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— BJD President Naveen Patnaik declares Rita Sahu as BJD candidate for Bijepur Bypoll. — PIL filed in Orissa HC seeking compensation for loss of properties during BJD's hartal. — MLA Pravat Biswal being shifted to SCB, Cuttack from…

— Jeypore girl Annie Prince Nag wins Miss India Elegant 2017 title in Bengaluru. — Only male zebra at Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar found dead. — One sluice gate of Hirakud dam opened to release excess water. — Assam:…

— Newborn sold in Kendrapara rescued in Cuttack; 4 persons including Surya Nursing home owner, ASHA worker arrested by Kendrapara police. — Chhattisgarh: 2 Naxals arrested by DRG and ITBP in Narayanpur district. — Vice-Presidential…

— Vimsar strike ends; Health Minister assures Rs 50 cr for infrastructure. — J&K: 3 LeT militants killed in an encounter in Sopore area; Internet services snapped in Baramulla, all Government/private schools, colleges in Sopore…

— RTI Activist Jayant Das sentenced 6 years jail for 'Cyber Pronography'. — Congress moves privilege motion against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in RajyaSabha for allegedly misleading the House. — Fire broke out in a bogie…

— Orissa High Court grants conditional bail to Sarathi alias Santosh Raul, asks him not to go to Barimula ashram in Kendrapara. — Karnataka: Hindi signboards removed by authorities from metro stations in Bengaluru. — Gujarat: Congress…

— Keonjhar: 64 CRPF battalion jawan dies while on duty in Telkoi. — J&K: One militant of Hizbul Mujahideen gunned down in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district. — 7th Pay Commission for Kendriya Vidyalaya…

— 5 family members of Pal Heights Owner Satpal Singh, including child burnt alive at their Laxmi Sagar residence in Bhubaneswar. — Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates sand art to congratulate Team Deogarh for the first Open Defecation…

— VIMSAR stand-off: PG Students delegation meets Health Minister Pratap Jena. — Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan hosts farewell dinner for Vice-President Hamid Ansari in Delhi. — Cabinet approves India-BRICS MoU for Agriculture…

— Odisha Govt to set up rasagola cluster at Pahala. — Terrorists suspected to be trapped in Shopian's Sugan village; Search operation under way. — Congress asks EC to ensure safety, security of its Gujarat MLAs. — UP: 5 died,…