Morning News Headlines (August 03, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–  Slapping of Police ADG’s daughter: Woman traffic constable lodges complaint; Commissionerate Police examines CCTV footage.

—–  Addl DGP Satyajit Mohanty to assume charge as Commissioner of Police of Twin City today at 11.30 am.

—–  Security tightened in border areas of #Odisha in view of bandh call given by Maoists in Jharkhand today.

—–  Body of Class X girl student of Sikhapali Residential School under Kalimela block in Malkangiri dist found from computer room in her hostel. School authorities see the case as suicide, the family memees alleged she has been murdered after rape attempt.

—–  Homeless family stay in latrine in Mangalpur village in Keonjhar distrct since last one year.

—–  Rail services affected as locals stage rail roko demanding halt of express trains at Deogaon station in Bolangir.

—–  2 students drown in Jhankarapalli power channel in Sambalpur while taking bath; one rescued.

—–  Shelter home rape: The RJD called for a nationwide strike demanding the resignation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar against the alleged mass sexual exploitation at various shelter homes in Bihar. Tejashwi to stage dharna in Delhi.

—–  The United States Ambassador to India, Kenneth Juster called India and US as the “oldest” and “largest” democracies in the world.

—–  Sopore Encounter: Two terrorists have been gunned down by security forces in Jammu & Kashmir. Search operation continues.

—–  Jharkhand: 5 naxals of People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) were arrested in Latehar yesterday.

—–  Andhra Pradesh Govt to pay Rs 1,000 monthly allowance to unemployed.

—–  IIT Kharagpur to develop coin-sized biological chips for medical treatment.

—–  Filmmaker Goldie Behl said his wife and actress Sonali Bendre is currently stable and following her cancer treatment without any complications.

—–  Women’s Hockey WC: India lose to Ireland in quarters.