Afternoon News Headlines (September 24, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Give BJP & Modiji a chance and we promise you to make Odisha the number one State in the country,’ Amit Shah at BJP Mahila Morcha Meet in Puri.

—–   Odisha targets 55 lakh tonne paddy procurement during Kharif season.

—–   Odisha Fire Services Personnel launches indefinite cease-work strike across the State.

—–   IAS Vinod Kumar convicted in ORHDC Scam; gets 3-Year Jail Term.

—–   Former Kendrapara MP Baijayant Panda appears before Directorate General of Civil Aviation in Delhi in connection with flying chopper over Chilika.

—–   Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates New Greenfield Airport at Pakyong, Gangtok in Sikkim.

—–   Telangana Governor rides bicycle to Raj Bhavan.

—–   Rajasthan: A school bus carrying 20 children got stuck in a water-logged underpass in Ajmer after heavy rainfall in the region. All the children have been rescued.

—–   Our differences with Rahul are political, not personal: Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

—–   Bishop Franco Mulakkal sent to 14 days judicial custody.

—–   Mudslide kills 5 of family in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district.

—–   Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrives in Amethi on 2-day visit.

—–   BSP leader Romesh Mahant joins BJP.

—–   J&K flash flood in Kathua district; 30 people rescued.

—–   Earthquake of magnitude 3.7 occurred at 1422 hours in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur.