Evening News Headlines (October 31, 2018)

ONI Bureau:   —–    PIL filed before Delhi High Court seeking orders to allow women of all ages to enter all temples, mosques, churches & pray along with men. Plea also says women should not be barred from being ordained as priests.

—–    Varanasi: Unidentified armed men opened fire at a garment shop in JHV Mall under Cantt police station limits today. Police says, 2 people have died in the incident.

—–    Hyderabad: Mohammed Hassan Ali, a class 7 student teaches designing & drafting to 30 civil, mechanical & electrical engineering students.

—–    Indian Railways proposes discontinuation of ‘Flexi fares’ on trains in which average unidirectional monthly occupancy is less than 50% throughout the year.

—–    Congress’s Shashi Tharoor sends legal notice to Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for making false and defamatory statements against him, seeks apology.

—–    BJP’s Central Election Committee meeting over upcoming Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan elections scheduled to be held tomorrow.

—–    The government needs to acquire land for the construction of #RamTemple and make a law in this regard: RSS.

—–    EAM Sushma Swaraj met Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jabar Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah, earlier today in Kuwait city.

—–    CBI case: Delhi court grants bail to CBI official Devender Kumar arrested in bribery case.

—–    Kerala: At 96 years, Karthiyani Amma of Alappuzha Dist scores 98/100 marks in ‘Aksharalaksham’ literacy program of Kerala State Literacy Mission.

—–    Supreme Court dismisses the plea of the Amrapali group Chief Managing Director (CMD) and 2 other directors to visit their homes on Diwali. SC has asked Amrapali real estate group to furnish the full and final disclosure about the companies they hold and money transactions that they conduct within the group’s companies and outside.

—–    The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of SS Deswal to the post of Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

—–    Delhi High Court dismisses PIL seeking direction to National Commission for Women (NCW) to take suo motu action regarding sexual assault cases registered under #MeToo movement.

—–    25 dead after Afghan helicopter carrying senior officials crashes.