Afternoon News Headlines (January 18, 2018)

ONI Bureau: — Badambadi bus stand in Cuttack to be shifted to Gopalpur following muck problems.

— BMC issues ‘Red Corner Notice’ against 284 individuals and firms for defaulting an amount of Rs 9 crores tax.

— Over 60 houses gutted after fire breaks out in slum near Biju Patnaik Park in Berhampur.

— A man torches wife and 5-month old daughter in Nabarangpur, surrenders later.

— Revenue inspector caught red handed by vigilance in Jagatsinghpur.

— 25th GST Council meeting underway in Delhi.

— Polling for legislative assembly elections in Tripura to be held on 18 Feb, polling in Meghalaya & Nagaland to be held on 27 Feb; Counting for all three states on 3 March: AK Joti, Chief Election Commissioner.

— NIA files chargesheet against 12 people including LeT chief Hafiz Saeed, Hizbul’s Syed Salahuddin in J&K terror funding case.

— One Swedish national dead in an avalanche that triggered near second phase of Gulmarg Gandola on Apharwat Peak; missing skier found by Ski Rescue team of J&K Police.

— Supreme Court stays notification by Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat; grants green signal to release of the film Padmaavat.