Morning News Headlines (April 1, 2017)

* Members of Kosala State Coordination Samiti hoist black flag at Bargarh protesting observance of Utkal Divas.

* PM Modi wishes Odisha people on Utkal Divas.

* Patna High Court directs to seal all illegal slaughterhouses in Rohtas within 6 weeks.

* Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak receives ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.

* Petrol price cut by Rs3.77 per litre, diesel price by Rs 2.91.

* Around 400 devotees from Pakistan arrive in Ajmer to visit Dargah of Moinuddin Chishti.

* China bans burqas, abnormal beards in Muslim province of Xinjiang