Afternoon News Headlines (September 11, 2018)

ONI Bureau:   —–   Boat Capsize: 3 Women, 1 child drown in Balimela Reservoir in Malkangiri.

 —–   Former Nabarangpur MP from BJP Parsuram Majhi injured in a roaad accident near Jitukuguda in Papadahandi block; admitted to hospital.

 —–   BJP national president Amit Shah will visit Odisha on September 24.

 —–   Odisha CM leaves on 3-day visit to Delhi to attend meeting with investors ahead of the upcoming Make In Odisha conclave.

 —–   Excise officials seize 130 grams of brown sugar worth Rs 13 lakh near College Chhak in Cuttack; Khurda-based trader arrested.

 —–   Dharmendra Pradhan writes to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik over delay in approval for setting up of NTPC’s 1320-MW project worth Rs 9,785 crore.

 —–   Lady Home guard attempts self-immolation near lower PMG in Bhubaneswar alleging the DCP of not assigning her duties.

 —–   At least 45 people killed and more than 20 people injured in state-run RTC bus accident near Kondaagattu in Telangana; CM K Chandrashekhar Rao announces Rs 5 lakh as ex-gratia to the kin of the deceased.

 —–   PM Modi announces increase in the honorarium given to Anganwadi Workers from Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,500 & Rs 2,200 to Rs 3,500. Same for Helpers increased from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,250. Routine incentives given to ASHA workers, have been doubled.

 —–   Indian Air Force successfully carried out the first ever mid-air refuelling of the indigenously developed Tejas MK 1 light combat aircraft.

 —–   Bihar: Four children die after drowning in a pond, in Munger’s Bhadora village.

 —–   4,778 people still in 120 Kerala camps.

 —–   Petrol touches Rs 90.11 in Maharashtra’s Parbhani.

 —–   Indian Rupee now at 72.69 versus the US dollar.

 —–   Tech Mahindra, Intel to open 5G Centre of Excellence in India, US.

 —–   China rejects report about Pakistan’s rethink on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).