Afternoon News Headlines (August 21, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Odisha Congress chalk out party’s criteria for selection of candidates for Elections 2019.

—–   Kerala Floods: All have got seats in the special train announced by State govt and it will reach Odisha tomorrow, informs Deputy Relief Commissioner Prabhat Mohapatra.

—–   BJD’s Rabi Nanda holds Andhra govt’s Polavaram project responsible for Flood in Malkangiri.

—–   Patnagarh Wedding Gift Blast: Crime Branch files 300-page chargesheet against Punjilal Meher.

—–   Dharmasala Police arrests youth from Khurda for allegedly uploading obscene pics of a girl on Facebook; the girl, identified as a resident of Jajpur.

—–   The last date for online nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2019 is September 15, 2018.

—–   United Arab Emirates (UAE) offered financial assistance of Rs 700 crores for Kerala Floods: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

—–   Bihar cancels selection of 50 NGOs for running shelter homes.

—–   Naya Raipur will be renamed as Atal Nagar: Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh.

—–   Ahmed Patel will be the new treasurer of Congress party, he will replace Motilal Vora. Anand Sharma to be Chairman of Congress Foreign Cell.

—–   To move forward Pakistan and India must dialogue and resolve their conflicts incl Kashmir: The best way to alleviate poverty and uplift the people of the subcontinent is to resolve our differences through dialogue and start trading, tweets Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan.

—–   Hockey World Cup 2018 Review Meeting: Sports & Youth Services Secretary Vishal Dev says LED Display wall will be set up in 4-5 places of Bhubaneswar, 70-80 platoons of police force to be deployed, count down for the event to be done in 14-15 cities of India.

—–   Asian Games 2018: India’s Sanjeev Rajput wins Silver medal in Men’s 50m Air Rifle( 3 positions) event.