Morning News Headlines (February 28, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — Bijepur Bypoll: BJD’s Rita Sahu leads with 54,104 votes after Round 10th, BJP’s Ashok Panigrahi with 31,366 votes and Pranaya Sahu with 2,788 votes.

— Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati passes away in Kānchipuram of Tamil Nadu; he was 82.

— One succumbs to injuries in a cracker explosion in Salepur, one undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College and Hospital, another critical.

— Karti Chidambaram taken into custody by CBI at Chennai Airport over INX media case.

— Former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi quits NDA, joins Bihar’s ‘grand-alliance’.

— Madhya Pradesh: Congress leading over BJP by 1300 votes in the third round of counting in Mungaoli by-poll; 1373 votes in Kolaras.

— Nagaland: One security personnel has lost his life, few others injured, after a polling party vehicle met with an accident in Tuensang.

— Mumbai: People queue up outside Celebration Sports Club to pay tributes to Sridevi.

— Green Acres society, where Sridevi resided, cancels Holi celebrations in view of the actor’s demise.