Evening News Headlines (August 29, 2018)

ONI Bureau:   —–   PM Modi likely to visit Odisha next month.

—–   Union Minister of State for Water Resources, Arjun Ram Meghwal reviews Mahanadi matter in Bhubaneswar; says Odisha-Chhattisgarh dispute should be resolved through discussions.

—–   Lawyer-Police squabble in Cuttack takes ugly turn; PCR van set on fire, Odisha Bar Council calls for cease-work strike by lawyers across the state tomorrow.

—–   Mayhem in Brahmagiri Block Office; 2 injured; section 144 clamped following clash between BJP & BJD supported sarpanches, samiti members.

—–   Youth critically injured after being shot at near Jitu Motel on Bolangir-Titlagarh road; rushed to Bolangir hospital.

—–   ‘One nation, one poll’ is not possible until changes are made in constitution and law: Chief Election Commissioner, Om Prakash Rawat.

—–   Jaipur: Four awarded death sentence earlier today in rape cases of minors in three separate incidents after the Rajasthan government passed the bill to award death penalty to the culprits in rape cases involving girls below 12 years of age.

—–   Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired his 28th interaction through PRAGATI – the ICT-based, multi-modal platform for pro-active governance and timely implementation. The Prime Minister reviewed the progress in the resolution of grievances related to Income Tax.

—–   Shopian:J&K DGP SP Vaid & IGP Kashmir SP Pani pay tribute to Constable Ishfaq Ahmad Mir, Constable Javaid Ahmad Bhat, Constable Mohammad Iqbal Mir, & SPO Adil Manzoor Bhat,who lost their lives after being attacked by terrorists in Shopian’s Arahama, earlier today.

—–   Bhima Koregaon Case: The UPA Government had, in Dec 2012, identified 128 organisations with linkages to CPI (Maoists) & written to all the states asking them to take action against people involved with these organisations. Seven of those (Varavara Rao, Sudha Bhardwaj, Surendra Gadling, Rona Wilson, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Mahesh Raut) arrested belong to organisations appearing in this list.

—–   Supreme Court directs to keep the five accused under house arrest till September 5.

—–   Kochi: Operations resumed today at Cochin International Airport that was closed due to flooding of the airport.

—–   CBI arrests three persons in fake railway recruitment scam.

—–   I earnestly believe that this increase in oil prices (brent and crude oil) is really temporary: DEA Secretary Subhash Garg on increasing fuel prices.

—–   Dutee Chand finishes second in Women’s 200m finals clocking 23.20s.

—–   India’s Swapna Barman wins gold in Women’s Heptathlon event; 11th GOLD for India; Purnima Hembram finishes fourth.

—–   India’s Arpinder Singh wins GOLD in Men’s Triple Jump Finals with 16.77m.

—–   India’s Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal get bronze medal in Mixed doubles table tennis after losing to China in semi-finals.