Afternoon News Headlines (January 18, 2019)

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

—    Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik flags off Rajdhani Express Bus Service in Bhubaneswar.

—    Sundergarh MLA Jogesh Singh resigns from Congress.

—    Modi announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to next of kin of Kendrapara boat tragedy victims.

—    SJTA Chief says a new committee will be formed to oversee rituals at Puri Srimandir.

—    4 children from Odisha to get National Bravery Awards 2018 on Republic Day.

—    After Kandhamal, another minor girl delivers baby in Odisha.

—    Jammu & Kashmir: 3 bodies recovered; search operation underway. 10 people trapped under snow after an avalanche occurred in Khardung La, Ladakh.

—    ‘India ready for business as never before’, says PM Modi at Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019.

—    Explosion rocks Srinagar Lal Chowk.

—    Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approves decision to rename Mughalsarai tehsil to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay tehsil.

—    Pocharam Srinivas Reddy has been elected as the Speaker of Telangana legislative assembly.

—    Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Sanjiv Khanna take oath as Supreme Court judges.

—    Uttar Pradesh government approves 10% reservation in government jobs and education to economically weaker section in the general category.

—    Supreme Court directs Kerala government to provide adequate security to the two women who entered & offered prayers at Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple on January 2.

—    India, Uzbekistan sign agreement on uranium import.

—    President Donald Trump announces space-based anti-missile defence system (Lead)

—    21 killed in Colombia car bombing.