Evening News Headlines (September 18, 2018)

ONI Bureau:   —–   Resolution to name Jharsuguda Airport after Veer Surendra Sai passed unanimously in Odisha Assembly. The state govt will send the proposal regarding the same to the Civil Aviation Ministry for its approval.

—–   Jay Panda Chopper Seizure: Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi says notices have been issued to pilot, 2 co-passengers, directed IMFA official to appear before and present their sides today.

—–   No Restrictions On Flying Over Chilika Lake: Chilika Development Authority.

—–   President Ram Nath Kovind launches logo, web portal for Mahatma’s birth anniversary.

—–   Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurate oil pipeline, rail projects.

—–   Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu reconstitutes 8 Parliamentary panels.

—–   Supreme Court to hear plea for probe into Rafale deal on October 10.

—–   Rs 1,217 cr loss due to rains in Himachal, 264 dead.

—–   Child death below 5 declined faster in India: UN.

—–   Rahul appoints Bhubaneshwar Kalita and Pratap Singh Bajwa in Congress foreign cell.

—–   Space technology incubation centre opened in Tripura’s Agartala.

—–   Class 10 student gang raped in Dehradun boarding school.

—–   Search for one BSF jawan is on as when few jawans had gone for clearing the grounds/grasses near the LOC, Pakistani troops fired upon them and when the troops came back, one jawan was found missing.

—–   West Bengal to lend $74 mn for workforce training in Uttarakhand.

—–   China retaliates against Trump with tariffs on $60 billion of US imports.