Afternoon News Headlines (March 26, 2018)

— Kuakhai Murder: Unmaya Padhi was stabbed with knife before being burnt alive, post mortem report reveals.

— Police resort to lathi-charge to Panchayat Samiti memers who were trying to gherao Odisha Assembly over fulfilment of several demands.

— Ministers Prafulla Mallick and Nrusingha Sahu meet CM Naveen Patnaik demanding probe into the murder of BJD youth wing’s Dhenkanal district president Jashobant Parida.

— Dhenkanal police seizes vehicle in which miscreants came to murder BJD youth wing president Jasobanta Parida, bearingg registration no- OR 02AN 6801 and belongs to Tushar Mahanty of Kalinga Nagar area of Barbil.

— Madhya Pradesh : Sandeep Sharma, journalist investigating sand mining, dies after dumper hits him; police have formed an SIT team to look into the matter.

— Delhi’s Patiala House court has sent Peter Mukerjea to CBI custody till 31st March in connection with the INX Media Case.

— Congress app: After hacker threat, Congress deletes its official mobile app.

— J&K: Terrorists attacked army cavalcade of Commanding Officer of 34 Rashtriya Rifles in Shopian, area being cordoned off.

— Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on plea against polygamy, nikah halala among Muslims.

— Russian shopping mall fire kills 64; no alarms reported.