Afternoon News Headlines (February 20, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — Cabinet approves proposal for constitution of Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal and 130 km long Jeypore-Malkangiri New Line project.

— Enforcement Directorate officials raid major jewellery stores in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in connection with 11000 crore Nirav Modi scam in PNB.

— 45 students of Sundhibahal UP school in Belpara taken ill after consuming iron tablets; 8 critical shifted to Bolangir medical.

— IAS Association Delhi meets LG, urged him to take legal action against those responsible; Meeting between Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash and Home Minister Rajnath Singh underway in Delhi.

— Cabinet gives approval to introduce the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2018 in Parliament.

— Meeting between Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash and Home Minister Rajnath Singh underway in Delhi.

— Earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale struck Jammu & Kashmir at 12.41pm.

— N Chandrababu Naidu joins parties in call for no-trust move against PM Modi.

— IndiGo approached the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order to shift part of its operations to Terminal 2 airport in New Delhi.

— JNU protest case: Delhi High Court extends ban on protest near JNU Admin building till March 9, next date of hearing in the case.

— 98 people were killed in government shelling of rebel-held Damascus suburbs on Monday.

— Trump Jr. to give foreign policy speech on ‘unofficial’ business trip to India

— China secretly talking to Baloch militants to protect China-Pakistan Economic Corridor of One Belt One Road (OBOR): Report