Evening News Headlines (August 06, 2018)

ONI Bureau:    —– BJD odisha to organise a tribal conclave on August 9 to mark the occasion of World Tribal Day.

—– Habibur Rahaman alias Habib, originally resident of Kendrapara arrested by NIA for his LeT links.

—– Senior scientist of Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Kendrapara arrested for allegedly misbehaving with minor girl.

—– Supplies department officials seized 1 truck with 235 packets of rice in Dhamnagar of Bhadrak over irregularities in rice supplied for mid-day meal programme.

—– 2 havildars suspended, 3 home guards served show-cause notices by Cuttack DCP for taking bribe from a truck driver on Jagannath Sadak

—– Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar extends thunderstorm & lightning alert for 16 districts of Odisha till 10 PM today.

—– After 12 years as CEO, Indra K. Nooyi will step down on Oct 3, 2018. Ramon Laguarta has been unanimously elected by the board of directors to succeed Indra K. Nooyi as CEO.

—– National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill, 2017 has been passed in Rajya Sabha.

—– The Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill, 2017 has been passed in Rajya Sabha.

—– NRC case is listed for 2 pm tomorrow in the Supreme Court.

—– Chennai’s Kauvery Hospital issues the medical bulletin of DMK Chief M Karunanidhi; states a decline in his medical condition.

—– RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav arrives at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. He will be undergoing treatment at Asian Heart Institute.

—– Blue bottle jellyfish were recently spotted at various beaches in Mumbai.

—– Major explosion on highway near Bologna, Italy, has left least 20 injured, bridge partially collapsed.