Evening News Headlines (October 3, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–    Violence during Puri Bandh: Collector says locals will be allowed through the other 3 gates. They can now show any valid I-card to police and enter the temple. Non-Puri devotees have to queue up for ‘same’ darshan. Servitors and their family members need not to produce any identity card.

—–    Woman constable of Sambalpur Town PS Rashmirekha Dixit succumbs to injuries at Burla hospital; Dixit was attacked by her landlord’s son on September 24.

—–    Police-Lawyer spat: Agitating lawyers to continue their protests; hearing In Orissa HC On October 10.

—–    Odisha govt will organize Odisha Exhibition Match featuring Team India & India Legends playing together for the first-time on the occasion of Kalinga Stadium inauguration on October 10.

—–    Pua jiuntia festival being celebrated in western Odisha today.

—–    International Court of Justice to hold public hearing in Kulbhushan Jadhav case from February 18, 2019 to February 21, 2019.

—–    Panic Button Trials successful in UP, to be enforced Nationwide soon.

—–    Union Cabinet approves enhanced MSP (Minimum Support Price) for Rabi Crops for 2018-19 season; MSP of wheat raised by Rs 105/quintal, safflower by Rs 845, Barley by Rs 30, Masur by Rs 225, Gram by Rs 220, Rapeseed & Mustard by Rs 22 per quintal.

—–    BJP leader Mukul Roy has been appointed as the convenor of the Election Committee for West Bengal.

—–    IMD has issued a warning about a low-pressure area in the Arabian sea close to Sri Lankan coast. This is likely to develop into a cyclonic storm and a warning has been issued on the same. Fishermen have been advised to reach safer coast by 5 Oct. Warning has been issued. Red alert has been declared in 3 districts for 7 Oct. Disaster Mgmt Authority has met to assess the situation. We’ve sought support from central agencies&asked for 5 companies of NDRF: Kerala CM

—–    US terminating 1955 ‘Treaty of Amity’ with Iran.