📌Rukuna Rath Jatra of Lord Lingaraj begins on the occasion of Ashokashtami in Bhubaneswar.
📌Odisha Vigilance launches simultaneous raids at five locations linked to Panchu Behera, SDO in Daha Irrigation Sub-Division in Ganjam district over possession of disproportionate assets.
📌Common Post Graduate Entrance Test (CPET)-2026 to begin from May 5 in Odisha; over 58,000 students to appear.
📌Major Crackdown on Illegal LPG Trade in Jharpada area of Bhubaneswar; 110 Cylinders seized.
📌Former Minister Raghunath Mohanty and ex-MLA Jiban Pradip Das rejoined Biju Janata Dal (BJD).
📌Over 76,000 ineligible beneficiaries removed from ration cards in Odisha, informs Odisha Supplies Minister Krushna Chandra Patra.
📌Andhra Bus Accident: 13 killed as bus hits lorry and catches fire near Rayavaram in Prakasam district. The bus was engulfed in flames within moments.
📌Sonia Gandhi responding well to treatment, remains under observation: Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi.
📌24 killed as bus plunges into river in Bangladesh, search on for missing.
📌External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday travelled to France for the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting.
📌US President Trump to visit China in May after rescheduling trip due to Iran war.
📌Iran says vessels of 5 ‘friendly’ countries including India will be allowed to pass through Strait of Hormuz.
