Odisha News Insight

Evening News Headlines (April 17, 2017)

Aamby Valley* 1980-batch IRAS officer Bainkuntha Nath Mohapatra becomes first Odia to be appointed as Railway Board Financial Commissioner.

* Odisha’s Pipili Chandua (applique) to get place on IRCTC website soon, says Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

* CBI registers FIR against 13 leaders of Trinamool Congress including Madan Mitra, Mukul Roy and Saugata Royin in Narada sting case.

* Internet services suspended in Kashmir until further notice.

* Air India formulates a rule against unruly passengers; to take legal action and impose fine up to Rs 15 lakh on unruly passengers for flight delays.

* Supreme Court orders auction of Sahara’s Rs 34,000 crore Aamby Valley properties after Subrata Roy fails to deposit money for refunding to its investors.

* Jamshedpur Court acquits Mohammad Shahabuddin in triple murder case of 1989.

* TCS shareholders approve Rs 16,000 crore buyback ahead of financial results.

* Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan arrives on 7-day visit to India.

* Supreme Court bars N. Srinivasan from representing BCCI at ICC meet.

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