Evening News Headlines (August 07, 2018)

ONI Bureau:    —–  Nitish Kumar, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh have spoken to Naveen Patnaik seeking support during Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election; final call will be taken tomorrow: BJD spokesperson Sasmit Patra.

—–  Minor girl allegedly raped by relative in Sadar area of Cuttack; complaint lodged by mother.

—–  Security alert in Odisha boder areas after 15 Maoists killed in neighbouring Chhattisgarh.

—–  7-yr-old boy bitten by cobra hatchling; cobra rescued from his School Shoe.

—–  BJD leaders Shashi Bhusan Behera, Debi Prasad Mishra to travel to Chennai tomorrow to pay last respects to Karunanidhi.

—–  Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms likely to occur in different places of Odisha in the next 24 hours.

—–  Newly-wed woman set afire over dowry demands in Chilapada village in Balasore district. Rushed to Nilagiri hospital.

—–  Jharsuguda airport may get inaugurated on August 21.

—–  Chennai: M. Karunanidhi passes away after a prolonged illness. DMK workers gather outside Kauvery hospital, raise slogans in memory of Karunanidhi.

—–  PM Narendra Modi to travel to Chennai tomorrow morning, to pay his last respects to M Karunanidhi.

—–  Congress President Rahul Gandhi along with senior party leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mukul Wasnik to travel to Chennai tomorrow.

—–  Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation services to Tamil Nadu have been stopped temporarily.

—–  CRPF officer injured in Maoist-triggered blast in Sukma.

—–  Supreme Court slams Bihar Govt for funding NGOs involved in sexual abuse.

—–  Opposition to put up a candidate for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman elections.

—–  Police raid old age home run by Brajesh Thakur in Samastipur. Thakur is the main accused in Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case.