Evening News Headlines (August 02, 2018)
ONI Bureau: —– An Addl DGP’s wife & traffic police enter into a verbal duel at AG Square as traffic police asked the ADG’s car to stop but the family said traffic cops misbehaved.
—– Regional met department issues rain, lightning, thunderstorm warning for 10 districts – Nuapara, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Nayagarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Khurda – till 7:45 PM today.
—– Cuttack SCB Medical College and Hospital Authorities allegedly return under-treatment patient after he expresses his inability to bear treatment expenses
—– 1 killed in lightning strike in Bedhapal village in Dhenkanal dist.
—– Fake cement factory busted near Peer Bazar under Sadar police limits in Cuttack; Police seizes over 100 bags of cement.
—– 8-month pregnant woman gang-raped by 8 men in Maharashtra; Maharashtra State Commission for Women on Thursday sought a report from local police as the police have yet to make arrests.
—– The Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed in Lok Sabha. The bill grants National Commission on Backward Classes (NCBC) constitutional status, par with National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (NCSC and NCST).
—– At least 17 political parties likely to approach Election Commission of India (ECI), demanding 2019 general elections be conducted on ballot paper.
—– Six arms smugglers arrested in Meerut last night; huge cache of arms & ammunition recovered from them
—– Uttar Pradesh: Total 87 persons and 135 cattle rescued & shifted to safer place by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from Bahraich’s Nanpara. Operation called off at 5:30 pm today.
—– CBI books Major for 2009 Manipur ‘encounter’ death.
—– Supreme Court directs NBCC to complete all unfinished housing projects of Amrapali Group.
—– Polls for 105 Karnataka urban local bodies on August 29.
—– NITI Aayog launches global hackathon to crowdsource mobility solutions.
—– Delhi Metro’s revenues up 73% in 4 years.
—– India condemns Indian national’s killing in Afghanistan.
—– 51-year-old Iraqi gets artificial heart in Delhi.
—– Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu enter QuarterFinals of Badminton World Championships.