Evening News Headlines (October 11, 2018)
ONI Bureau: —– After Cyclone Titli, Odisha gears up to face possible Flood situation. Several areas in Ganjam, Gajapati & Rayagada districts remain without electricity, mobile network and clean drinking water.
—– Coast Guard personnel rescue 27 fishermen (in 3 boats) who were stranded near Gopalpur port in Odisha.
—– 6 persons of family go missing after their house gets swept away by flood waters of Adangi river at Bhutapankal village in Bhanjanagar Ganjam; all the missing persons had taken shelter on the roof of their house when the mishap occurred.
—– Through a special sand art installation painting, Sudarsan Pattnaik wishes Amitabh Bachchan on his 76th birthday today.
—– Andhra Pradesh: 8 people have died in Srikakulam and Vijayanagaram districts in Cyclone Titli.
—– A record number of 49,992 nominations for Padma Awards 2019 have been received which is 32 times higher over the nominations received in 2010.
—– From 1 Jan to August end, there were 39 H1N1 cases in Karnataka.
—– Uttarakhand: GD Agarwal, who was on an indefinite fast in Haridwar since June 22 in a bid to urge the govt to clean river Ganga, passed away in AIIMS Rishikesh today due to a heart attack.
—– Election Commission writes to CEOs of all states except 5 states where assembly polls are to be held this yr for special summary revision of photo electoral rolls of intensive nature w.r.t. 1 Jan’19 as qualifying date-Cluster Registration&Spl Camps for persons with disabilities.
—– Hisar court holds self-styled godman Rampal and 22 others as guilty in two murder cases. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on October 16 and 17.
—– Rajasthan: Three dead after a truck, carrying chemical in it, caught fire after it collided with a trailer vehicle on Ajmer-Jaipur National Highway earlier today.
—– Ambassador of Russia to India, Nikolay Kudashev, said that probable US sanctions like CAATSA will not be a pressure in India-Russia defence deals and two countries will further intensify their military cooperation.
—– Indian team for first 2 ODIs against West Indies announced: Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma(vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wk), Rishabh Pant, R Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd Shami, Khaleel Ahmed, Shardul Thakur & KL Rahul.