Puri Lok Sabha Election 2024: Biju Janata Dal (BJP) leader Pinaki Misra has been representing the Odisha's Puri constituency since 2009. Misra won the seat in 1996 also as a Congress nominee.
The accident has disrupted the services of Vande Bharat Express, Duronto, and several other trains in the area. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding this tragic railway mishap.
All government schools, colleges, and offices will be closed today in Odisha. The Odisha government has released an official statement regarding this. Scroll down to read more.
A mutt (monastery) preserves Hinduism's Advaita Vedanta philosophy. There are four mutts across the country which were established by 8th century Hindu saint Adi Shankara.
Police said that the number of devotees visiting the temple on New Year's Day this time was double as compared to last year.
The sand artist created the sand sculptures based on Navratri. The nine days are marked with festivity and religious practices. It is celebrated across the country and is followed by the festival of Dussehra.
The Jagannath Temple in Puri is one of the most sacred and revered temples in India. It is dedicated to Lord Jagannath, a form of Vishnu, and his siblings Balabhadra and Subhadra. The temple has a long and rich history, as well as many fascinating facts and mysteries.
Born on this day in 1958 in Uparbeda village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj, Murmu was sworn in as the 15th President of India on July 25 last year.
Puri-Howrah Vande Bharat Express was stranded between Baitarani Road and Manjuri Road stations in Odisha around 4.30 pm. on Sunday after a big tree fell on the train, causing partial damage on the front portion, impacting the overhead electrical equipment, an official said.
According to reports, the Dagmagpur station master received the information about the bomb in the locomotive (engine) of the Purushottam Express on the walkie-talkie.
The students, who were at the beach throughout the day, went to visit the 12th-century shrine in the evening before returning home.
President Murmu is on a 2-day visit to her native state Odisha. This is her first tour of the state since taking oath as President of India.
The deceased was identified as Shivaram Patra, son of a temple priest from Harachandi Taluchha Sahi of the pilgrim town.
“The local economy is mostly dependent on the temple. This apart keeping in view the sentiments of the people and slight decline in COVID-19 cases, it has been decided to reopen the temple for public from February 1,” said Puri district collector Samarth Verma.
CJI is scheduled to inaugurate Odisha State Legal Services Authority's new building in Cuttack later in the day, official sources said.
Puri is one of the most popular tourist and religious destinations in the world and has rich cultural significance. Development of Puri station is underway and plan is there to bring Vande Bharat Express to Puri, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said during his Odisha visit last week.
Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 9,82,181 on Wednesday as 1,315 more people tested positive for the infection, while 66 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 6,168, a health official said.
SJTA chief administrator Krishan Kumar has convened the virtual meeting to decide on allowing the devotees into the Jagannath temple, a senior official said.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated the ‘Sujal-Drink From Tap Mission’ to provide quality drinking water that would be suitable for consumption from the tap.
The hotels and lodges were told to submit an undertaking on the closure to the local police, an official order issued by the district administration said.
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