 10 franchises are busy in rejigging their squad for t...
16 Nov, 2022, 11.58 AM IST
Confusion prevails on public participation in Puri Rath YatraThe festival will begin on July 1, which is just over a month away, and lakhs of devotees from across the country are anxiously waiting for...
24 May, 2022, 06.56 PM IST
40 'chulhas', used for preparing 'Mahaprasad' at Puri's Jagannath temple, vandalisedThe 'chulhas' (ovens) are used for cooking the 'Mahaprasad', which is offered to the lord, in the 'Rosa Ghar' -- the world's largest kitche...
03 Apr, 2022, 04.30 PM IST
AAI technical team visits proposed site of Puri international airportThe team comprised AAI's four officials from Delhi and three from Bhubaneswar airport. They conducted a survey at Sipasarubali in Puri Sada...
08 Mar, 2022, 10.36 PM IST
Puri seer, social outfits oppose Odisha govt's beach shacks plan"Shree Jagannath Dham in Puri is the seat of spiritual and religious soul-searching. Under no circumstances, liquor and other form of alcoh...
30 Jul, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
Ratha Jatra begins in curfew-clamped Puri sans devoteesThis was for the second consecutive year and the second time in the history of the 12th-century shrine that the annual mega-festival, consi...
12 Jul, 2021, 02.11 PM IST
Rath Yatra: Servitors, cops and officials to undergo RT-PCR tests four timesA meeting, chaired by Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief Dr Krishan Kumar, was held in Puri, following which all stakeholde...
18 Jun, 2021, 09.04 PM IST
Puri's Jagannath temple to open for public visit on July 25The temple was out of bounds for the devotees till June 15, which was further extended till July 25, he said. The temple will open to the p...
16 Jun, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
Puri Jagannath temple to remain closed for public till June 15 as COVID cases riseThe Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration made the decision to keep the temple closed for people till June 15 at a review meeting chaired ...
16 May, 2021, 09.25 PM IST
COVID-19 negative report must for Jagannath Temple visit; Odisha's tally mounts to 3,43,856The Puri district administration, in a review meeting, decided that people travelling to the pilgrim town must produce RT-PCR negative repo...
06 Apr, 2021, 04.27 PM IST
COVID-19 negative report not required to enter Puri Jagannath temple from Jan 21The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting attended by SJTA chief Krishan Kumar, Puri district magistrate-cum collector Samarth Ver...
10 Jan, 2021, 07.09 PM IST
Odisha gears up to set up Rs 4,000 crore Mahanadi Riverine Port projectLocal MLA of Mahakalapada Atanu S Nayak was present at the proposed port site. He had a discussion with officials about the project while K...
20 Dec, 2020, 02.52 PM IST
Tussle between centre, Odisha over IIM landIIM-Sambalpur director Mahadeo Prasad Jaiswal told ET that construction of the permanent campus was being held back because of this purpose.
05 Sep, 2018, 06.54 PM IST
NALCO project land losers threaten stir over demand for jobsAlthough those who lost both their homes and land were given jobs with the company's c unit, no permanent employment was made available for...
16 Jan, 2014, 02.17 PM IST