Afternoon News Headlines (April 7, 2017)

* High-level meeting under chairmanship of Chief Secretary AP Padhi will be held this afternoon to talk on preparations ahead of PM Modi’s Odisha visit.

* PM Modi receives Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi.

* DMK working President MK Stalin demands resignation of health minister Vijaya Bhaskar after IT raids.

* Mishap averted at Delhi airport as Air India, Indigo flight come face-to at Delhi airport runway.

* Supreme Court asks Rajasthan Govt to respond within three weeks on Alwar incident; Congress welcomes SC’s notice.

* Tax evasion of more than Rs 1.37 lakh crore detected in last three years: CBDT.

* 64th National Film Awards: Akshay Kumar wins Best Actor for Rustom; Neerja best Hindi film.

* US President Donald Trump accepts President Xi Jinping’s invitation to visit China.

* UK government ‘fully supports’ US strikes on Syria; China urges to avoid ‘further deterioration’ in Syria.

* China condemns use of chemical weapons “by any country, in any circumstance”.