ONI Bureau: —– College Student identified as Kulamni Mallick drowns while practising swimming for police constable exam at Tihidi area in Keonjhar district.
—– Cuttack Nagar Congress President Md. Moquim and party activists play Cricket at Badambadi main road in Cuttack during Bharat Bandh.
—– The Regional Meteorological Centre today issued thunderstorm and moderate rainfall alert for 12 districts – Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada and Koraput – till 5 PM today.
—– 7-day flood relief was announced for 3 districts – Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Jajpur.
—– Congress members offer flowers and urge public to support Bharat Bandh in Bhubaneswar.
—– Odisha PCC chief Niranjan Patnaik forms 3-member committee to probe into alleged violences at Kakatpur and Remuna during observance of Bharat Bandh; says action will be taken against Congress activists if found guilty.
—– Two girls drown in Baitarani River while bathing near Goudadiha Ghat near Anandapur in Keonjhar dist.
—– A child died after an ambulance was stuck in the protests in Bihar’s Jehanabad; SDO says the relatives had left late from their home.
—– Shutdown against hike in fuel prices hits normal life in Bihar, Karnataka an Tripura. Strike remains mostly ineffective in West Bengal & Maharashtra.
—– Jammu-Srinagar National Highway closed after landslide in Ramban district. Traffic movement disrupted, clearance work underway.
—– Interpol has issued a red corner notice against Purvi Modi, the sister of PNB scam accused Nirav Modi.
—– Delhi Govt orders probe after five labourers died yesterday afternoon while cleaning a sewer near DLF flats in Moti Nagar.
—– Bahart Bandh fails, hike in fuel prices momentary difficulty: BJP.
—– PDP to boycott local body polls in J&K.
—– Delhi launches doorstep delivery of public services.
—– Naseeruddin Shah to launch book on Urdu poets of Delhi.
—– Rupee crashes further, hits 72.67 per dollar.