Morning News Headlines (January 20, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — As per the cabinet nod earlier, no fees for students opting for odia courses in graduation in government degree colleges from 2018-19 academic session in Odisha.

— BDO, assistant engineer and additional executive engineer in Sundargarh Dist under Vigilance scanner
in connection with Rs 42 lakh corruption in rural road construction project at Lathikata block.

— Chhattisgarh: Maoists kill man by slitting throat over suspicion of being police informer at Mukaram village in Sukma.

— Fire breaks out due to short circuit in Bharatisahi, Khadimahara village in Bhadrak; 78 houses of 28 families gutted.

— Ahead of Republic Day, President Kovind inaugurates dynamic lighting at Rashtrapati Bhavan yessterday.

— West Bengal: 7 dead, 20 injured after a bus slipped of the road in Beldanga.

— Ceasefire violation by Pakistan in RS Pura & Akhnoor sectors of Jammu & Kashmir.

— Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred in Assam’s Kokrajhar at 06:44 am.

— 35 trains arriving late, 10 cancelled, 3 rescheduled due to low visibility in Delhi.

— US Govt faces shutdown after Senate rejects funding bill.