Puri news

Puri: Throwing the Covid appropriate behaviour norm to the wind, thousands of devotees flocked the Puri Srimandir on Saturday evening for darshan of the Holy Trinity as the Shree Jagannath Temple will remain closed from tomorrow till 31st…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the Biju Patnaik Industrial Training Institute (ITI) at  Krushnaprasad Block of Puri district through video conferencing. Built at a cost of Rs 18 crore, the ITI will impart…

Puri: A group of miscreants hacked a man to death near Jatiabaji chowk in Puri town on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Biki Nayak of the same locality. According to reports, the incident took place this afternoon when Nayak was on…

Puri: Two brown sugar peddlers were arrested and 100 grams of contraband worth Rs 10 lakh seized from them, informed Puri Additional SP Mihir Kumar Panda at a presser on Monday. The arrested peddlers were identified as Sampad Kumar Das,…

Konark: A man has been awarded life imprisonment for murdering his mother in Puri's Astaranga Police limits area in 2017. The Court of Additional District Judge Puri today sentenced the convict, identified as Ullas Jena of the same area.…

Puri: A 40-feet-long injured whale washed ashore the sea beach near Naba village under Rambha Forest Range in Krushnaprasad block of Puri district on Friday. According to reports, the local fishermen spotted the giant aquatic animal,…

Puri: The body of the newborn baby was recovered from inside a bag that was dumped on the sea beach near a hotel along the Chakratirtha Road in Puri on Tuesday. On intimation from locals, Sea Beach police station IIC arrived at the spot…

Puri: Three drug peddlers were arrested in the Pilgrim town of Puri and 6.30 grams of brown sugar was seized from them on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, Baselisahi police intercepted the drug peddlers while they were en route to Puri from…

Puri: A woman tourist from West Bengal drowned while bathing in the sea in Puri on Monday after being hit by a huge tidal wave. The deceased has been identified as Minati Ray (54), of West Bengal. She had come to Puri with her family…

Puri: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will lay the foundation stone of the ambitious Shree Mandira Parikrama Project in Puri on Wednesday. While all the preparations have been put in place, the authorities today informed about the schedule of…