Morning News Headlines (August 14, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–  Regional Meteorological Centre issues thunderstorm & rain alert for 16 districts till 1.45 pm today.

—–  Poll Preparation: EVMs for 13 districts in Odisha reach Monday.

—–  Speeding car hits youth near Patraput in Koraput district; deceased identified as Purna chandra Jena.

—–  Tension erupts at Basudevpur Community Health Centre in Bhadrak district after patient administered expired IV fluid.

—–  Bhubaneswar ranks 18th among 111 cities in Ease Of Living Index.

—–  Vehicles stranded on both sides of NH- 59 near Baliguda in #Kandhamal district after temporary bridge washed away.

—–  Mass fish death in Sahara Matsyadia River in Paradip

—–  Brown sugar worth Rs 10 lakh seized by excise officials during multiple raids in Bhubaneswar and seize 1.5 quintals of Ganja from an auto-rickshaw near Nirakarpur in Khurda district.

Indian Army gunned down two Pakistani soldiers last night in a retaliatory action to unprovoked ceasefire violations in Tangdhar Sector: Defence PRO Jammu & Kashmir.

—–  Indian Rupees touches record low of 70.07 versus the US dollar.

—–  Kerala: CPM leader EP Jayarajan takes oath as a Minister in CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s Cabinet. He will take charge of the Industries Department.

—–  India & Pakistan border guards exchange sweets at Attari-Wagah border on the occasion of Pakistan Independence Day.

—–  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will announce pilot projects of Ayushman Bharat in select district hospitals on the occasion of Independence Day.

—–  Earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale strikes Chiba Prefecture in Japan.