ONI Bureau: —– CM Naveen Patnaik declares Rs 1.5 crore award for sprinter Dutee Chand for winning silver at Asian Games.
—– Lightning likely to occur in the districts of Bhadrak, Jajpur, Balasore, Kendrapara & Sundergarh by 4.00 PM today.
—– Thankful to CM but not content with Rs 1.5 crore,Medal winners from other states being offered more cash award by respective state governments,will be happy if given a plot or house in Bhubaneswar, says Dutee Chand.
—– BJP Mahila Samabesha to be held in Bhubaneswar on August 30 and 31,BJP Mahila Morcha President Vijaya Rahatkar will attend the progarmme.
—– School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra writes to HRD Minister to increase honorarium of MDM cook-cum-helpers.
EOW arrests one Niranjan Satpathy for availing Rs 3 lakhs loan under ‘Sarala Loan Scheme’ from Allahabad Bank in Cuttack by impersonating himself JE in the office of Chief Engineer, Drainage, Gandarpur.
—– Chilika boatmen stage protest demanding revoking of ban on passenger ferry.
—– Former MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda addresses the 2nd Pre-Conference Symposium on Governance Architectures at the 2018 Indian Ocean Conference underway in Hanoi, Vietnam.
—– Delhi: India’s first ever biofuel flight landed at Terminal 2 IGI(Indira Gandhi Int’l Airport). 75% aviation turbine fuel & 25% biofuel used in this aircraft.
—– Murshidabad, West Bengal: Police recover 70 crude bombs in Maheshthali village under Samserganj police station, further investigation underway.
—– Patna High Court directs Bihar to ban plastic bags.
—– The Petroleum Ministry will soon bring a bio-ATF (aviation turbine fuel) policy. In the coming days, bio-energy will be the focus: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
—– 2002 Godhra train burning case: Two accused found guilty, three acquitted by special SIT court in Ahmedabad.
—– 100-year-old says Kerala floods worse than 1924 deluge.
—– Sensex up over 400 points, nears 36,700; Nifty hits 11,684.
—– China welcomes India, Pakistan participation in anti-terror drill.
—– Asian Games 2018: PV Sindhu beats Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 15-21, 21-10 in the semifinals of women’s singles badminton; will face World No 1 Chines Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying in a Gold rush tomorrow.