Afternoon News Headlines (August 08, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–  Odisha CM holds meetings with Industry leaders during Make In Odisha Investors’ Meet in Mumbai. Urges investors “to come and experience the countless opportunities that Odisha offers”.

—–  Odisha Assembly’s Monsoon Session to commence from September 4.

—–  Odisha Crime Branch STF team headed by DIG Himanshu Lal to leave for Delhi to interrogate suspected terrorist handler of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Habibur Rahman.

—–  Odisha Health Dept issues guidelines to district collectors directing them to handout CM Naveen Patnaik’s letter to 69,69,672 beneficiaries under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana; distribution of cards to start from August 15.

—–  MeT issues lightning, thunderstorm warning for Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Angul and Deogarh dist till 6.30 pm today.

—–  Kendrapara Town Police takes gangster Tito on a 2-day remand in connection with abduction of contractor Siba Parida.

—–  2 dead and 33 injured in scuffle and stampede outside Rajaji Hall in Chennai.

—–  Congress President Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to M Karunanidhi at Rajaji Hall.

—–  A criminal court in Thailand has ruled that close associate of Chhota Shakeel, Sayyed Muzakkir Muddassar Hussain alias Munna Jhingra is an Indian citizen and ordered his repatriation back to India.

—–  An encounter has started between security forces and terrorists in Baramulla district’s Rafiabad. More details awaited.

—–  Karunanidhi’s final journey to start at 4 p.m. from Rajaji Hall.

—–  WhatsApp officially rolls out forward message limit for Indian users.