1. The BJP legislature party of Odisha will hold a meeting Tuesday to elect the chief minister of the state and the new government will take oath the next day, a senior party leader said here Monday.

2.The Odisha government Monday announced that all state government offices and courts in the City will close after 1pm June 12 due to the swearing-in ceremony of the new chief minister and council of ministers.

3. The current heatwave on in India is the longest-ever to hit the country, head of India’s Meteorological Department (IMD), Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said Monday. He also warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures, if preventive measures are not implemented quickly.

4.  Ashwini Vaishnaw, besides retaining his previous portfolios of Railways as well as Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), got a new responsibility as Minister of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) in the third term of the Modi government.

5. At least 41 sunstroke deaths have been reported in the state this summer, while 73 other cases are pending inquiry, according to an official statement.

6.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday cleared the proposal to provide assistance for construction of houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY)

7. The PM signed a file authorising release of 17th instalment of PM Kisan Nidhi. This will benefit 9.3 crore farmers who will receive aid to the tune of `20,000 crore.

8.  Renowned social worker and lifetime member of Odisha’s Nari Seva Sangha, Minati Mohanty, passed away at her Mission Road residence here, Monday, due to age-related health issues. She was 97.

9. The Balasore district police here Monday arrested a 40-year-old woman in connection with the theft of a newborn boy from the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH), Sunday.

10. People affected by fresh incidents of violence in Manipur have started arriving in Assam’s Cachar district in search of safety, the local MLA said Monday. Security along the inter-state border has been tightened, a police officer said.

11. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) supremo Prem Singh Tamang Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of the Himalayan state for the second consecutive term.

12. In a titfor-tat move, India is all set to not only refute China’s renaming in recent years of a total of 30-odd places in its northeastern border state of Arunachal Pradesh by claiming they are parts of its territory but also to make counterclaims by giving its own name to a number of places currently in occupied Tibet, reported thediplomat.com June 6.

13. The CBI has arrested NHAI general manager Purushottam Lal Choudhary, posted in Madhya Pradesh’s Chattarpur, in a Rs 10-lakh bribery case, officials said Sunday.

14. The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Monday demanded Parliament to enact a law to prevent mob lynching and hate crimes, as they protested violence perpetrated against three cattle transporters by a mob in Chhattisgarh.

15. India captain Rohit Sharma has termed Jasprit Bumrah as a genius and wants his lethal weapon to perform at the same level for the entire duration of the T20 World Cup.