Evening News Headlines (August 27, 2018)

ONI Bureau:   —–   Swine flu: Odisha Health Services director, Braja Kishore Brahma says there is no need to panic; adequate amount of vaccines available in State.

—–   Regional met department predicts more rain in next 24 hours; more thunderstorm, lightning, moderate rainfall at one or two places over Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh districts till 10:30 PM today.

—–   Clinic on Kendrapara Medical Road ransacked following death of patient allegedly after being administered wrong injection.

—–   Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes immersed at Gadagadia ghat in Cuttack.

—–   CM Naveen Pattnaik felicitates Odisha Police for Participating at Independence Day 2018 parade in Kolkata and winning The Best Marching Contingent Award.

—–   ‘Mu Hero… Mu Odisha’ campaign launched by #Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack; Website of Biju Yuva Vahini inaugurated.

—–   EAM Sushma Swaraj meets Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Bangladeshi Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, in Vietnam’s Hanoi, today.

—–   Jharkhand High Court has quashed the ban on Popular Front of India (PFI).

—–   University Grants Commission Secretary Professor Rajnish Jain issued a warning to 21 colleges under Delhi University saying their financial grants will be withheld if they do not appoint full-time Principals.

—–   Asian Games 2018: Sudha Singh gives India its 39 medal as she wins SILVER in Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase Finals clocking 9:40.03

—–   Dharun Ayyasamy (left) bags SILVER medal in Men’s 400m Hurdles clocking 48.96s. This is India’s Medal No. 38 at the event.

—–   Jauna Murmu finishes joint 5th in Women’s 400m Hurdles Final clocking 57.48s.