Afternoon News Headlines (September 17, 2018)

ONI Bureau:   —–    Odia University at Satyabadi: OSD will soon be appointed & a temporary office will be set up at Satyabadi Pantha Nivas.

—–    Momo Challenge: Youth of 42 Mauza Jharkuta village in Cuttack cuts his own hand, admitted to SCB Medical.

—–    CM Naveen Patnaik launches Star Rating program for Industries, aims to strengthen Odisha SPCB’s regulatory efforts to reduce pollution.

—–    Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy to present details on the alleged Sapling Scam after LoP Narasingha Mishra raised the issue in the state Assembly.

—–    Supporters of School and Mass Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra stage road blockade on NH 20 near Jarda in Keonjhar district protesting stone pelting at his vehicle yesterday.

—–    Fuel Price in Odisha: Jeypore: Petrol at Rs 84.25, Diesel- Rs 82.47; Koraput: Petrol at 84.15, Diesel- 82.43; Rayagada: Petrol- 83.46, Diesel- 81.71; Malkangiri: Petrol- 84.65, Diesel- 82.92.

—–    Jammu & Kashmir: Mukhtar Ahmed, a Territorial Army jawan has been shot dead by terrorists at his home in Shurat Kulgam.

—–    Goa Congress, along with its 14 MLAs, have staked claim to form govt in the state.

—–    Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated two Comprehensive Integrated Border Managment System (CIBMS) pilot projects in Jammu, today.

—–    Rewari gang-rape case: Earlier visuals of two people who were arrested yesterday – Deen Dayal and Dr Sanjeev & one of the three main accused, Nishu has been sent to five-day police remand.

—–    Congress President Rahul Gandhi holds ‘Sankalp Yatra’ in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal.

—–    India’s first exclusive dog park has been set up in Hyderabad and will be inaugurated soon.

—–    7 Vietnamese dead, 5 in coma after taking drugs at music festival.