Afternoon News Headlines (August 22, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes received by Basanta Panda; to reach Bhubaneswar this afternoon.

—–   Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to lay foundation stone of AIIMS Super Specialty hospital in #Balasore on August 25.

—–   Malkangiri: Bridge near Majhiguda under Khairput block was washed away after incessant rainfall; MLA Dambaru Sisa lends helping hand in repairing work of bridge.

—–   Joint team of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), IIT Chennai and IIT Kharagpur inspects crack on the roof of ‘Natya Mandap’ in Puri Srimandir.

—–   5 dengue cases identified in Badaberana and Talagada villages under Begunia block of Khordha district.

—–   Notorious criminal Timon Kumbhar arrested after his wife filed police complaint against him alleging torture.

—–   PM Modi and Amit Shah distributes Asthi Kalash of Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji to all the State Presidents.

—–   The celebrations of Eid-Al-Adha was marred by violence in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city when stone-pelters came out on the streets and waved flags of Pakistan and dreaded terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

—–   The two main opposition parties in Pakistan, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), are likely to field a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election in the country next month.

—–   BJP pay tribute to BJP worker Shabir Ahmad Bhat, who was shot dead by terrorists this morning at his home in Pulwama’s Rakh-e-litter.

—–   Asian Games 2018: Indian shooter Rahi Sarnobat wins Gold medal in women’s 25m pistol.

—–   Asian Games 2018: Indian hockey team wins hockey pool A prelims against Hong Kong by 26-0, breaking 86-year-old record. Harpreet Singh wins 8-0 in the Greco-Roman 87 kg men’s quarterfinal.