Morning News Headlines (March 7, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  — Ama Odisha party President & Editor of Odia daily ‘Sambad’ Soumya Ranjan Patnaik joins BJD today in Naveen Niwas.

— BJD to name party candidates for Rajya Sabha polls at 5 pm today.

— CBI arrests General Manager of Nirmal Infra Ashish Chouhan and Abhisekh Chouhan in Rs 433 crore fraud case.

— Evaluation Of HSC Matriculation answer sheets from March 20.

— Goa CM Manohar Parrikar leaves for US for medical treatment.

— Uproar in Rajya Sabha over vandalism of statues, Andhra Pradesh Special Category Status issue and Cauvery Management Board constitution, house adjourned till 2 pm.

— Adhaar mandatory linking to services and welfare schemes may extend beyond 31 March, Centre tells Supreme Court.

— West Bengal: Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee’s bust was vandalized in Kolkata’s Kalighat.

— Raveena Tandon in a tweet clarifies that not aware of mobile ban as everyone including security guards and servitors in Lingaraj temple were taking selfies and recording videos.

— Dutee Chand bags gold at the 22nd Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championship in Patiala.

— US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn quits post at White House.

— Trump slips over 200 places in Forbes billionaires list.