Afternoon News Headlines (August 07, 2018)
ONI Bureau: —– CM Naveen Patnaik reaches Mumbai to attend “Make In Odisha” road show scheduled to be held tomorrow.
—– Bihar CM Nitish Kumar urges Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to lend support to NDA-backed JD(U) candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy-Chairman.
—– Various Trains Cancelled/Partially Cancelled/Re-Scheduled by East Coast Railways due to severe waterlogging in Puri Station.
—– No Flood-like situation in State following heavy downpour: Deputy Relief Commissioner.
—– 3 more affidavits submitted before Justice Raghubir Das Commission; total number of affidavits submitted to Commission becomes 7
—– Senior BJD leader Rabi Nanda threatens to go on stir if all the 5 doctors re-transferred to Koraput Medical College & Hospital are not sent back to DHH Jeypore.
—– Prasanna Rout, Managing Director of Z Infra arrested by Crime Branch on charges of Rs 12 crore fraud.
—– Army Major, 3 soldiers martyred in J&K’s Gurez while foiling infiltration bid, two terrorists killed.
—– Bombay High Court rejects 1993 serial blasts convict Abu Salem’s plea for parole to marry.
—– Supreme Court asks Bihar Govt to arrest wife of one of the accused in the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case for allegedly disclosing the names of certain minor victims by posting their identities and names on her Facebook account.
—– Chennai: DMK supporters continue to gather outside Kauvery Hospital where DMK Chief M Karunanidhi is currently admitted.
—– Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case: Supreme Court raps the shelter home, asks ‘who is giving money to the shelter home in the state?’
—– Siddharthnagar: At least 20 children injured after their school bus fell into a pond in Khaira village. The injured have been admitted to hospital.
—– Supporters gather outside Chennai’s Kauvery Hospital where DMK President M. Karunanidhi is undergoing treatment. The hospital had yesterday stated a decline in his medical condition.
—– Delhi cabinet ups MLA Area Development (LAD) fund to Rs 10 crore per year per assembly from Rs 4 crore.