Afternoon News Headlines (January 17, 2019)

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

—    4-year-old girl raped after being lured with chocolates in Sundergarh district.

—    BJP Krushak Morcha activists scuffle with police while trying to enter the State Secretariat in Bhubaneswar.

—    Villagers of Karanjamal in Chandbali block in Bhadrak gather to witness continuous emission of hot gas from a hole dug out for an electric pole.

—    2 killed, 30 injured as a pick-up van overturns near Kanheibandh under Khunta police limits in Mayurbhanj dist.

—    Flight services from Jeypore to Bhubaneswar in offing.

—    Bodies of two youth found floating in Rengali dam near Padmanabhpur in Dhenkanal.

—    61st Senior Police Officers’ Conference begins in Bhubabaneswar.

—   Maharashtra can’t ban dance bars in name of regulation: Supreme Court.

—    Supreme Court requests Search Committee to complete the task of shortlisting names for Lokpal & its members, by February end and submit a panel of names for consideration of Selection Committee.

—    BJP informed that Amit Shah is doing well and will soon be discharged from AIIMS.

—    Emission Case: National Green Tribunal (NGT) directs German car manufacturer Volkswagen to deposit Rs 100 crore by 5 PM tomorrow.

—    Prayagraj: President RamNathKovind performs puja at Kumbh Mela 2019.

—    Newly elected MLAs take oath in Telangana Assembly.

—    PM Modi inaugurates Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

—    Communist Party of India (CPI) says Kanhaiya Kumar will contest polls despite chargesheet.

—    Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad who was undergoing sinus treatment, discharged from AIIMS.

—    Odisha Under-21 girls’ kho-kho team wins bronze medal in Khelo India Youth Games 2019 by beating Delhi.