Afternoon News Headlines (August 13, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–  Odisha Govt opposes proposed water aerodrome at Chilika; says it would affect the marine ecosystem of the lake.

—–  A delegation from Fujian Province of China today met Chief Minister and Chief Secretary in connection with the event. Odisha CM invites Chinese team for investors’ meet in November.

—–  Red alert for heavy rain issued to Collectors of 9 districts in Odisha. Heavy rain till Aug 15.

—–  BJP will put up a tough fight against other parties during upcoming election and we will win in Odisha: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar at Berhampur.

—–  Orissa High Court grants bail to IAS officer Vinod Kumar and Purna Chnadra Das.

—–  Congress activists, students scuffle with cops in Odisha capital during pressing for fulfillment of their demands including jobs and withdrawal of privatization in government hospitals.

—–  Death of two girl students at Tentei village in Balasore: Post-mortem report says the duo died of poisoning.

—–  Full Dress Rehearsal taken place in Bhubaneswar for Independence Day 2018.

—–  TDR fraud case: Crime Branch files chargesheet against contractor Bunty Agarwal in connection with TDR fraud case.

—–  Air Pollution case: Supreme Court allows proposal submitted by the Union of India to put blue stickers on petrol & CNG cars and orange stickers on diesel vehicles in Delhi NCR, to identify cars running on polluting fuels.

—–  Unidentified man open fires at JNU student Umar Khalid in Delhi. Khalid lost his balance,fell down & bullet missed him.

—–  Mortal remains of former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee will be kept in the Assembly for a few hours. His family will take the mortal remains to their residence from where they will be taken to SSKM Hospital where he had donated his body for medical research: Mamata Banerjee.

—–  Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) writes to Air India raising concerns over the lack of maintenance of aircraft operated by Air India.

—–  BJP President Amit Shah sent letter to the Law Commission for One Nation One Election.

—–  Rain claims 5 lives in Himachal; hundreds stranded as highways shut.

—–  Death toll in Indonesia earthquake reaches 436.