Afternoon News Headlines (March 12, 2017)

By Odisha News Insight On Mar 12, 2017 1,042

* Newly elected Zilla Parisad Chairman are Manas Parida (BJD) in Kendrapara, Subash Behera (BJD) in Ganjam, Priyadarshini Biswal (BJD) in Jagatsinghpur, Jyotsna Bhoi (BJD) in Boudh, Prabhu Jani (BJD)in Koraput, Sujata Murmu(BJP)in Mayurbhanj, Usha Kumari (BJP) in Sonepur, Bharati Mahananda (BJP) in Bolangir, Mukta Sahoo (BJP) in Bargarh, Laxmi Narayan Patel (Congress) in Jharsuguda.

* The 22nd Asian Athletics Championship will be held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar in July 2017.

* Tamil Nadu CM announces Rs.20 lakh ex-gratia to the family of CRPF jawan K Shankar who lost his life in Sukma Maoist attack.

* After victory in UP, BJP revokes expulsion of Dayashankar Singh, ex-party vice-president who had allegedly made derogatory remarks against BSP chief Mayawati.

* 2 dead in cross-firing between 2 groups of a truck union in Punjab.

* RBI issues bank fraud list: ICICI, SBI, StanChart Bank topped the list of banks that witnessed most number of frauds during April-December 2016.

* Idea announces free incoming calls on domestic roaming to counter Jio, Airtel.

—By Insight News Desk.