Afternoon News Headlines (December 25, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  Good Afternoon Readers! Here are the Afternoon News Bulletin on Odisha, India and World by Odisha News Insight.

—   Paddy worth lakhs of rupees gutted in fire mishap in Jhandariguda village of Nabarangpur district.

—   Annual Bird Census to begin on January 5 in Chilika Lake.

—   Berhampur Police arrest 9 dacoits on charges of stealing a truck loaded with liquor on December 4.

—   Vamsadhara tribunal team visits several villages under Kashipur block in Rayagada district for inspection.

—   Assam: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates 4.94 km long Bogibeel Bridge, a combined rail and road bridge over Brahmaputra river in Dibrugarh.

—   Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s memorial ‘Sadaiv Atal’ inaugurated near the Rashtriya Smriti Sthal on Vajpayee’s 94th birth anniversary.

—   A statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee will be erected in Patna soon, announces Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

—   Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy lands in trouble when caught on tape asking Police to mercilessly kill assailants.

—   Chhattisgarh Governor Anandiben Patel administered oath to new state cabinet ministers in Raipur.

—   Indonesia Tsunami toll hits 429 as Rain hampers rescue efforts.