Morning News Headlines (August 02, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–  Physician, identified as Dr Basant Rout killed after being run over by a private bus near Chandrasekharpur Petrol Pump in Bhubaneswar.

—–  2 quintals of Marijuana seized from Patna-Puri Express, 1 arrested.

—–  India to test-fire its indigenous developed Interceptor missile from the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast today between 9 am to 11 am.

—–  A college girl allegedly raped by a youth of Digabhanra village near Soro.

—–  Three-year-old girl who was rescued yesterday after she fell into a 110 feet deep borewell in Munger, has been referred to Patna for further treatment.

—–  Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj leaves for three nation tour of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan.

—–  Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Vessel Aruna Asaf Ali reaches passenger vessel MV Sawaraj (40 Nautical Miles off Car Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Island) that reported severe flooding and sought immediate assistance. All passengers safely shifted to Coast Guard vessel,de-flooding started.

—–  Monsoon Session 2018: BJP issues three line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs for today and tomorrow.

—–  Shutdown against Bihar shelter home rape hit rail, road traffic.

—–  Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis to chair meeting of party MLAs and senior leaders over Maratha reservation issue in Mumbai today.

—–  JioPhone leads Indian mobile market, gives birth to ‘Fusion’ segment.

—–  Anupam Kher starts shooting for ‘New Amsterdam’.

—–  Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth are among 6 Indian shuttlers to play for quarterfinal berths of World Badminton Championships at Nanjing, China today.

—–  India to lock horns with Ireland in quarterfinals of the Women’s Hockey World Cup in London tonight.

—–  Facebook Chief Security Officer departs, joins Stanford University.

—–  US Senate passes massive defence authorization bill.