Afternoon News Headlines (February 7, 2018)

 ONI Bureau:  — Odisha CM announces SIT (Special Investigation Team) probe into the Kunduli tragedy.

— Youth wing of Congress to gherao Naveen Niwas tomorrow in protest of Kunduli incident.

— Fresh user trial of indigenously developed surface-to-surface ballistic missile Prithvi-II done from launch complex-3 of Integrated Test Range at Chandipur.

— Eggs hurl at dias of Patana MLA Hrushikesh Nayak & BJD’s Keonjhar district president during annual function of Chandrasekharpur College.

— FTII to conduct week long Film Appreciation Course in Bhubaneswar.

— EAM Sushma Swaraj meets Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel Jubeir.

— PM Narendra Modi’s wife Jashodaben meets with car accident in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh. Her relative killed, she is fine.

— WhatsApp to soon launch group voice, video calling feature.

— China opposes Indian military intervention in Maldives.

— Repo rate remains unchanged at 6%, and reverse repo rate remains unchanged at 5.75%: RBI

— Delhi: CBI Special Court sends Indrani Mukerjea to 14 days judicial custody in connection with INX media case.

— Delhi’s Patiala House court today granted bail to Bilal Ahmad Kawa, who is a suspect in the 2000 Red Fort attack case.

— SC asks mining companies in Goa to wind up operations by March 15 this year.

— Sachin Tendulkar has written a letter to Board of Control for Cricket in India requesting them to consider recognition of Cricket Association for the Blind.