Evening News Headlines (March 22, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — Odisha CM orders Crime Branch probe into Patnagarh Wedding Parcel Explosion case.

— Odisha Govt approves Rs 2000 monthly fixed allowance for ASHA workers; Rs 6000 maternity allowance under ‘Asha Matrutwa Yojana’.

— BEd teachers stages demonstration in Bhubaneswar with various demands including subject-wise teacher appointment and equal status to Trained Graduate Teachers.

— Odisha’s Economic growth rate declines to 7.14% from 7.94%.

— Mercury touches 40 degrees Celsius in Titlagarh & Talcher; Angul and Balangir record 39.7 degree Celsius today.

— No one given clean chit; the matter is still sub-judice: OHRC on clean chit to Bhubaneswar Mayor in Rishi death case.

— AAP govt presents Rs 53,000 crore Delhi Budget for 2018-19.

— All CCTV cameras switched off during Jayalalithaa hospitalisation, says Apollo chairman Prathap Reddy.

— Parliament passes bill that lets govt double tax-free gratuity to Rs 20 lakh.

— Uttarakhand Finance Minister Prakash Pant today presented the state budget for the year 2018-19.

— Idea Cellular, Vodafone to start operating as one entity from April.

— Mohammed Shami gets clean chit by BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU).