Afternoon News Headlines (October 8, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–    Met Dept says low pressure formed over Bay of Bengal to intensify into Deep Depression in next 24 hours and further likely to deepen into a cyclone in 48 hours.

—–   Photo of Puri Jannath temple premises made viral! Sub Inspector of Puri Sea Beach police station, Dilip Panda posts photograph of ‘Pinda Dana’ on ‘Baishipahacha’ on a Facebook post.

—–   An eminent Odia novelist and Padma Shri awardee, Pratibha Ray was earlier working as a member of the Bharatiya Jnanpith Selection Board.

—–   Puri Bandh Violence: 13 more persons including makeshift stall owners held by police; earlier 41 were arrested in connection with the incident.

—–   Senior leader Damodar Rout targets Minister Maheswar Mohanty over Puri Bandh Violence; says the minister should resign on moral grounds.

—–   Woman GRS Arrested For Misappropriation Of MGNREGA Fund at Patharpada area of Korei block in Jajpur.

—–   Gold worth Rs 5 lakh seized from an Indian passenger at Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar.

—–   J&K: Polling underway for first phase of Urban Local Body elections.

—–   President Ram Nath Kovind reviewed Guard of Honour with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon at Palace of Nation in Tajikistan’s Dushanbe, today.

—–   Maharashtra: Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad has nabbed a person working at Brahmos Unit in Nagpur on the charges of spying.

—–   Supreme Court expresses concern over the incident where 34 minor girls in Bihar’s Supaul were thrashed for allegedly resisting sexual advances.

—–   Veteran actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital yesterday for treatment of recurrent Pneumonia.

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