Afternoon News Headlines (July 25, 2018)
ONI Bureau: —- ‘Rasagola diwas-2018’ celebrated in Pahala.
—- State govt to submit data on Rasagola to GI authorities by first week of August, informs MSME Minister Prafulla Samal.
—- Servitor injured after falling off ladder in Garbhagriha of Puri Srimandir.
—- Vigilance conducts raids at RTO offices in Derabis and Garadpur tehsil, Supplies Office and Kendrapara Municipal Office to investigate into possible links with gangster Tito.
—- BJP spokesperson Pitambar Acharya slams #Odisha govt over vigilance probe into Tito links, says the move is aimed to dilute the investigation process.
—- Two class IX students drown in kuakhai river.
—- 200 gms brown sugar worth Rs 30 lakh seized from Balichakk Sahi in Jatni, Khurda; 2 arrested.
—- Photos of illustrious personalities at Secretariat removed; state government says the pictures have been removed for restoration work.
—- Regional Met Department asks 11 Districts to be on high alert till 6 pm due to possible lightning and thunderstorm.
—- Konark NAC Accountant Manoj Bhanja, arrested by Vigilance sleuths while taking a bribe of Rs. 11000.
—- ‘Maut Ka Kuan’ stunt mishap in Nuapada district: 6 people were injured in the mishap, 8 Meena Bazar workers arrested by Sinapali police for illegally running the ‘Well of Death’ show.
—- Hardik Patel, aides get two-year jail term in visnagar rioting case.
—- Railway Minister yesterday granted sanction to prosecute officials involved in Lalu Prasad Yadav Chanakya hotel tender case.
—- Chhattisgarh: President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind visit Kalyan Ashram in Dantewada’s Hiranagar. He is on a two-day visit to the state.
—- A number of IndiGo Airbus A320 Neo aircraft have been grounded due to problem in their engines.
—- Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were killed during an encounter in Anantnag today.
—- The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority directed the private satellite TV channels to stop airing any content related to Pakistan’s 11th general election.