Evening News Headlines (August 31, 2018)
ONI Bureau: —– Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitates Asian Games double Silver medalist Dutee Chand at State Secretariat.
—– PM Modi to visit Odisha on September 22; will inaugurate Jharsuguda Airport & lay foundation stone for the revival of Talcher fertiliser factory: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
—– Odisha: Meghana Sahoo from Bhubaneswar is India’s first transgender cab driver. She says,”I struggled to get the same opportunity unlike others & it is difficult for transgender people to get jobs and driving training/ license etc.”
—– Biju Patnaik International Airport to have ceremonial lounge soon.
—– Revenue Minister Maheswar Mohanty laid foundation stone for a new stadium near Penthakata yesterday in Puri.
—– Many places waterlogged following short spell of heavy rain in Bhubaneswar today.
—– Sambalpur: Girl student of Kuchinda college in attacked with a blade allegedly by an outsider inside campus; accused detained by police.
—– 70 gms of brown sugar seized from Khandagiri area of Bhubaneswar; 2 arrested.
—– District collectors attending workshop on First Level Check of EVM in Bhubaneswar.
—– Kargil war hero Lt Gen YK Joshi(standing on the right) who led capture of Tiger Hill as the Commanding Officer of the 13th Jammu and Kashmir Rifles,takes over as General Officer Commanding of Indian Army’s 14 corps entrusted with the Defence of Ladakh which includes Kargil.
—– Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for Delhi from Kathmandu after attending BIMSTEC Summit.
—– Three abducted relatives of police personnel have been released by terrorists- two from Kulgam and one from Pulwama have been released.
—– Chinese Embassy in India had sought permission from MEA for a temporary pass for entry into IGI Airport for Zhou Yuyun (Counsellor of China Embassy) to see off Rahul Gandhi.
—– India get silver after losing 1-2 to Japan in women’s hockey finals.
—– Indian boxer Vikas Krishan wins BRONZE in Men’s middle 75kg category. Boxer Amit Panghal in men’s light flyweight final 49kg category.
—– Indian men’s squash team takes home BRONZE medal after losing 0-2 to Hong Kong in the semifinals.