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The fielding of Yasir Nawaz by Congress as Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha candidate and the expulsion of senior Congress leader and Jatani MLA Suresh Routray may turn the BJD’s apple cart in the constituency. 

Ganja smuggling racket's mastermind Rahul Sethi's luck ran out when he had gone to Jharpada jail to meet his associates.

Under the leadership of BJP's Nayagarh Assembly constituency candidate Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, hundreds of party workers laid siege to the police station.

As per the data shared by IMD, 10 places in Odisha recorded maximum temperature of 43 degrees or above.

About 50 people including children and women from Kharsia area in neighbouring Chhattisgarh state had gone to a temple on an islet in the middle of the river.

A 14-year-old white tigress Sneha died at her enclosure in Nandankanan Zoological Park on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city on Friday, officials said.

As per the IMD, there will be no large change in the maximum temperature (Day Temperature) during the next two days and it will slightly fall by 2-3°C thereafter at many places over the district of Odisha.

People should refrain from moving out under the scorching heat during the peak hours of the day (around 1100 IST-1500 IST).

The IMD has also issued an orange warning for heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in different parts of Odisha for the next two days.

Isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on April 19 and April 21 and isolated very heavy rainfall is also very likely over Arunachal Pradesh on April 20, 2024.

It is expected that the mystery surrounding the death of the businessman will become clear after the post-mortem.

As per sources, Patasani was hopeful of bagging BJD ticket from Bhubaneswar Parliamentary seat for the ongoing 2024 General Elections. However, he was eventually denied ticket by the party. 

As per the prediction by IMD, the mercury is likely to soar further in coming days. The situation is likely to continue till Monday. 

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