Afternoon News Headlines (September 19, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Cabinet approves proposal of Department of Fertilizers for equity investment of over Rs 1033.54 crore for setting up Coal Gasification based fertiliser project in Talcher Fertiliser Ltd.

—–   Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik appoints as president of Odisha Lalit Kala Academy; replaces stone sculpture Raghunath Mohapatra.

—–   Biramitrapur MLA George Tirkey & Convenor of Mahanadi Bachao Andolan Sudarshan Das officially join Congress at New Delhi.

—–   Jagatsinghpur BJD president Bishnu Das shows interst to contest from Paradip Assembly Constituency, If the party & the CM want.

—–   Odisha Hockey player Amit Rohidas joins national camp of the Indian Hockey team at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

—–   Former woman employee of Air Odisha, a resident of Kolkata files rape complaint against the airline’s chief Santosh Pani at Khandagiri Police Station.

—–   No formal communication with India on Kartarpur corridor. Pakistan remains open and positive: Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

—–   Delhi: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House.

—–   Congress demands urgent probe by CAG into Rafale scam.

—–   Supreme Court issues contempt notice to BJP leader Manoj Tiwari.

—–   Cabinet approves ordinance on triple talaq.

—–   Priyanka Chopra’s Assamese film to release on October 26.

—–   NASA’s new website shows how space tech impacts people’s day-to-day lives.

—–   8th Sultan of Johor Cup 2018: 3 Odisha players – Shilananda Lakra, Suman Beck & Pankaj Razzak, find place in 18-member Indian Junior Men’s team.