Evening News Headlines (April 7, 2017)

* 2 eminent directors Nila Madhab Panda, Lipika Darai from Odisha win National Film Awards-2016.

* Bhadrak on Fire! Communal Flare-up reported. Houses, Vehicles and Shops set ablaze. Home Secretary and DGP rushing to take stock. Bhadrak Collector shunted. Gyana Ranjan Das appointed new Collector. Curfew imposed in Town.

* TMC Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen delays Air India flight from Delhi to Kolkata by over 30 minutes after refusing to abide by security protocols.

* Air India revokes flight ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad with immediate effect.

* Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina meets External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Delhi.

* Uttarakhand: Earthquake measuring 4.0 magnitude hits Rudraprayag; no casualty reported.

* India rejects Ontario Assembly’s move to declare 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide.

* Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s office says US strike ‘foolish, irresponsible’; Russian President Vladimir Putin calls Syria airstrikes illegal.