Evening News Headlines (March 14, 2018)

ONI Bureau: — Mercury rises to 40 deg C; Odisha reels under intense Heatwave. Titlagarh records 40.5 degrees Celsius followed by Sambalpur 40.3.

— Odisha cabinet gives nod to 17 proposals. Odisha makes Odia mandatory on signboards of all shops and commercial establishments; to change sign boards within 1 month.

— Odisha cabinet approves proposal to increase daily allowance of speaker, deputy speaker and ministers during Assembly sessions to Rs 800 from Rs 150.

— 8000 ‘Biju Yuva Vahini’ to be formed in 6800 Panchayats, 130 Urban Local Bodies.

— All Odisha Private Bus Owners’ Association calls off stir as State Govt agrees to fulfil demands.

— 70 students hospitalised after eating mid-day meal at Banapinjara UP school in Bhadrak district; lizard allegedly found in Dal.

— Uttar Pradesh by-election: Samajwadi Party wins both Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats.

— Bihar by-election: RJD wins the Jehanabad & Araria Lok Sabha bypoll seats; BJP wins the Bhabhua Assembly seat.

— Gujarat: Three Congress MLAs suspended for attacking BJP lawmaker in Assembly, creating a ruckus.

— Cabinet approves an MoU between India and Iran in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine.