Morning News Headlines (September 28, 2018)
ONI Bureau: —– Lawyers of Orissa High Court lock up main gate of Orissa High Court, intensify their agitation after Supreme Court directive to withdraw strike; demand arrest of accused involved in the attack on advocate.
—– 2nd Campus Of RD Women’s University to be set up in Gothapatna on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar.
—– Odisha man arrested for duping Rs 5 crore on pretext of providing jobs
—– Sabarimala Verdict: ‘Rule violates right of woman’-Supreme Court ends ban on entry of women into Sabarimala temple. Women of all age groups will now be allowed in Kerala’s Sabarimala temple.
—– Chemist shops closed across India as All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) has called for a day-long nationwide strike against Centre’s move to regularise online pharmacies.
—– Bihar: Three coaches of Darbhanga-Kolkata Express derailed near a railway crossing in Darbhanga today. No casualty reported.
—– Jodhpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the Konark stadium, inaugurates the Army exhibition ‘Parakarm Parv’ at Jodhpur Military Station today.
—– Bihar: Prime witness in the 2016 murder case of BJP leader Visheshwar Ojha, allegedly shot dead in Arrah.
—– NCP national general secretary Tariq Anwar quits the party, also resigns from the post of Lok Sabha MP.
—– New York: EAM Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Minister of Brazil Aloysio Nunez Ferreira, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and South African Foreign Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, at BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting on the sidelines of the UNGA, calls for dismantling terrorist organisations support infrastructure.
—– Petrol & Diesel prices in Delhi today are Rs 83.22 per litre & Rs 74.42 per litre, while Petrol & Diesel prices in Mumbai are Rs 90.57 per litre (increase by Rs 0.22) & Rs 79.01 per litre (increase by Rs 0.19), respectively.
—– Donald Trump postponed his meeting with Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein to discuss his tenure to avoid any interference with the sexual assault hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.