Morning News Headlines (March 12, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — Around 35,000 farmers near Lower PMG, Bhubaneswar stage indefinite ‘Satyagraha’ seeking price, prestige and pension.

— Property worth lakhs gutted as fire breaks out at United Bank of India office building in Kharavela Nagar, Bhubaneswar.

— CM Naveen Patnaik to visit Bargarh and Jharsuguda today; will inaugurate Biju Expressway in Jharsuguda.

— BJP Worker Prince Soni arrested in connection with attack on Minister Susanta Singh’s brother and others in Sohela in Bargarh district on Feb 22.

— CJI Dipak Misra, CM Naveen Patnaik attended Bhoomi Poojan Ceremony of Judicial Complex in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

— Maoist leader Sabyasachi to contest 2019 Elections: Mili Panda.

— Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm, Lok Sabha till 12 pm after uproar in the House over the issue of Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh.

— J&K: Three terrorists were killed in a brief encounter with security forces this morning at Anantnag’s Hakura area.

— Solar Power Plant in Mirzapur will be inaugurated by PM Modi and President of France Emmanuel Macron today.

— Lok Sabha bypolls: Gorakhpur records 43% turnout, Phulpur 37%.

— Russia test-fires ‘ideal’ hypersonic missile.

— Madhya Pradesh: Hillary Clinton arrives at Indore; she is visiting the city from March 11-13.