News from Kendrapara. Odisha

Seven students from a private school in Udaynagar, Kendrapara district, were hospitalized due to excessive heat and poor ventilation. Parents found the children in pain, while doctors stabilized their condition. The incident highlights issues with school facilities.

Allegations have surfaced that a hotel and several buildings were illegally constructed near Bhitarkanika National Park. Local residents and the Bhitarkanika Suraksha Samiti claim these constructions were supported by Rajkanika MLA Dhruba Sahu.

BJP National Vice President Baijayant Panda has requested the Indian Ambassador in Dubai to facilitate the repatriation of eight Odia youths who are stranded after being terminated from their jobs.

BJP leader Durga Prasan Nayak defeated BJD veteran and former minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak by a margin of 33, 526 votes. The BJP leader polled 1,09,653 votes in the election. 

The BJP stalwart held the massive Vijay Sobhayatra (victory procession) to express his gratitude to the people in Kendrapara.  

The victim's son Kunjaban Swain alleged, "My father was standing on the roadside. BJD leader Amar Parida ran his vehicle over my father. Some BJD leaders had earlier indulged in booth rigging and when I objected, they had beaten me.”    

BJP National Vice-President and party’s Kendrapara Lok Sabha candidate Baijayant Panda today appealed to voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers.

Khageswar is now under scanner over allegations of distribution of cash among voters. The raid was conducted after the Election Commission of India (ECI) received such allegations against Khageswar.

Officials of the SST, IT, observers of the ECI, and a flying squad gheraoed the house of Khageswar Lenka, the president of the BJD's Pattamundai Nagar unit.

As for Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's fresh statement that VK Pandian is not his successor, BJP National Vice President and party’s Kendrapara Lok Sabha candidate Baijayant 'Jay' Panda said, “The people of Odisha know that the person (Pandian) has been controlling the CM, the BJD and the government."

The way politics is going on within BJD, you will see an explosion in coming days. The people of Odisha have voted for BJP MP and MLA candidates in bumper vote, said PM Narendra Modi.

On Tuesday, the senior BJP leader held a massive roadshow in Mahakalpada as part of the ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra'. Thousands of people and party workers attended the roadshow today.

BJP National Vice President and party’s Kendrapara Lok Sabha candidate Baijayant Panda termed CM Naveen Patanik's allegations as baseless and said, "I have joined politics not to accumulate assets. Lord Jagannath has given us enough. I am here to work for the people.”

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma criticized the BJD government in Odisha at an election rally, highlighting poor governance, job migration and lack of employment. He promised that BJP would create jobs while attacking BJD leader VK Pandian for monopolising power with his spouse.

A meeting of the Chief Minister was held at Barua. During the time, the Cuttack-Chandbali road was chock-a-bloc while a 108 ambulance and a private ambulance got stuck in a traffic jam. Three critical patients were being shifted in the two ambulances. Though the drivers and local people tried to give passage to the two ambulances, they failed in their attempts.