Morning News Headlines (February 26, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — Bird Flu scare in Paradip: Jagatsinghpur district administration begins culling of chickens.

— 5 teachers, 2 peons removed from board exam centre duty in Ghatagaon after allegations of allowing malpractice.

— Excise station to be set up in each district soon to check illegal liquor sale: Minister Shashi Bhushan Behera.Excise station to be set up in each district soon to check illegal liquor sale: Minister Shashi Bhushan Behera.

— Gold and silver ornaments worth over lakhs of rupees looted from a Durga temple near Keonjhar bus stand.

— Mercury rises in Odisha, Balasore crosses 38.8 degree C.

— Noted editor Soumya Ranjan Patnaik’s name for one of the 3 Rajya Sabha seats.

— Jharkhand: 4 naxals killed in an encounter which broke out during a special search operation n Palamu’s Naudiha.

— Tripura Election 2018 repoll: 37.07% voters turnout till 11 am.

— Pakistan violated ceasefire in Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajouri.

— An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 strikes Papua New Guinea.

— After hockey, Odisha’s Kalinga Stadium hosts Indian Super League game. Odisha CM inaugurates first ever Hero Indian Super League match yesterday.

— ITF tennis tournament inaugurated by Chief Secy Aditya Padhi at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.