Afternoon News Headlines (January 3, 2018)

— Last rites of martyred CRPF Jawan Pradeep Panda completed in his native village Liploi in Sundergarh dist.

— Bargarh DhanuJatra ‘Kansa’ Bhubaneswar Pradhan takes dip in Puri sea to get rid of his sins.

— Meeting of state mining ministers & secretaries to be held at Goa on January 19 to discuss e-auctions, surveillance system.

— Huge elephant herd stray into human habitation creating panic among locals Angul

— Odisha to skip Niti Aayog meeting at New Delhi from January 4.

— Traffic Volunteer Service to be launched in 4 cities in Odisha.

— Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow.

— Madhya Pradesh cabinet approves increase in cess imposed on petrol & diesel by 50 paise per litre.

— AAP nominates Sushil Gupta, ND Gupta and Sanjay Singh for Rajya Sabha elections.

— Maharashtra bandh today; some Mumbai metro routes suspended. ‘Rasta Roko’ protest being held in Andheri on the Western Express Highway.

— MiG-29 fighter jet of Indian navy crashes at Goa Airport, trainee pilot safe.

— The Quantum of punishment for RJD chief Lalu Prasad & 15 others convicts in fodderscam to be announced tomorrow by CBI special court.