Afternoon News Headlines (August 20, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Ashes of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be immersed in major rivers of Odisha.

—–   National Green Tribunal completes hearing on illegal construction on Mahanadi river; directs Forest and Environment Ministry to submit report within 3 months after visiting.

—–   Gangster Sushant Dhal Samanta gets 5-year jail term in connection with two different cases.

—–   Kerala Floods: Odisha people to be brought back by Special Trains.

—–   Police bust dacoit gang in Koraput; 9 arrested.

—–   Around 20 students of BJB college in Bhubaneswar injured during a clash between two groups.

—–   ASI technical core committee team to begin 3-day inspection work inside #Puri Srimandir’s Jagamohan.

—–   Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Supreme Court grants liberty to one of the convicts in the case. Convict AG Perarivalan, to submit letter copy which he wrote to Tamil Nadu Governor seeking earlier release from prison. Matter adjourned for 2 weeks.

—–   Delhi’s Patiala House Court allowed Congress leader Shashi Tharoor to visit Geneva, Switzerland, to meet the family of former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

—–   PNB fraud case: Former MD and CEO of Allahabad Bank, Usha Ananthasubramanian granted bail on a surety bond of Rs 1 lakhs by Special CBI court in Mumbai.

—–   Delhi: Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a meeting with Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera today.

—–   United Kingdom authorities have confirmed that Nirav Modi is in the U.K and CBI has moved an extradition request through proper channels: CBI.

—–   Shooter Lakshay wins silver medal in men’s trap shooting.

—–   Asian Games 2018: Seema Tomar eliminated (at 6th spot) in Finals of Women’s Trap event. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat moves into finals of 50kg freestyle.