1. BJD president Naveen Patnaik Thursday filed his nomination for Kantabanji Assembly segment under Bolangir Parliamentary constituency in the state’s western region, two days after he filed papers for his traditional Hinjili seat in Ganjam.

2. West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has been accused of molesting a woman, Trinamool Congress MP Sagarika Ghose claimed, Thursday. This comes ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's stay at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata Thursday night.

 3. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will never accept Bharat Ratna or any other award for his father Biju Patnaik in return for any election or political alliance with the BJP, his close associate and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader VK Pandian said.

4. Odisha has recorded the highest-ever collection of Gross GST of `5,902.25 crore in April 2024 against corresponding collection of `5,035.74 crore recorded during April 2023, registering a growth rate of 17.21 per cent as against the national average growth rate of 13 per cent, a state Finance department release stated.

5.BJD President and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday filed nomination papers from the Kantabanji Assembly seat in Bolangir district.

6. Anup Paikaray, founder of Newrup Tech Solutions, a state-supported startup which manufacture the most affordable clean energy equipment, recently got an international honour at a programme in Boston.

 7. The social media monitoring cell of the Odisha Police has blocked 292 offensive posts related to the general elections 2024. These posts were posted by supporters of various political parties and other groups on social media platfor ms like ‘YouTube’, ‘Instagram’, ‘Facebook’ and ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), a release said Thursday.

8. The Kolkata High Court Thursday expressed satisfaction with the progress of the CBI’s probe into allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhal.

9. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday alleged that the BJP-JD(S) alliance candidate for Hassan Lok Sabha seat Prajwal Revanna had raped 400 women, and lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for seeking votes for a “mass rapist” and sought his apology.

 10.Amid the political row over sex scandal-accused Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna, the Ministry of External Affairs has said that he travelled to Germany on a diplomatic passport and no political clearance was either sought or given by the ministry.

 11.More than 40 per cent of Americans now label China as an enemy, up from a quarter two years ago and reaching the highest level in five years, according to an annual Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday.

12.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Thursday said 97.76 per cent of the `2,000 denomination banknotes have returned to the banking system, and only `7,961 crore worth of the withdrawn notes are still with the public.

13.India’s food safety regulator said Thursday it had ordered testing and inspections at all companies making spice mixes, widening an investigation into the sector as global regulators look into suspected contamination in two popular local brands.

14.Bhuvneshwar Kumar did the star turn with a sensational final over as Sunrisers Hyderabad pulled off a heist, stunning Rajasthan Royals by just one run in a last-ball thriller to keep their IPL playoff hopes alive here Thursday

15.Midfielder Salima Tete Thursday replaced veteran goalkeeper Savita Punia as captain of the 24-strong Indian women’s hockey squad for the Belgium and England legs of the FIH Pro League starting later this month. Navneet Kaur has been named her deputy for the tour.