Morning News Headlines (November 8, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  Good Morning Readers! Here are the Morning News Bulletin on India and World by Odisha News Insight.

—   Election Commission of India asks Odisha government to increase monitoring on state border with poll-bound Chhattisgarh.

—  Chhattisgarh: Husband of a village sarpanch allegedly shot dead by Maoists in Sukma district.

—   Contractual ground staff of Air India Air Transport Services Limited (AIATSL) at Mumbai airport are on a strike since last night; many flights from Mumbai delayed.

—   Kerala’s 96-year-old Topper Granny Karthiyani Amma from Alappuzha gets Laptop from Govt after telling CM of latest hobby.

—   Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau seized 50 kg heroin.

—   Delhi: 2 children charred to death, 2 injured in Desh Bandhu Gupta road area after their shanty caught fire.

—   140 kg crackers seized by police in North West Delhi last night.

—   Delhi’s air quality hazardous, severe at several places after Diwali, Anand Vihar at 999, area around US Embassy, Chanakyapuri at 459 & area around Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium at 999, all under ‘Hazardous’ category in Air Quality Index.

—   Petrol and diesel prices in Delhi are Rs 78.21 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.21) and Rs 72.89 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.18), respectively. Petrol and diesel prices in Mumbai are Rs 83.72 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.20) and Rs 76.38 per litre (decrease by Rs 0.19), respectively.

—   Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s brother in law Sanjay Singh to contest from Waraseoni on a Congress ticket.

—   Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) and several temples lit up on Diwali.

—   White House suspends CNN’s Acosta after Trump confrontation.

—   United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he resigned at President Donald Trump’s request.