Afternoon News Headlines (August 29, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   ‘My Heart Beats For Hockey’ campaign begins in Odisha on the occasion of National Sports Day.

—–  Former Accountant General Amar Patnaik joins BJD in the presence of party supremo and CM Naveen Patnaik.

—–  BJD accuses Chhattisgarh Govt of releasing excess water into Odisha without information that leads to flood situation in the state.

—–  Flood threat looms large in Boudh, Subarnapur; SRC says No Flood panic.

—–  Fake sauce production unit busted at Mahaveer slum, Sailasree Vihar; Spurious tomato sauce, chili sauce and soy sauce were being produced at the unit using pumpkin, says police.

—–  An 8-year old male African lion, brought from Tel Aviv, Israel in 2015 found dead at Nandankanan Zoo.

—–  J&K: Total four policemen have lost their lives after being attacked by terrorists in Shopian’s Arahama.

—–  Data tabulated by the Income Tax (IT) department highlighted 40 per cent increase in incremental growth in e-Filing of IT returns.

—–  Dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees and dearness relief to pensioners hiked by 2% with effect from 1 July, 2018; Around 48.41 lakh central government employees, 62 lakh pensioners to be benefited.

—–  Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javdekar addresses at the launch of the Smart India Hackathon 2019, in New Delhi.

—–  RBI Annual report for the year 2017-18 states,”Implementation of GST achieved another important milestone towards an efficient indirect tax structure.

—–  Over 99% of demonetised notes back with RBI.

—–  ED attaches assets worth Rs 26 cr of journalist.

—–  Manohar Parrikar to fly to US for treatment.

—–  Asiad 2018: Boxers Amit, Vikas enter semis.

—–  Asian Games 2018: India beat DPR Korea to enter table tennis mixed doubles semifinals.