Odisha

The incident involves murder of Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati and his 4 disciples. Swami Ji's body was cut with an axe 15 years ago on the day of Janmashtami.

According to ministry figures, 1.83 million houses have been approved under PMAY (Rural) in Odisha, with 1.69 million completed so far. The ministry has now instructed the state to complete 1.26 lakh houses over the next 12 months.

In June this year, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik had appealed to all State MLAs to vote in favour of Draupadi Murmu.

Naveen Patnaik asked all the members of the Odisha assembly to support to elect the daughter of Odisha Draupadi Murmu to the country's highest office."

Presidential candidate Draupadi Mumru visits her local temple, performs Seva by sweeping the floor.

An MLA of the ruling BJD in Odisha landed up in trouble after he failed to arrive at his own wedding.

Sulochana Das of Biju Janata Dal is the first woman Mayor of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. She was elected this April.

On June 10, a 60-year-old woman named Maya Murmu from the Raipal village in Mayurbhanj's Rasagobindapur area was attacked and trampled by an elephant in the forest near her village.

Herman Kulke while referring to Suryavamsi Emperor Gajapati Kapilendra Deva who ruled in the 15th century said, "Kapilendra deva became the greatest Hindu ruler of his day."

The so-called 'environmental activist' who is often accused of stalling infrastructure projects through campaigns, was stopped by Dhinkia villagers from entering the village and was sent back.