Evening News Headlines (August 24, 2018)

ONI Bureau:   —–    Cutting across party line, political leaders paid tributes to former PM late Atal Bihari Vajpayee at an all-party and public prayer meeting organised at Exhibition Ground in Bhubaneswar. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, OPCC chief Niranjan Patnaik and Damodar Rout were also present there.

—–  Regional Meteorological department warns of thunderstorm and lightning alert for Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Koraput, Nayagarh, Khordha, Cuttack, Puri, Kalahandi, Malkangiri,Mayurbhanj, Kendrapara, Boudh, Nabarangpur, Angul, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Sonepur till 9.45 pm.

—–   11-feet-long python rescued from Podimaska village in Muniguda block of Rayagada district today.

—–   4 Maoists including a minor surrender before Rourkela Superintendent of Police in Sundergarh district today.

—–   Students of Prathamakhanda Project U.P.S at Rasulpur in Jajpur district stage demonstration demanding safe drinking water.

—–   24 Odisha MLAs conferred with ‘Best Legislator Award’.

—–   National Human Rights Commission issues notice to Haryana govt and Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on the death of an infant died after ambulance allegedly got stuck in Congress rally on August 22 in Sonipat.

—–   The Election Commission of India has called a meeting of all National & State recognized Political Parties to discuss issues related to Electoral Process on August 27 in Delhi.

—–   Enforcement Directorate files chargesheet against Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav and 13 others in Railway tender scam.

—–   The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) to offer free services to women in its buses of all categories including the AC buses on Aug 25 & Aug 26 ahead of Raksha Bandhan.

—–   Delhi Police to give Rs 1 Crore to Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for Kerala Floods.

—–   7.1-magnitude earthquake hits eastern Peru, close to its borders with Bolivia and Brazil. An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 hits Andaman Islands: U.S. Geological Survey.

—–   Asian Games 2018: Prajnesh Gunneswaran wins bronze in Men’s Singles Tennis.

—–   Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth crashed out of Asian Games 2018 after losing to Wong Wing Ki Vincent of Hong Kong in the opening round of the Badminton Men’s Singles event.