Bhubaneswar: With Durga Puja slated from September 28 to October 2, the City is gearing up for grand celebrations. Artisans are busy constructing elaborate pandals, installing idols, and setting up cultural stages. The ten-day festival, honouring the goddess as a symbol of femininity and power,...
ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Bhubaneswar: The Nayapalli Durga Puja Committee, renowned for its grand and creative celebrations, has once again enthralled the City with a spectacular pandal inspired by Kerala’s classical dance form Kathakali. Towering 75 feet high and stretching 110 feet wide, the structure brings...
Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja reviewed the preparations ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit September 27. A high-level meeting at Lok Seva Bhawan here Saturday was attended by Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Satyabrata Sahu and Ganjam...
Bhubaneswar: Over 1.33 lakh foreign tourists visited Odisha in five years, starting 2020, with the highest of 53,392 in 2024, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida told the Assembly Saturday. Replying in writing to a question from BJP member Tankadhar Tripathy, Parida, who also holds the...
Bhubaneswar: Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati Saturday urged universities, corporates and philanthropists to come forward as Nikshay Mitras and contribute to the collective mission of achieving a ‘TB-Mukt Odisha’. As part of the initiative to strengthen the fight against tuberculosis and support patients during treatment, the...
Bhubaneswar: The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police arrested a drug peddler and seized 121 grams of brown sugar along with other incriminating materials from his possession. According to STF sources, acting on an intelligence input, a raid was conducted late September 18 night...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has unveiled 15 new horticulture crop varieties based on the recommendation of the State Seed Sub-Committee, chaired by Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment department Principal Secretary Arabinda Kumar Padhee, official sources said Saturday. The screening committee recommended varieties from multiple institutions. Eight (Chilli, brinjal,...
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to put restrictions on the use of mobile phones by officials, police and servitors in the Puri temple. This decision was taken during a meeting of 'Chhatisa Nijoga' of the temple held here Saturday evening. Speaking...
Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Saturday said it will gherao the Odisha Assembly September 23 over alleged "systematic curtailment" of powers of elected representatives under the Panchayati Raj system. Addressing a press conference here, senior BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra said the Panchayati Raj...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has initiated steps for the construction of a new state secretariat building in Bhubaneswar, Works Minister Prithviraj Harichandan told the Assembly Saturday. He said the Odisha Bridge and Construction Corporation (OBCC) has been directed to prepare the master plan for the...
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