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Puri transformation, ASHA worker in Forbes — snapshots of hidden stories from Odisha

Over 10 days, from 1-10 December, ThePrint travelled more than 2,500 km, across six districts, observing and recording the stories of survival, economic and health development.

351 servitors, 53 employees of Shree Jagannath Temple test positive for Covid-19

The official said as most of the servitors are in home isolation after testing positive for the infection and there is a shortage of knowledgeable people to perform rituals.

MHA says Odisha govt to take call on Rath Yatra but allows chariot construction

The Home Ministry said chariot construction would be allowed in the 'Ratha Khala', but only if complete segregation and no religious congregation was ensured.

No Modi magic for Sambit Patra as BJP TV star loses from Puri

Sambit Patra, BJP’s national spokesperson, lost to two-time Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Pinaki Mishra.

Centre to assess impact of Cyclone Fani in Odisha

An inter-ministerial team is in Odisha 10 days after Cyclone Fani battered the coast, in which 64 people were killed.

Cyclone Fani: Protests in Odisha over water shortage & power cuts, death toll rises to 43

A week after Cyclone Fani hit the coast, some parts of Bhubaneswar have still been facing power outages.

Cyclone Fani makes landfall in Puri as heavy rains lash Odisha’s coast

The town of Puri and neighbouring areas are experiencing wind speed of 175 kilometres per hour, which may go up to 200 kmph.

9 policemen injured in protests over queue system in Jagannath Temple

Sri Jagannath Sena had called for bandh in Puri soon after the queue system was introduced Monday in the temple on trial basis. Puri: Nine policemen...

SC takes up task of supervising yet another temple clean-up, now it’s Jagannath temple

Court appoints as amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium, who is already assisting the SC in the Padmanabhaswamy Temple and BCCI cases.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.