Kendrapara  

Leading steelmaker ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India on Thursday (04 March) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Odisha government to set up an integrated steel plant in Kendrapara district 
 

Kendrapara is extremely significant for the Biju Janata Dal because Odisha Chief Naveen Patnaik's father Biju Patnaik, the man after whom the BJD party was named, was elected thrice from that seat. 

The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), headed by Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha, earlier in the day reviewed relief measures in affected areas of Odisha, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh

The Cyclonic storm ‘Fani’, which is expected to hit the Odisha coast between Puri and Kendrapara by Friday, has intensified into an "extremely severe cyclonic" storm

Cyclone Fani is likely to hit the Odisha coast between Puri and Kendrapara by Friday, a senior official said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is yet to specify the exact location of landfall.