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1.A day before polling in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu on Thursday, the EC said freebies worth a total of Rs 1,072.13 crore had been seized until Wednesday, starting from February 26.
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2.Pakistani sources hinted about the possibility of more peace talks within the next “36 to 72 hours", as per New York Post report
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3.West Bengal goes to the polls Thursday, in the first of the two-phase high-stakes, tightly-policed Assembly election, where about 3.6 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise in roughly 44,000 polling booths across 152 constituencies in 16 districts.
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4.The 39th State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi approved eight proposals from as many departments Wednesday.
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5.The Centre Wednesday permitted the procurement of five crops— moong, urad, groundnut, sunfl ower, and mustard seed—at the minimum support price (MSP) in Odisha under PM-AASHA.
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6.India Wednesday denied making any payments - either in cash or cryptocurrency - to Iran to secure safe passage for its vessels through the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions in the region.
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7.Nearly 11,000 consumers in western Odisha reported "zero electricity bills" in March 2026 after adopting rooftop solar systems under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana.
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8.The Odisha government appointed 154 officers to the Forest Service, strengthening the state’s environmental and conservation framework.
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9.West Bengal will have a two-phase poll on April 23 and 29. Counting is scheduled for May 4.
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10.On April 22, 2025, Pakistan-based terrorists killed 26 civilians, including a Nepali citizen, in cold blood in Jammu and Kashmir's Baisaran Valley in Pahalgam, known as "Mini Switzerland".
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11.Western Odisha town of Jharsuguda became the hottest place in the country on Wednesday as it recorded the highest maximum temperature of 44.4 Degree Celsius in the afternoon.
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12.The Cyber Police in Bhubaneswar have cracked a major online fraud case involving a racket that allegedly duped a victim of nearly Rs 7 lakh by sending a fake RTO challan link.
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13.India will bring into force a comprehensive set of rules to regulate the fastgrowing online gaming sector from May 1, the government said Wednesday.
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14.US President Donald Trump has indefinitely extended the ceasefire with Iran at the request of mediator Pakistan, saying the move was aimed at giving Tehran’s fractured leadership time to come up with a unified proposal to end the seven-week war.
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15.India’s junior shooters picked up four more medals, including three silver and a bronze, on day two of the ISSF Junior World Cup here Wednesday.