Evening News Headlines (October 1, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Congress MLA Krushna Chandra Sagaria quits Odisha PCC General Secretary post from Odisha PCC

—–   Students’ polls cancelled in Ravenshaw & Sambalpur University (Jyoti Vihar).

—–   Congress finalises names of 44 candidates in Odisha for 2019 polls.

—–   2895 missing children were rescued from #Odisha and outside Odisha during month-long rescue operation under operation Paree-II.

—–   Ashok Pujari, whose name was finalised by #Odisha Congress Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) to contest 2019 election from Sonepur constituency is unwilling to contest the election, says sources.

—–   Cuttack: Divyang woman charred to death after house catches fire at Makarbagh Sahi.

—–   Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has allowed the facility of withdrawal of applications by candidates. The arrangement will be implemented beginning with Engineering Services Examination, 2019.

—–   “I do not judge people by history, I judge people by their activities and their perspectives”: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said in his farewell address today.

—–   PM Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo today offering condolences on his behalf and on behalf of the people of India on the loss of lives in the recent earthquake & tsunami that hit Sulawesi region of Indonesia.

—–   Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Andaman Islands region at 06:54 pm today: IMD.

—–   United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres inaugurates the UN House in Delhi. He is on a visit to four-day visit to India.

—–   Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.