Today's top 10 Odisha news bulletin

Today's top 10 Odisha news bulletin 

 H1. Covid-19 Cases In Odisha: The Odisha Health Department confirmed five new Covid positive cases in the state on Wednesday. This has raised concerns about the return of the infection in the state. According to official sources, four of the newly infected people are residents of Bhubaneswar. While one case has been reported from Khurda district.

H2. Prafulla Samal Son Quits BJD: Biju Janata Dal has suffered a big setback in Bhadrak district. Senior BJD leader and former minister Prafulla Samal's son Manukanth Samal has resigned from the primary membership of the party. Manukanth Samal has sent his resignation letter to party president Naveen Patnaik, citing health reasons.

H3. Vehicle Hire Charges Revised For Govt Offices: The government, which has been calling for the use of more electric vehicles to balance the environment, has now again increased the cost of commuting in petrol vehicles. And, giving importance to public representatives, the government has made arrangements to provide the same vehicle expenses to the secretary as to the minister as before. And the same way the minister drives, the secretary will also be eligible to use the vehicle.

H4. Convict Punjilal Meher gets life imprisonment: Punjilal Meher, the sole accused in the Patnagarh parcel bomb blast incident in Balangir district, has been convicted. Today, the Patnagarh court sentenced him to life imprisonment. He has also been ordered to pay a fine of Rs 50,000. If the fine is not paid, he will have to undergo another year of imprisonment. The verdict was announced after 155 days of hearing.

H5. Goods Train Derails Near Chimidipalli: A major accident occurred near Chimidipalli in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday afternoon when 25 bogies of a goods train loaded with iron ore fell off the tracks. The incident took place at 1:05 pm on the Araku-Kottavalsa section under the Waltair division of the East Coast Railway (ECoR).

H6. 3 indian missing in iran: Three Indian nationals have gone missing from Iran. There is no trace of these three nationals. On this, the Indian Embassy in Tehran said on Wednesday that it is actively working with the Iranian authorities to trace the three Indian nationals who went missing after visiting Iran.

H7. Union Cabinet Meeting Decision: Five important decisions were taken in the cabinet meeting of the Narendra Modi government on Wednesday. The biggest decision out of these is the increase in the minimum support price of paddy crops by Rs 69 per quintal. With this, now farmers will get at least Rs 2,369 on paddy crops. The minimum support price is the rate below which no crop can be purchased.

H8. Lokpal gives clean chit to former SEBI Chief: The Lokpal of India has given a big assurance to former SEBI Chairperson Madhavi Puri Buch. The Lokpal has dismissed the charges filed against her in connection with the Hindenburg-Adani case. The Lokpal found no truth in the charges and concluded that they were based on assumptions and had no verifiable evidence.

H10. Mock drill tomorrow in 4 states: The Union government has once again taken a big decision and decided to conduct mock drills in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan. This mock drill will be held on Thursday and people have been asked to be alert. The main reason for now conducting mock drills in all these states is that they share a border with Pakistan. After Operation Sindoor, the neighbouring country targeted them.