Afternoon News Headlines (October 9, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Cyclone Titli: Holidays of fire services personnel cancelled; 20 teams reserved to be mobilised in north Odisha if needed: Chief Fire Officer Sukant Sethi.

—–   Odisha CM lays foundation stone for Odia University at Satyabadi, Puri.

—–   Heavy rain very likely at isolated places over coastal Odisha today. A thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and hail storms very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir: India Meteorological Department.

—–   Abandoned girl child rescued from railway track near Muniguda hospital in Rayagada.

—–   Chhattisgarh: Death toll rises to 9 in a gas pipeline blast in Bhilai Steel Plant.

—–   Maharashtra: The Nagpur Sessions Court has granted Brahmos engineer Nishant Agarwal three days transit remand to Uttar Pradesh ATS. He was arrested yesterday on charges of spying.

—–   World Post Day is celebrated globally today.

—–   Namakkal: Water level of Thirumanimutharu River rises to the height of 15 feet.

—–   Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case: Patna High Court dismisses anticipatory bail application of Bihar’s former Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma.

—–   Hyderabad: Two Maoist Koti Purshotham and his wife Koti Vinodhini, who earlier worked with CPI (Maoist) party, have surrendered.

—–   Delhi: Union Minister Vijay Goel led a bicycle rally in Paharganj today demanding the Delhi Government reduce prices of fuel.

—–   Indian National Rupee (INR) at 74.24 versus the US dollar.

—–   Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA) to issue a notice to actor Alok Nath seeking his stand on sexual harassment allegations made against him by a show writer.