Afternoon News Headlines (August 30, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Police Lawyers Conflict: 3 including two constables and a havildar suspended for misconduct. Orissa High Court Bar Association to continue its cease-work agitation till the accused police personnel are arrested; next course of action to be finalised at general body meeting on Monday.

—–   2019 matriculation examination will have 4 sets of question papers instead of 3; the pattern for Class IX students will be same as the new pattern proposed to be implemented from 2020-21 session.

—–   Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces additional cash reward of Rs 1.5 crore for sprinter Dutee Chand for winning silver in 200 mts event at Asian Games.

—–   Home Dept issues Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to prevent crime of Honour Killing.

—–   All-party meeting commences to discuss various issues including use of EVM, VVPATS in view of 2019 general elections; Finance Minister Shashi Bhusan Behera, BJP spokesperson Pitambar Acharya and representatives of all parties present.

—–   Release of Floodwaters from Hirakud swells up Mahanadi.

—–   Vigilance arrests Chhatrapur Tehsildar Bijay Ketan Sahu and his wife Nalini Prusty posted as accounts officer in OPEPA after disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 6. 87 crore were detected during raids yesterday

—–   Major tragedy was averted after smoke was detected in Villupuram-Kharagpur Express Creates Panic, Passengers Safe.

—–   Senior Congress leaders in core group meeting have advised Rahul Gandhi to not accept RSS program invitation: Sources.

—–   BIMSTEC leaders including PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PMSheikh Hasina meet Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu.

—–   Uttarakhand: State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel help people across landslide affected area near Phata en-route to Kedarnath.

—–   Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh meets school students from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara.

—–   Supreme Court today pulled up the Central Government for not furnishing the details before it of MLAs and MPs who have criminal records against them.

—–   483 dead, flood loss more than Kerala’s annual outlay: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vjayan.