Afternoon News Headlines (August 24, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Odisha Cabinet decides to bring resolution for Vidhan Parishad.

—–   Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik confers Pandit Nilakantha Das Samman, Madhusudan Das Samman and Gopabandhu Das Samman to 24 MLAs.

—–   Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik writes to Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu, urging him to introduce flight services between Bhubaneswar and Surat.

—–   Regional Meteorological department warns of thunderstorm & lightning at one or two places over 18 districts of Odisha till 5:45 PM today.

—–   Officials of Water Resources department of Odisha and Chhattisgarh to discuss water management of Hirakuddam during meeting at Burla today.

—–   Odisha unit NDRF team returns Bhubaneswar from Kerala after rescue and relief operations.

—–   Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad Yadav asked to surrender by August 30 by Jharkhand High Court; request for 3 months bail extension rejected by the court.

—–   Defence Minister N Sitharaman visits the flood affected Kodagu district in Karnataka; offer Rs 1 crore of MPLAD (Members of Parliament Local Area Development) fund for Kodagu district.

—–   Kerala Floods case: Supreme Court orders to maintain water level at 139.99 feet in Mullaperiyar Dam till August 31.

—–   SC permits notification of uncontested seats in West Beenal panchayat polls.

—–   Rajkummar Rao confirms working with Anurag Basu in ‘Imli’.

—–   Iran defeats India 27-24 in Women’s Kabaddi finals; India settles for silver medal. Tennis Men’s Doubles: Rohan Bopanna/Divij Sharan win gold medal after defeating Kazakhstan pair in the finals 6-3 6-4. Heena Sidhu wins bronze medal in Women’s 10m air pistol finals.