Durga Puja

A viral image claiming to be from a Durga Puja pandal in West Bengal, has been doing the rounds on social media to incite communal passion.

In a bid to minimise pollution of riverbeds due to idol immersion, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has prepared four temporary ponds on the banks of River Kuakhai & Daya on the outskirts of the city.

Orissa High Court declined to intervene in Odisha Government's decision to impose a four-feet cap on the height of idols during the upcoming festivals.

Citing the example of Europe, where Coronavirus made a comeback due to negligence of people, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik appealed the people to be careful during the upcoming puja festival. Naveen sent a loud and clear message - although…

With Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan taking strong exception to "gross negligence" in Kerala during Onam, it's high time Odisha take a lesson out of it and ensure preventive steps ahead of the long festival season. Kerala, which had…

TNI Bureau:  While the Odisha Government continues to close all religious places/places of worship and prohibit social, political, religious, sports, entertainment, academic and cultural gatherings in view of Coronavirus Pandemic, special…

TNI Bureau: The Commissionerate Police and all Bhubaneswar Puja Committee Office Bearers reached a consensus to celebrate the Durga Puja 2020 as a low-key affair in view of COVID-19 Pandemic situation. All rituals of Durga Puja will be…