Evening News Headlines (December 18, 2017)

ONI Bureau:  — Odisha CM speaks to PM Modi over phone; congratulates BJP for its victory in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh polls.

— CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates 8th ‘Sargi Phul’ science exhibition in Bhubaneswar today.

— Congress accepts verdict of people and congratulates new govts in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

—  Moral defeat for BJP in Gujarat: Mamata Banerjee.

—  Delhi HC today dismissed a plea seeking ‘status of martyr’ for freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru who were hanged by Britishers in 1931.

—  Special PMLA Court rejected bail application of NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal in a money laundering case.

—  Delhi Metro’s Kalkaji Mandir-Botanical Garden section to be inaugurated by PM Modi on December 25.

—  Rutaparna Panda, Mithula U. K. win Junior National Badminton doubles title in Guwahati.

—  India and Sri Lanka cricket teams arrive in Bhubaneswar to play T20 at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.