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RTI activist Pradeep Kumar Pradhan demands a CBI investigation into the mysterious sinking of Mongolian vessel MV Black Rose near Odisha's Paradip Port in 2009. Petitions have been filed in the High Court for a CBI probe.

BJP National President JP Nadda promised unwavering efforts for Odisha's development at the party's first state executive committee meeting in Puri. He praised party workers, noted their significant electoral victories, and criticized Congress while thanking Odisha's citizens.

Since July 30, 2015, people of Odisha have been celebrating this auspicious day of ‘Niladri Bije’ as ‘Rasagola Dibasa’.

A Microsoft global outage has disrupted flight services at Bhubaneswar's Biju Patnaik International Airport, affecting airlines like IndiGo, Akasa Air, Vistara, and SpiceJet. The outage, linked to a recent CrowdStrike update, also impacted sectors worldwide. Manual check-ins are causing delays at the airport.

The saffron party has put up pictures of Odia freedom fighters, heroes and poets at the meeting place. Konark Wheel and Neelachakra of Puri have also been kept on the dais. The glorious history of Odisha, ancient temples and famous arts of the State have also been depicted at the meeting place.

As per the prediction by India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Bhubaneswar regional centre, the system will move in the north-west direction and it is likely to cross Puri by tomorrow morning.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in several parts of Odisha for the next four days due to a well-marked low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. This low pressure is likely to intensify into a depression and cross the Odisha coast within 24 hours, as per IMD. Orange warnings have been issued for multiple districts including Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, and Koraput.

Odisha Police has arrested four members of the Trichy gang for involvement in a series of thefts across the city. Identified as B Mohit, T Murthy, Nanda Kumar, and S Dinesh from Tamil Nadu's Tiruchilapalli district, they were apprehended by a special squad on Thursday. The gang targeted crowded areas for looting valuables and pickpocketing. Seized items include laptops and mobile phones.

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The Chief Minister also rapped the previous BJD government over not opening all four dwaras (doors) of Srimandir.

The duplicate tea manufacturing unit was busted during the joint encroachment eviction drive by the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) and Cuttack Development Authority (CDA) enforcement squads in the area.

‘Adhara’ (lips) and ‘Pana’ (sweet drink) literary means offering of sweet ‘pana’ to the deities in pots that touch their lips. The earthen pots were broken after the Adhara pana was offered to the deities.

The BJD assigned 50 MLAs to monitor Odisha government departments, sparking political debate. BJD's Amar Satpathy praised the move, while BJP's Samir Dash criticized it as ineffective.

After coming out from the inner Ratna Bhandar, Dasmohapatra said that cracks have developed on the walls of Ratna Bhandar and some stones have come off from the roof.

Justice Biswath Rath, chief of the high-level committee said, “We had opened the locks at the auspicious time which was fixed. We have only shifted the valuables from the inner Ratna Bhandar to the temporary strong room as per the SOP.”