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Watch|BJP presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu sweep floor at Shiva Temple before offering prayers

If Murmu gets elected, she will be the first tribal woman, as well as the first person from Odisha, to occupy the top constitutional post. The presidential elections will be conducted on 18 July to elect a successor to incumbent President Ram Nath Kovind and counting of votes will be done on 21 July

22-year-old man kills mother for refusing Rs 100 for alcohol in Odisha

The incident took place in Hatapadia Sahi village in Jashipur Police Station area on Friday night

Odisha: 25 students of government school in Mayurbhanj test positive for COVID-19

The Mayurbhanj chief district medical officer Dr Rupavanoo Mishra said the students are being treated and their health condition is stable

Cyclone Yaas to form over Bay of Bengal on Monday: All you need to know about places likely to be hit, preparedness

Cyclone Yaas comes less than ten days after Cyclone Tauktae hit the western coastal states Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa, and Gujarat

Similipal National Park forest fire ‘almost contained’, core area with wildlife not impacted by blaze

The Odisha government will deploy ODRAF personnel and members of the Panchayati raj institutions to douse forest fires in around 26 districts

Similipal National Park fire: Odisha government says no lives have been lost, issues SOP to combat blaze

The fire, which has been raging for around a week owing to the hot climate in Mayurbhanj district, has not affected the tiger reserve and large trees yet

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.

IMD predicts moderate to heavy rain in nineteen districts of Odisha today, issues yellow warning

While issuing a yellow warning, the IMD said at least 19 districts will experience thunderstorms with lightning on Wednesday.

Daily Bulletin: Karnataka Congress MLAs to meet ahead of upcoming Assembly session; yellow alert issued in Odisha; day's top stories and more

Here are today's top stories: Congress to hold meet in Bengaluru today to strategise on upcoming legislative session in Karnataka; IMD predicts moderate to heavy rain in nineteen districts of Odisha today, issues yellow warning; and more

IMD predicts heavy rainfall for Odisha in next four days; water level of all major rivers in state presently below danger mark

Many parts of Odisha are likely to be lashed by heavy rainfall in the next four days, the Meteorological Centre said on Wednesday.