Puri, June 26: With the annual Rath Yatra approaching, preparations for the grand festival are gathering pace. As part of the ritual arrangements, 380 kilograms of sacred Basunga silk yarn has been dispatched to the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri for use in the temple’s traditional ceremonies.The consignment was flagged off from the premises of…
J&K,1/1: At least 12 people were killed and 20 others injured in a stampede at the famous Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir triggered by a heavy rush of devotees, officials said on Saturday. The stampede occurred outside the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine atop Trikuta hills. The stampede was triggered by…
Bhubaneswar, 21/11: Directed by Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik, Secretary to CM (5T) Shri VK Pandian visited early this morning to two important Shakti shrines of State Maa Bhagabati Temple in Banapur and Maa Ugratara Temple in Tangi block in Khordha district. Maa Bhagabati is a famous Shakti Shrine of Odisha believed to be…
Kashmir, 27/12: As all political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have supported demands of Kashmiri Pandit and Dogra employees for “relocation” from Kashmir in view of targeted killings, the BJP has been forced to join the bandwagon despite Lt Governor Manoj Sinha “no work no pay” assertions. Following targeted killings of a few…
Bhubaneswar: A shocking incident of animal cruelty has come to light at Berhampur in Ganjam district where a group of miscreants was caught on CCTV brutally hacking a stray dog with a sword in the early hours of Sunday. The incident occurred at around 4 AM in lane 7 of Gandhi Nagar in Berhampur. The miscreants,…
Patna, 27/9: JD(U) spokesperson and MLC Ranbir Nandan was on Wednesday expelled from the party, amid speculations that he was planning a return to the BJP, which he had quit a decade ago. Nandan shared a screenshot on social media of a letter addressed to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan…
UP, 20/2 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the agenda of the BJP is to make Uttar Pradesh a “proud state once again”. Taking a dig at Jawaharlal Nehru, Shah said it took a Modi government to complete an irrigation project whose foundation stone was laid by the country’s first prime…
Bhubaneshwar/ Sambalpur : Aditya Aluminium, an Aditya Birla Group company has recently initiated a unique healthcare initiative titled ‘Project Swasthya Vahini’, in the Lapanga Block of Sambalpur district. Project Swasthya Vahini prime objective is to accord basic healthcare services — both curative and preventive — at the doorsteps of the villagers. In so doing it…
Kalahandi: The Odisha Vigilance arrested one more Panchayat Extension Officer (PEO) for embezzlement of govt money over Rs 3 crores. He allegedly used the money for cricket betting and gambling. The PEO identified as Debananda Sagar, of Podapadar & Talnegi G.P. (now under suspension) under Thuamul-Rampur Block, Dist. Kalahandi has been arrested by Odisha Vigilance for…
New Delhi, 9/8India’s Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Saturday revealed that the Indian Air Force (IAF) shot down six Pakistani aircraft during Operation Sindoor. Speaking at an event in Bengaluru, Singh also highlighted that one of the kills was the longest-ever recorded surface-to-air elimination by the IAF,…
