Afternoon News Headlines (July 7, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —- Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Bhubaneswar New Railway Station; Ratha Jatra Mobile App Launched. Pradhan also flagged off the Bhubaneswar-Puri Special MEMU Train from Bhubaneswar New Station.

—- MeT issues thunderstorm and lightning warning for 19 districts of Odisha till 5.45 pm today.

—- Srimandir Reforms Report submitted by the Puri District Judge has been accepted by Supreme Court.

—- Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch writes to several banks to freeze bank accounts of arrested gangster Tito.

—- Three civilians, including a teenage girl shot dead in Kashmir.

—- National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct NEET, JEE, UGC NET and CMAT exams from now on, the exams will be computer-based. The exams to be conducted on multiple dates. NEET & JEE exams to be conducted 2 times in a year, JEE in Jan & Apr & NEET in Feb and May: Union Minister P Javadekar.

—- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to hold convocation to award Ph.D degree to students on 8th August.

—- PM Modi lays foundation stone for 13 urban infrastructure projects in Jaipur of Rajasthan.

—- Tharoor appears in Delhi court, gets regular bail.

—- Rajdeep Sardesai, Ashutosh accused of conducting ‘fake sting operation’ surrender in court, get bail.

—- Indian Oil’s first Electric Vehicle Charging Station launched at Hyderabad today.

—- The Central Government and the State Government are working together for the progress of hardworking farmers; aims to Doubling Farmers Income by 2022: PM Modi.