Afternoon News Headlines (December 26, 2018)

ONI Bureau:  Good Afternoon Readers! Here are the Afternoon News Bulletin on Odisha, India and World by Odisha News Insight.

—   Ticket darshan system and new abadha rates will be implemented from New Year in Puri Srimandir: SJTA.

—   BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik seeks financial autonomy for Odisha; targets Centre shooting 9 questions as ‘Jabab Maguchhi Odisha’ on party foundation day.

—   BJD foundation day: Odisha Congress observes ‘Black Day’ today alleging BJD of squeezing the rights of panchayat samitis through schemes like PEETHA & Ama Gaon Ama Bikas.

—   Dharmendra Pradhan targets Naveen Patnaik over corruption and chit fund scam.

—   Bank officials under the aegis of United Forum Of Bank Unions observe strike; 40,000 bank employees in Odisha join strike.

—   Hi-Tech Medical College official Tirpuati Choudhury arrested on fraud charge.

—   Migrant workers from Koraput stranded at a brick kiln in Telangana, waiting for rescue.

—   Elephant dies at Barasuan forest range in Sundergarh.

—   18th Nimapada Mahostav inaugurated on Tuesday in Puri.

—   An ordinance on triple talaq will be presented as a Bill in the Lok Sabha tomorrow.

—   NIA conducts searches at 16 locations in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in connection with a new ISIS module styled as ‘Harkat ul Harb e Islam’.

—   Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted a fake education board racket; arrested 3.

—   Uttar Pradesh: International golfer Jyoti Randhawa arrested on poaching charges in Bahraich.

—   AUSvsIND 3rd test: India are 215/2 at Stumps on Day 1 (Agarwal-76, Pujara-68*, Kohli-47*);  Mayank Agarwal broke a 71-year-old record of the highest score by an Indian on Test debut in Australia.