Evening News Headlines (August 28, 2018)

ONI Bureau:   —–   Water level of Mahanadi River near Naraj in Cuttack crosses danger mark.

—–   Quake hits Hooghly; tremors felt in North Odisha at around 6:36 PM today.

—–   5 more sluice gates of Hirakud Dam opened following heavy rainfall in the upper catchement of the river; presently water being discharged through 25 gates.

—–   Odisha Tourism Development Corporation signs MoU with Oyorooms ahead of the Hockey Men’s World Cup at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

—–   In view of the disruption caused due to severe floods in Kerala, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) hereby further extends the “Due Date” for furnishing Income Tax Returns from 31st August, 2018 to 15th September, 2018: CBDT.

—–   Ruchi Ghanashyam appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom.

—–   J&K: A civilian Mohammad Amin Malik shot at by terrorists in Pulwama district.

—–   Former Raipur Collector OP Chaudhary joined BJP today in presence of BJP President Amit Shah and Chhattisgarh CM Dr. Raman Singh. He had resigned as Collector on August 25.

—–   The Supreme Court seeks detailed report from National Register of Citizens (NRC) co-ordinator, Prateek Hajela, as to why those who want to be included in the NRC draft list have to give fresh additional documents.

—–   EAM Sushma Swaraj arrives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She is on a four-day visit to Vietnam and Cambodia.

—–   Pincky Balhara bags silver, Malaprabha Jadhav wins bronze in Kurash (Women’s 52 kg) in the finals at Asian Games 2018.

—–   India team comprising Hima Das, Md Anas, MR Poovamma and Rajiv Arokia wins SILVER Medal in Mixed 4X400m Relay Finals clocking 3:15.71.