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Around 500 bottles of banned cough syrup and over 1200 sedative injections were seized in Bargarh, Odisha. One person, Bulu Sahu, was arrested following a police raid on a house in Malapada.

Tension flared up near Bhagabanpur bridge in Jajpur after Pabitra Samal was found dead under mysterious circumstances. His family suspects murder, leading to a roadblock protest demanding justice.

In Odisha, three family members were killed by a wild elephant while sleeping in their backyard. The elephants had previously been driven away but returned unreported by the forest department. This incident highlights ongoing human-elephant conflicts and the community's frustration over insufficient preventive actions.

BJP MP Pradeep Purohit criticized former BJD leader VK Pandian at an event in Bargarh, Odisha. Purohit also accused Pandian and others of corruption during their tenure.

The SRC office has asked the Collectors of eight districts- Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Bolangir, Boudh and Nuapada to remain alert in view of the heatwave alert for the next five days.

In Bargarh, police arrested Manoj Nag for the murder of auto-rickshaw driver Biswanath Mirdha on May 20, the day when voting was underway in Bargarh.

BJP National President JP Nadda, during a public meeting at Padampur in Bargarh, took a swipe at the BJD government for not implementing the Ayushman Bharat Yojana.

During his election campaign in Odisha, PM Narendra Modi criticized the BJD for poor governance and development failures over 25 years. He highlighted an outsourced government controlled by a 'Super CM' and stressed the need for BJP's victory to restore state governance.

BJD's Attabira MLA Snehangini Chhuria, in a viral video, allegedly linked voting with government benefits, stating non-voters won't get the facilities the government is providing.

Amid the ongoing campaigning for the 2024 elections, MP Suresh Pujari expressed apprehensions about the drone and the purpose of its use in the area. Pujari is currently contesting elections from the Brajrajnagar Assembly seat.

Scores of farmers of Padampur united under the Krushak Sangathan claimed that their crops were damaged by the Michaung cyclone in December 2023.

The former MP asserted that the BJP will fare well while the BJD’s results will be disappointing in the upcoming elections in the district. "If you plant an imported leader in the LS seat and that too when the party has got negative feedback about its poll prospects, will people accept it?" he asked.

After receiving a notice from the State Bank of India’s Bargarh branch, the minor children's grandfather came to know that his son-in-law had taken a loan of Rs 7 lakh from the bank.

Acute poverty compelled an elderly man to hand his granddaughter over to the district administration. The incident was reported from Sakhadunguri village under Jharbandh Police limits in Bargarh district of Odisha. 

As the political parties have already started preparations for the upcoming big political battles, aspiring candidates in constituencies across Odisha aren’t lagging behind as well.