Evening News Headlines (August 20, 2018)

ONI Bureau:    —–   Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda’s wife Subhashree Panda, Nilagiri queen Manoj Manjari Debi join Congress.

—–  Odisha Government writes to Additional Chief Secretary of Kerala government seeking assistance for people of Odisha affected by floods in Kerala; sends list of 131 more persons along with phone numbers.

—–  Train accident averted near Cuttack Balikuda station as driver of MEMU train stops train after spotting a bend in the railway track.

—–  Gangster Sushant Dhal samant gets 8 years jail term.

—–  Under no circumstances party will join hands with BJD & BJP: Chief of Odisha Congress campaign committee, Bhakta Das.

—–  Kochuveli- Bhubaneswar special train to bring back stranded Odisha people from Kerala has left Kochuveli at 11 AM today, tweets Odisha Commerce & Transport Department.

—–  Ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Kamalkote sector of Uri.

—–  Prayer meeting in memory of the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji held in New Delhi today.

—–  Asian Games 2018: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat wins gold medal in 50kg freestyle; Shooter Lakshay Sheoran from India bags Silver in Men’s Trap event. India pummels Indonesia 17-0 in men’s hockey; 3 players score hat-trick. Sakshi Malik loses 2-12 in the Bronze medal match of 62 kg women’s freestyle wrestling. Pooja Dhanda loses 1-6 in the Bronze medal match of 57 kg Women’s freestyle wrestling.

—–  Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic beat Swiss tennis master Roger Federer in straight sets to win his first Cincinnati Masters title.