ONI Bureau: —– Water of Hirakud Dam is being released through 10 sluice gates of Hirakud Dam.
—– A Under-trial prisoner lodged in Jharsuguda jail dies while undergoing treatment at district headquarters hospital.
—– Youth allegedly stripped and thrashed by Talachua panchayat sarpanch in full public view during a ‘Kangaroo court’ trial in Rajnagar, Kendrapara.
—– Private Coaching Centre in Acharya Vihar area, Bhubaneswar gutted in fire mishap.
—– Group clash in Kendrapara: Section 144 clamped in Narendrapur and Kakudiapada villages in Salepur.
—– Rain and thunder-shower is likely to occur in the districts of Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Balangir, Nuapada, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack and Jajpur: SRC.
—– External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Vietnam’s foreign minister Pham Binh Minh, among others, signed MoUs (Memorandum of understanding) between India and Vietnam, in Vietnam’s Hanoi, today.
—– MK Stalin elected as President of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) at party headquarters in Chennai; Durai Murugan elected as the treasurer.
—– Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari presides over the signing of MoU between Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MOWR) & CMs of 6 states; UP, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh & Haryana, regarding Lakhwar Dam Project.
—– Asian Games 2018: Odia sprinter Dutee Chand qualifies for Semis of 200m by topping the Heat with 23.37s.