Afternoon News Headlines (December 31, 2018)

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

—    BJP Mahila Morcha gheraoes Crime Branch Headquarters in Cuttack over negligence in investigation of Pipili rape and murder case.

—    BJD not opposed to Triple Talaq Bill, but with changes: Prasanna Acharya.

—    Maoists posters found at different places in Deuli Saria and Barengmara villages of Kalahandi demanding an ex-gratia of Rs 20 lakh for the family of deceased killed in tigress Sundari attack.

—    Hindu Mahasabha opposes late night darshan at Srimandir on New Year, stages protest.

—    Electrification of all streets with LED bulbs in all the towns of Odisha by May 2019.

—    Ahead of New Year’s Eve Parties, Odisha Fire Services Personnel conduct safety checks at Top Hotels; DCP Anup Kumar Sahoo briefs on security arrangements for zero night celebrations in Bhubaneswar.

—    A self-styled godman ‘Golden baba’ arrested by Chandrasekhar police in Bhubaneswar over charges of duping a resident of Barbil in Keonjhar.

—    Brown sugar worth Rs 7 lakh seized from Badambadi area; 1 arrested from Cuttack.

—    Bargarh: Elephants destroy huge quantities of paddy at a mandi in Padampur area.

—    Rajya Sabha adjourned till January 2, 2019, after uproar over Triple Talaq Bill.

—    2 dead & 7 feared trapped after fire breaks out in a snacks factory in Chaknooran area in Muzaffarpur.

—    1984 anti-Sikh riots case: Convict Sajjan Kumar surrendered before Karkardooma Court earlier today; brought to Delhi’s Mandoli Jail.

—    311 terrorists neutralised this year in Kashmir, says top Army.

—    Maharashtra: A court in Nashik has acquitted Abdul Karim Telgi and others in Stamp paper scam case. Telgi had died last year.

—    66th Odisha State Athletics Meet concludes in Cuttack; Rashmita Mohanty breaks Meet record in women’s 3000m steeplechase event.