Modi to visit Odisha July 16

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha July 16, his first to the state after being elevated as the campaign committee chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a party leader said here Wednesday.

During his one-day visit, he is scheduled to go to the Jagannath temple at Puri, about 56 km from here, state party president Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo told reporters.