Morning News Headlines (September 7, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   House rent allowance for Odisha MLAs, Ministers revised to Rs 1000/ day from Rs 100/month; former members of Assembly to receive Rs 2000/month healthcare allowance.

—–   BJD launches state-wide awareness campaign against fuel price hike.

—–   Speaker Pradip Amat adjourns House till 3 PM as Legislators create ruckus over fuel price hike.

—–   Malkangiri: Police seizes ambulance carrying 3.5 quintal ganja in Khairput.

—–   Excise officials seize brown sugar worth over Rs 20 lakh from Haladipadia slum of Laxmisagar in Bhubaneswar.

—–   Mother and daughter burnt alive after gas cylinder leakage in their house in Nuabhuban village in Dhenkanal.

—–   PM Modi will inaugurate India’s first Global Mobility Summit in New Delhi today.

—–   Delhi: Former UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, and former Norwegian Prime Minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland, visit a Mohalla Clinic with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

—–   West Bengal: A canal bridge in Siliguri’s Phansidewa collapsed early morning today. More details awaited.

—–   Petrol & Diesel prices in Mumbai are Rs.87.39 per litre & Rs.76.51 per litre. Petrol & Diesel prices in Delhi are Rs.79.99 per litre & Rs.72.07 per litre, respectively, respectively.

—–   Equity indices open in red; Sensex loses over 100 points.

—–   Apple to launch global online portal for law enforcement officers.

—–   India to take on England in fifth and final encounter of 5-match test series at Oval from today.

—–   Brazilian presidential candidate stabbed at rally.

—–   Japan quake toll reaches 16.