Afternoon News Headlines (January 17, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — Odisha CM writes to Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal demanding allocation of Rs 6,500 crore for the State in the upcoming railway budget.

— Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra to skip House Committee meeting on Mahanadi scheduled to be held tomorrow.

— Professor Deepak Kumar Behera appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Sambalpur University.

— Poster depicting wrong picture of Puri Sri Jagannath temple removed by IRCTC.

— Jatra Troupe Owners’ Association President Soumya Ranjan Patnaik says 23 Jatra troupes to be closed down next year.

 

— PM Modi and Israel PM Netanyahu inaugurate the iCreate centre in Ahmedabad’s Deo Dholera Village.

— Lalu Prasad Yadav appeared before Ranchi Special CBI Court for hearing in Fodder scam case.

— Five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court begins hearing the matter related to constitutional validity of Aadhaar.

— For the first time, Sensex had crossed 35,000 mark, today.

— RBI reiterates legal tender status of Rupees 10 coins of different designs.