Afternoon News Headlines (August 02, 2018)
ONI Bureau: —– The reports of Baijayant Panda joining BJP in a recent outing at Cuttack has been refuted as baseless by him in his twitter handle.
—– Keonjhar: Police arrests fake Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI) from Tehsil Chhak in Barbil; seizes duplicate books, cash.
—– Petrochemical Cracker Project in Paradip: Taiwan team meets CM Naveen & Chief Secy to discuss the Rs 43,000 crore project.
—– After first phase surgery, doctors at MKCG medical college & hospital remove Kanha’s stitches today; his health condition is stable.
—– Students of Vikram Deb College in Koraput lock up main gate, sit on dharna demanding cancellation of transfer of Principal.
—– Rajkanika Locals Protest over ‘undignified’ soil collection from memorials of martyrs Basu Sethi and Bisuni Madhual for construction of a martyrs’ tower in Bhubaneswar.
—– Orissa High Court Bar Association lawyers call cease-work stir till Aug 6 demanding the arrest of lawyer Sandeep Nayak’s murderer.
—– State BJP unit President Basant Panda criticises Odisha CM says, ‘People getting excluded frrom society is not new & facing discrimination is rampant but govt is unaware.
—– 154 people dead, 131 people injured, 187 animals dead and 1259 houses damaged due to heavy rainfall and lightning in 72 districts of Uttar Pradesh from July 1 to August 1.
—– Supreme Court restrains the media from telecasting images and videos of minor rape victims even in blurred and morphed form.
—– EAM Sushma Swaraj arrived at Ashgabat Airport in Turkmenistan and was received by Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, earlier today.
—– Income Tax Department detects undisclosed income worth Rs. 125 Crore under the Foriegn Account Compliance Act (FATCA).
—– New Goa airport will handle 30 million passengers annually: CM Manohar Parrikar.
—– Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK MLA A.K. Bose dies of cardiac arrest.
—– ‘Baahubali’ prequel series announced by Netflix.
—– Chennai: Complaint registered against Kamal Haasan, Bigg Boss 2 (Tamil) and Vijay TV. as Haasan portrayed former CM Jayalalithaa as a dictator during the show.