Afternoon News Headlines (October 10, 2018)
ONI Bureau: —– Schools, colleges and Anganwadis will remain closed across Odisha on October 11 and 12 in view of heavy rain.
—– Students’ union polls cancelled across Odisha in view of heavy rain and Cyclone Titli, says Chief Secy AP Padhi.
—– Cyclone Titli to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm in next three hours, will cross landmass between Gopalpur and Kalingapatnam at 5.30 am tomorrow, informs SRC Bishnupad Sethi.
—– Cyclone Titli to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm in next three hours, will cross landmass between Gopalpur and Kalingapatnam at 5.30 am tomorrow, informs SRC Bishnupad Sethi.
—– Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi approves establishment & operationalistion of permanent campuses of two new Indian Institutes of Science Education & Research (IISERs) at Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) & Berhampur (Odisha); total cost likely to be incurred is Rs 3,074.12 cr.
—– Third phase of Tiger Census through camera-trap method underway in Odisha.
—– Officials sound siren alert directing people to vacate Gopalpur sea beach in view of Cyclone Titli.
—– Titli turns into a very severe cyclonic storm, will cross landmass at 5.30 am tomorrow.
—– Residents of low lying areas of Ganjam, Puri, Khurda, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara districts will be evacuated, says Chief Secy AP Padhi after a review meeting chaired by CM Naveen.
—– Violence during Puri Bandh: Supreme Court seeks reply from Odisha government, SJTA and amicus curiae in two weeks over police entering into Puri Srimandir with their shoes on; next hearing on October 31.
—– Cyclone Titli to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm in next three hours, will cross landmass between Gopalpur and Kalingapatnam at 5.30 am tomorrow, informs SRC Bishnupad Sethi.
—– Himachal Pradesh: Rohtang region of Kullu district receives fresh snowfall.
—– The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case and has taken over the investigation into the matter of two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists from Assam, who were allegedly trained in Jammu and Kashmir and sent to the northeastern state for setting up a terror base.
—– The Income Tax department is conducting raids at 16 places belonging to Delhi Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kailash Gahlot.
—– A Bangladesh court sentenced 19 people to death and sentenced Bangladesh former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique to life imprisonment in 2004 grenade attack case.
—– Congress President Rahul Gandhi to meet HAL employees in Bengaluru on 13 October.
—– Cabinet approves payment of productivity linked bonus equivalent to 78 days’ wages for financial year 2017-18 for all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees.