Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan attended the historic 'Hingula Lok Mahotsav' and offered prayers at Maa Hingula temple at Talcher in Angul district, Odisha.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Muzibulla Khan expressed confidence on Sunday that the party will win more seats in the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Odisha than in the previous polls.
Union Minister and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur, Dharmendra Pradhan offered prayers at Maa Dakhinakali temple and interacted with villagers and Kendu leaf pluckers at Rairakhol under the Sambalpur parliamentary constituency during his election campaign on Sunday.
The India Meteorological Department on Sunday said that the temperature in Delhi is expected to remain around 38 degrees Celsius in the coming 2-3 days adding that there is a possibility of light rain on Monday.
After the Kanker encounter in Chhattisgarh, Arun Kumar Sarangi, DGP Odisha, has said that the bordering state of Chhattisgarh has been kept on high alert and the intelligence team is keeping an eye the Naxals movement in the area.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday announced a 40-star campaigners' list for the Assembly and the Lok Sabha polls featuring Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, BJD Leader Kartik Pandian, and BJD organization Secretary Pranab Prakash Das in the list among others.
As Odisha continued to be in the grip of a heatwave, the Met department held out no immediate hope of a respite as it forecast the maximum daytime temperature to hit 45°C over the next 24 hours.
A 35-year-old woman was killed, and seven others, including three children, are missing after a boat they were travelling in capsized in Odisha's Jharsuguda.
"Received disturbing news about the death of a person owing to the sinking of a boat in Mahanadi near Patharaseni temple near Sharda village in Jharsuguda district of Odisha. While 45 people have been rescued, six are still missing, who are being searched. Coordination has been established b