Evening News Headlines (February 19, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association to launch state-wide strike from March 14.

— Fire breaks out at Tata Motors showroom in Mandiakuda of Rourkela.

— CM Naveen Patnaik will spend night in Bargarh during Bijepur Bypoll campaign; BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra demands video recording of CM Naveen’s visit to Bargarh for campaigning.

— Rs 10 Lakh cash seized in Barpali block of bypoll-bound Bijepur constituency again.

— Chhattisgarh: 12 naxals arrested from Dornapal Police Station limits in Sukma.

— PM Modi launched Key railway projects in Mysuru today; Humsafar Express and Electric Train Service from Mysuru to Bengaluru flagged off.

— Pakistan violates ceasefire in J&K’s Uri Sector, heavy firing underway; 3 civilians injured.

— SC to hear plea for Aadhaar-based voting system after four weeks.

— Japan: A delegation of MPs led by Baijayant Jay Panda met Japanese PM Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.

— 7 more properties belonging to Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi in Mumbai attached by income tax department.

— Accused techie Daswant sentenced to death for rape, murder of 7-year-old girl in Chennai.

— Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh on February 21 in Amritsar.