Afternoon News Headlines (July 31, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —-  Odisha Govt extends tenure of Justice M M Das Commission probing into multi-crore chit fund scam in by next 6 months.

—-  A 6 member team of Vigilance conducts raids on Tito’s Petrol Pump on the National Highway. It also raids Kendrapara and Derabish Tehsils along with the Municipality Office.

—-  Odisha Govt to setup 34 wayside amenities and 50 new wayside centres in National and State Highways: CM Naveen Patnaik.

—-  Almost 500 BJP and Congress workers from Gajapati join BJD today.

—-  Fire breaks out in HDFC Bank ATM at red Cross Road in Puri; no loss of life reported.

—-  Two postal employees critical after being attacked by a youth inside Deogarh Post Office.

—-  NRC Assam: Supreme Court today said, the process (of filing of an objection by those whose names are not in the list) should be fair. The standard operating procedure should be applied.

—-  Jammu & Kashmir: A family in Udhampur’s Kanala has been living in open since last 10 days after their house was washed away in heavy rainfall.

—-  11th World Hindi Conference to be held in Mauritius from 18th-20th August, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) releases official logo.

—-  Nirav Modi’s Firestar Diamonds International and Mehul Choksi’s Gitanjali gems withdrew their pleas from Delhi High Court today.

—-  87 Jammu and Kashmir youths joined militancy in last 7 months.

—-  Bomb planted near Assam Rifles camp defused.

—-  Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day amid ruckus over NRC.

—-  Sushma Swaraj to go on Central Asian tour.

—-  London: Vijay Mallya arrives at Westminster court for hearing in extradition case against him.