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Sandip Ray's new Feluda film based on Satyajit Ray's Hatyapuri to go on floors in May
Fp Staff •Sandip Ray will start the production of Hatyapuri in May end. The makers are planning the film during the Christmas weekend.
Cyclone Jawad: Low pressure area lies over north-west Bay of Bengal, rainfall likely in northeastern states
Fp Staff •Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Tripura and heavy rainfall at isolated places over south Assam and Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram is likely during the next 24 hours, as per IMD
Jagannath Temple in Puri reopens for all devotees from today amid COVID-19 protocol
Trendingdesk •The temple reopened in phases, with the premises first being opened only to the family of the shrine’s servitors on 12 August
Odisha’s Puri becomes first Indian city to achieve round-the-clock drinking water supply
•Pilgrims will have access to 120 drinking water fountains all along the Grand Road and other hotspots, an official state government release said
COVID-19: Odisha extends partial lockdown till 1 August; curbs eased in areas with low positivity rate
•This is for the fourth time in the second wave of the pandemic that the state government has extended the lockdown
Delhi HC directs activist Saket Gokhale to delete tweets against former diplomat Lakshmi Puri
•The court said that if Gokhale failed to delete the tweets within 24 hours of passing the order, then Twitter shall identify the URLs and take necessary action
Puri set to hold second devotee-less Rath Yatra amid COVID-19; curfew imposed
•Only servitors will be allowed to pull the three chariots and no others, including security personnel, will be allowed to touch the rope
COVID-19 negative report not required to enter Puri's Jagannath temple from 21 January, says management
•The temple opened on 3 Jan after being shut for nine months due to the pandemic. Puri authorities said special arrangements will be made for elderly/senior devotees
Puri's Jagannath temple reopens after nine months; people from outside Odisha to get darshan from 3 Jan
Trendingdesk •The much-awaited 'darshan' of the sibling deities - Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath, began at 7 am amid strict adherence to the COVID-19 guidelines for servitors and their family members only
Niladri Bije 2020: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates Lord Jagannath art offering rasagola to Goddess Lakshmi at Puri beach
Trendingdesk •Niladri Bije, an auspicious day which marks the conclusion of Rath Yatra festival, is being celebrated today, 4 July