Afternoon News Headlines (January 3, 2019)

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

—    CM Naveen urges Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal for introduction of new trains on Khurda-Bolangir route.

—    2 persons killed, 1 hospitalized after consuming liquor at Nakatideula village in Sambalpur dist.

—    Odisha Raj Bhavan Garden to open for public from January 6.

—    Crime Branch STF arrests pangolin smuggler from Berhampur; hes Jamshed used to traffic pangolins from Odisha to Bangladesh via Madhya Pradesh and Assam.

—    ‘Diba Pahuda’ ritual of Lord Jagannath today; darshan at Puri Srimandir to remain suspended from 4 pm to 6.30 pm.

—    BJP Krushak Morcha members stage demonstration in front of residence of Food Supplies Minister Surjya Narayan Patro in Bhubaneswar over irregularities in mandis across Odisha.

—    Kerala: 1369 people have been arrested, 717 taken into preventive detention & 801 cases registered in connection with Sabarimala Temple related violence.

—    China and Pakistan are building a bigger fleet. The UPA government wanted only 18 flyaway fighter jets. UPA created a deadlock, says Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during debate on Rafale jet deal in Lok Sabha. Defence Minister in Lok Sabha: The first aircraft will be delivered in September 2019 and 36 aircraft will be delivered in the year 2022. The process of negotiation was finished in 14 months.

—    Jharkhand High Court reserves order on Lalu Yadav’s bail plea in Fodder scam cases.

—    Super Blood Wolf Moon will occur on Jan 20-21 and will last for 62 minutes.