Afternoon News Headlines (January 19, 2019)

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

—    Odisha Government hikes old-age pension under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana.

—    Utkal University cancels +3 5th-semester exam; DSE- 2 Mathematics (Hons) & DSE-2 Chemistry (Hons) exams due to mistakes in question papers.

—    A girl student found pregnant in Kalahandi dist; the girl was allegedly raped by a married person; accused arrested.

—    Gateman doesn’t close level crossing for public in Puri ahead of the passage of Tapaswini Express, ECoR orders probe.

—    CM Naveen Patnaik attends 61st Senior Police Officers’ Conference today.

—    Gatiroutpatna sarpanch Laxmipriya Swain attacked during PEETHA programme in Cuttack;  Odisha Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Chandra Sarathi Behera refutes allegations levelled against him.

—    Brown sugar weighing 20 grams, worth over Rs 20 lakh seized by Quick Action Team (QAT) and Khandagiri police in Bhubaneswar; 2 held.

—    West Bengal: Opposition leaders attends TMC led ‘United India’ rally in Kolkata.

—    PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a medical college in Silvassa, Dadar and Nagar Haveli.

—    21 killed In Mexico Pipeline Explosion.

—    US President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to meet for 2nd summit in February.