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IMD issues heat wave warning for 24 Odisha districts
IMD issues heat wave warning for 24 Odisha districts

Moreover, Orange Warning has been issued to as many as four districts in the State for tomorrow.

  • Thursday, 18 April 2024
  • Odisha
Villagers in Gajapati threaten poll boycott sans basic amenities
Deprived of basic amenities, villagers in Gajapati threaten poll boycott

According to the villagers, leaders of many political parties used to approach them for votes during the time of the election by giving them so many assurances. However, they vanish from the scene as soon as the election is finished. 

AIIMS Bhubaneswar doctors who carried out urinary sphincter transplantation
AIIMS Bhubaneswar transplants urinary sphincter in first of its kind implantation in Odisha

The trusted tertiary care national health institution has recently implanted Artificial Urinary Sphincters (AUS) in a person’s body successfully. The cutting-edge service is considered as a significant advancement in urological care. 

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ECI issues notification for 4th Phase of election; know polling hours in four Lok Sabha seats in Odisha

Polling will be held in as many as 28 Assembly seats of Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Berhampur in the fourth phase.

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Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Thursday, 18 April 2024

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Will CM Naveen's Kantabanji gambit help BJD in Western Odisha?
Will CM Naveen's Kantabanji gambit help BJD in Western Odisha?

The BJD is said to be intending to make inroads into the saffron turf and wipe out Congress so that the party would revitalize its weak organisation in Bolangir. 

Puri Ratha Yatra: Milling of logs for chariots commences on Ram Navami
Puri Ratha Yatra: Milling of logs for chariots commences on Ram Navami

The log sawing began in the sawmill of the Forest Department at Khapuria in Cuttack after members of the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee reached there with the Agyamal (ordained garland). The work began after rituals were performed.

PM Modi, HM Amit Shah to campaign in Kendrapara: BJP’s National VP Baijayant Panda 
PM Modi, HM Amit Shah to campaign in Kendrapara: BJP’s National VP Baijayant Panda 

The BJP leader added that apart from the Prime Minister, the party’s other stalwarts like Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and women leaders will come calling to Kendrapara in the days to come.  

Man with 1 kg gold concealed in rectum nabbed at Bhubaneswar airport
Man with 1 kg gold concealed in rectum nabbed at Bhubaneswar airport

Customs officials had intelligence inputs about the suspected person. After he alighted from the flight, the officials took the person inside a toilet and recovered the yellow metal. 

BJP's National VP Baijayant Panda seeks blessings of Lord Ram and Mahaveer in Kendrapara
BJP's National VP Baijayant Panda seeks blessings of Lord Ram and Mahaveer in Kendrapara

The BJP stalwart also went to Ram Mandir at Tinimuhani, where he offered worship to Lord Ram and sought His blessings. Later, Panda along with scores of devotees partook of prasad on the temple premises. 

Is BJD banking on numerology in candidate selection?
Is BJD banking on numerology in candidate selection?

Interestingly, given the number of candidates announced each time, an emerging pattern has caught the attention of many observers. Many believe that the number 9 seems key to the party which seems to be banking on numerology this time. 

Why BJD embrace and bank on imported leaders?
BJD denies tickets to 3 MLAs, swaps seats of 2 leaders

BJD supremo and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik will also be contesting from two Assembly seats- Hinjili and Kantabanji.

After anti-Naxal ops, high alert sounded on Odisha-Chhattisgarh borders
After anti-Naxal ops, high alert sounded on Odisha-Chhattisgarh borders

The border roads in Malkangiri linking Chhattisgarh have been sealed while the police of both states are sharing intelligence on the movement of Maoists. Border areas in Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Malkangiri and Koraput have been sealed, sources said.   

Heatwave to continue in Odisha, Orange Warning issued
Second heat wave spell of April likely to continue for next 5 days: IMD

A fresh western disturbance as a cyclonic circulation lies over Iran and the neighbourhood in middle and upper tropospheric levels which is likely to affect Northwest India from April 18, 2024.

No respite from boiling heat as IMD issues orange warning; check latest updates
No respite from boiling heat as IMD issues orange warning; check latest updates

The IMD forecasts a significant temperature rise in Odisha, with expected increases of 2-3°C, reaching over 40°C in many areas. An orange warning for severe heatwaves has prompted the closure of all schools in the state until April 20, 2024.

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