Morning News Headlines (July 5, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  —- Supreme Court hearing today on mismanagement and exploitation of devotees at Puri Srimandir.

—- Black Rose Sinking: War of words between the political parties intensifies in Odisha.

—- Malkangiri police arrest two persons at Govindapalli chhak while they smuggling ganja; 1.13 quintal ganja, vehicle seized.

—- Sunanda Pushkar death case: Delhi’s Patiala House Court grants anticipatory bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. He will have to furnish a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh.

—- Air Intelligence Unit officers at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport arrest a passenger for possession of US$ 1,48,500 concealed inside a cardboard roll.

—- Amarnath Yatra remains suspended due to bad weather.

—- ISRO carried out a major technology demonstration, the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System, which is a critical technology relevant for human spaceflight.

—- Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to present maiden Karnataka Budget today.

—- Election Commission to provide Braille photo ID cards to blind voters.

—- Traffic halted on Mumbai-Goa highway following a landslide in Kemburli near Mahad due to heavy rain in the region.

—- Himachal Pradesh: Indian Railways conducted a successful trial of Diesel-run coach between Heritage Museum & Shimla railway station.

—- Union Minister Nitin Gadkari flagged-off Wagon Cab’s taxi ambulance services in Delhi, yesterday.

—- An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck Andaman Islands at 2:05 am.

—- Indonesia Open: Sindhu in pre-quarters, Srikanth bows out.