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Cyclone Bulbul: Naveen Patnaik announces 'special package' ranging from Rs 6,800 to Rs 18,000 per hectare for affected farmers

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a special package for the people affected by the cyclone 'Bulbul' and asked officials to step up the restoration operation.

Cyclone Bulbul: Two dead, NDRF official injured in Odisha; heavy downpour, gale winds damage crops, houses

Though Cyclone Bulbul skipped Odisha and made landfall between West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts on Saturday, heavy downpour and gale-force winds left a trail of destruction, damaging hundreds of houses, uprooting trees, electric poles and affecting telecom towers in the state, officials said

Cyclone Bulbul triggers rain in Odisha; IMD issues 'yellow alert' in Puri, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak for next 24 hours

IMD has issued 'yellow warning' (be aware) in Puri, Kendrapara Jagatsinghpur and Bhadrak districts over the next 24 hours and for Saturday, it has issued an 'orange warning' (be prepared) in Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts

'He pulled my arm, abused me in public': Odisha journalist accuses BJD MP of misbehaving with him, FIR registered

An FIR was registered against Anubhav Mohanty, BJD MP from Odisha's Kendrapara for allegedly misbehaving with a journalist of a private TV channel, police said on Thursday

Odisha likely to witness another cyclone; 15 districts put on alert to deal with possible flood-like situation

With the depression over the Bay of Bengal set to intensify into a cyclone, the Odisha government put 15 districts on alert to deal with a possible flood-like situation.

Odisha rain toll rises to six after three die in Odisha’s Ganjam, Kendrapara, Mayurbhanj districts

The toll in the heavy rains in Odisha has mounted to six with three fresh deaths reported from the districts, officials said Saturday.

Eight killed as incessant rain pounds Odisha; state likely to face floods as low pressure area develops in Bay of Bengal

With more rainfall likely to batter Odisha over the next two days due to the formation of a fresh low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, the district administrations have been asked to be prepared to deal with the possible flood

East states Lok Sabha Election voting Updates: 76.59% voting recorded in West Bengal, 64.05% in Odisha till 7 pm

East states Lok Sabha Election voting LIVE updates: Amid clashes, 52.91 percent polling was reported in West Bengal till 3 pm. In Odisha, the polling percentage was 35.79 percent.

Lok Sabha polls Phase 4 today: Odisha's Kendrapara to witness prestige battle as BJP seeks to breach BJD bastion

The entire state of Odisha is keenly glued to the pulsating build-up in Kendrapara, where the BJP is taking on the BJP in a high-stakes battle.

Naveen Patnaik announces 33% reservation for women contesting Lok Sabha election on BJD tickets

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the BJD would reserve 33 per cent seats for women in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections