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* Odisha Cabinet nod to 6 proposals; Cabinet decides to change name of Panchayati Raj dept to Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water dept, merges Mission Shakti with WCD dept. * Aadhaar to become mandatory for applying PAN, filing IT return…

* 5 killed, 5 injured in Rairangpur road accident; Odisha CM declares Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia each to the family of five deceased. * Air Odisha director Santosh Pani arrested by Khandagiri Police after non bailable warrant issued against…

* Over 100 shops gutted after fire broke out at Golbazar Mandi in Sambalpur. * Police arrests a brown sugar smuggler at Laxmi Sagar in Bhubaneswar, seizes 19.76g contraband. * Private bus owners observe 12-hour bandh in Koraput today…

* Odisha likely to lose Rs 1200 crore per annum; seals 1167 liquor outlets. * Skill centres known as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra in Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal to train 5000 youths per year. * Jammu and Kashmir: CRPF convoy attacked by…

* Former Angul district Congress president Pratap Pradhan, comedian Harihar Mohapatra join BJP. * Newly elected BJD PRI members meets with party president Naveen Patnaik. * PM Narendra Modi inaugurates country's longest road tunnel…

* Met predicts Norwester rains along with thunder likely to hit Coastal Odisha in next 24 hours. * 400 CRPF jawans taken ill after consuming fish curry at the Pallipuram Camp in Kerala; CRPF orders probe. * Madhya Pradesh Electricity…

* Over 10.2 Lakh students to appear JEE Main 2017 exam today; Around 45,000 students to appear the exam in Odisha. * A 20 kg tiffin bomb planted by Maoists seized in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. * Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu…

* 7 Towns in Odisha record above 42 degree C. Bolangir records 44.2 degrees C followed by Titilagarh (44) and Sonepur (43.2). * 4 people detained for allegedly chasing, trying to overtake Union Minister Smriti Irani's car. * MCD…

* Odisha reels under intense heatwave; Titlagarh sizzles with 44 degrees Celsius. * Police arrest key accused of Patrapur minor gangrape; Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik orders a Crime Branch probe into the incident. * RBI to open a separate…

* JEE Main offline exam to be held on Apr 2; Around 42,000 candidates frm Odisha to appear in the entrance. * Liquor shop ban alongside highways: Supreme Court says in areas where population is less than 20,000, Liquor shop will be…