➡️Kendrapara MP & Ollywood Actor Anubhav Mohanty and former Korei MLA Akash Das Nayak quits BJD; likely to join BJP.
➡️Former Paralakhemundi Congress MLA K Surya Rao joins BJD.
➡️Former BJD MLA from Bhubaneswar North, Priyadarshi Mishra joins BJP.
➡️Former Jagatsinghpur MLA Chiranjib Biswal quits Congress; likely to join BJD.
➡️Former MLA and BJD General Secretary Priyadarshi Mishra resigns from primary membership of BJD.
➡️2024 elections: ECI prohibits exit polls from 7 a.m. on April 19 to 6.30 p.m. on June 1.
➡️President Droupadi Murmu to present Bharat Ratna Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
➡️Ministry of Home Affairs gives sanction to CBI to probe jailed AAP leader and former Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain over allegations of extortion by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar.
➡️Indian Navy rescues 23 Pakistanis from Somali pirates in Arabian Sea operation after over 12 hours of operation.
➡️Jammu & Kashmir’s Pahalgam received light snowfall today.
➡️Indian Army shares a video of the Akash missile system displaying its target engagement capability.
➡️Police deployed ahead of last rites of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in Mohammadabad, Ghazipur.
➡️Tamil actor Daniel Balaji dies of heart attack in Chennai. He was 48.
➡️Excise policy case: ED summons Delhi Minister Kailash Gahlot.
➡️India, Ukraine discuss achieving ‘peaceful settlement’ to Moscow-Kyiv conflict during Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba’s India visit: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar.
➡️Italy’s Jannik Sinner demolishes Daniil Medvedev, reaches Miami Open final.
➡️Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden reaches first final in Miami Open; Indian set to regain No.1 ranking in men’s doubles.
➡️IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 7 wickets.
➡️US President Joe Biden assures Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif of ‘forging a strong partnership’.
