Afternoon News Headlines (January 23, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — Supreme Court asks Centre to form Mahanadi Tribunal in a Month.

— Kunduli victim suicide: Police resort to lathi-charge and detain over hundreds of BJP activists as they break barricades near Master Canteen Square.

— 12 National Security Guard (NSG) commandos to be deployed from Jan 23-27 in Bhubaneswar to avoid untoward situation during Republic Day.

— Odisha pays tribute to Netaji, Surendra Sai on their Birth Anniversary.

— O. P. Rawat assumes charge as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India.

— Shiv Sena to fight 2019 Assembly and Lok Sabha elections alone: Uddhav Thackeray.

— Aditya Thackeray has been named member of Shiv Sena’s National Executive.

— Padmaavat Row : Supreme Court refuses to modify its earlier order on Padmaavat.

— Cinema Owners & Exhibitors Association of India write to the Home Ministry; seeking sufficient security outside theaters showing Padmaavat.

— Australian Open: India’s Rohan Bopanna & his Hungarian partner Timea Babos enter mixed quarters.