Afternoon News Headlines (October 19, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–    Woman, two granddaughters drown in a pond at Sahapur Nuagaon village under Tihidi police limits Bhadrak.

—–    Jagatsinghpur administration dismantles Dama Rout’s stage set for ‘Ravana Podi Utsav’; Police told they received a phone call from third floor and they cannot do anything about it, says Damodar Rout.

—–    Devotees make queue to offer prayers to Maa Tarini at Ghatagaon in Keonjhar on Vijaya Dashami.

—–    Input subsidy will be given to affected farmers of Cyclone Titli hit 17 districts of Odisha; Subsidy of Rs 13,500 per hectare for irrigated and Rs 6,800 for non-irrigated land on the basis of Agriculture deptt & Collectors’ reports will be given, said Joint Relief Commissioner.

—–    2 Women return from Sabarimala doorstep after threat from Priests.

—–    Belgium: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu at first plenary session of 12th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Brussels.

—–    J&K: Two terrorists were neutralised in exchange of fire with police party in Kralhaar, Baramulla. AK-201 assault rifle, 2 Chinese pistols and other weapons were recovered.

—–    Delhi’s Patiala House Court dismisses the bail plea of Ashish Pandey, sends him to judicial custody till Monday. He was seen brandishing a gun outside hotel Hyatt Regency on October 14.

—–    Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met her US counterpart James Mattis on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus in Singapore today.

—–    Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe met Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Former PM Manmohan Singh and Anand Sharma in Delhi today.