Morning News Headlines (August 30, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —–   Elections 2019: Chief Electoral Officer to hold All-Party Meeting today to discuss poll preparations.

—–   Lawyer-Police Scuffle In Cuttack: Orissa High Court Bar Association calls for two-day cease-work stir.

—–   Body of couple found hanging from tree on a farmland near Raigiripur village in Pipili of #Puri district.

—–   Brown sugar worth Rs 1.5 lakh seized, 2 youths arrested by Jaleswar police in Balasore dist.

—–   All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson Pawan Khera arrives in Bhubaneswar; will address meetings at Angul & Sambalpur in his 2-day tour.

—–   4th BIMSTEC Summit to begin today; PM Modi at Nepal to attend the Summit in Kathmandu. He was welcomed by Nepal’s Defence Minister Ishwar Pokhrel.

—–   Pension under the scheme of ‘Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons’ has been revised with effect from 1st April 2018. The rate of pension has been doubled of the rates of pension existing earlier.

—–   Hajin encounter: Body of second terrorist has been recovered from the encounter site; operation continues.

—–   Newly appointed Governor Satya Pal Malik receives guard of honour in Srinagar today.

—–   Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar heads to US for treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer.

—–   We hope the new government of Pakistan will, rather than indulge in polemics, work constructively to build a safe, stable, secure and developed South Asian region, free of terror and violence: Syed Akbaruddin,India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

—–   Petrol price at Rs 78.30/litre in Delhi and Rs 85.72/litre in Mumbai. Diesel at Rs 69.93/litre in Delhi and Rs 74.24/litre in Mumbai.

—–   Indian Rupee now at 70.82 versus the US dollar.

—–   India to take on England in 4th Cricket test of 5 match series at Southampton today.

—–   US football star Clint Dempsey announces retirement.