1.Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president and former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday criticised the alleged police action against protesters during the ‘Chalo Sansad’ march in New Delhi.

2.In a fresh order dated July 16, 2026, the department announced that officers who do not join their new postings by July 20 will face a salary freeze from July 21 until they report to the transferred post.

3.The Odisha Government has directed all district administrations to promote complex fertilisers as substitutes for DAP and Ammonium Sulphate as an alternative to Urea.

4.In a fresh controversy, the office of Focus Plus, a private web channel, was sealed by Capital Police on Sunday after its editor, Sudhanshu Shekhar Rout, could not be traced.

5.Union Ministers J.P. Nadda and Jitendra Singh met innovator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, shortly after he was shifted there from Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital for further treatment.

6.TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee sent a Rs 10 crore legal notice to veteran leader Madan Mitra Tuesday, claiming that the MLA made defamatory statements against him in a social media post.

7.US President Donald Trump Tuesday gave a dim view on possible talks with Iran to end the war. "I will tell you, they want to desperately meet.

8.Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked 58 lakh voters of Odisha to submit their identity documents afresh as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision due to some issues,

9.Odisha units of the CPI and CPI(M) have opposed any move to grant premature release to Rabindra Pal alias Dara Singh.

10.The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced nationwide protests Wednesday against the proposed India-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

11.Actress Preity Zinta has urged the government for a meaningful dialogue with the activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for 23 days.

12.Delhi Police Tuesday forcibly removed and detained Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as well as SP chief Akhilesh Yadav from the protest site outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence.

13. At least 20 people have been killed and over 80 others injured due to floods in Parun city of Afghanistan's Nuristan province.

14.The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated on Tuesday as 21 more persons died, while 5.64 lakh people were affected across 16 districts,

15.Pointing out steps taken after the NEET paper leak, sources said a CBI probe is underway and more than 13 accused have been arrested so far.