Evening News Headlines (January 18, 2019)
ONI Bureau: Good Evening Readers! Here are the Evening News Bulletin on Odisha, India and World by Odisha News Insight.
— Minor girl allegedly gang raped by 4 persons while she had gone to attend Makar Mela at Kuchinda in Sambalpur; 1 person detained.
— Two more minor girls found pregnant in Dhenkanal and Kalahandi Residential schools.
— 2 school students killed after a excavator runs over them at Pirukudi under Khajuripada police limits in Kandhamal district.
— OTET Question Leak: BSE lodges formal complaint at Mangalabag Police Station in Cuttack seeking a probe and action against accused.
— CM Naveen writes to PM Modi demanding special category status for Odisha.
— Orissa HC rejects plea filed by aspirants seeking a stay on ASO examination scheduled to be held on January 20
— Reports of tiger attack in Daringbadi fake, says Baliguda DFO.
— ISRO to set up 4 incubation centres including one in Rourkela.
— 2 IPS officers from Odisha, Amulya Patnaik (Delhi Police Commissioner) & Loknath Behera (Kerala DGP), are among 17 IPS officers shortlisted for CBI Director’s post.
— Jammu & Kashmir: 5 bodies recovered, 5 people are missing after 10 people were trapped under snow after an avalanche occurred in Khardung La, Ladakh, earlier today.
— Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman takes decision to induct women as jawans in Corps of Military Police in Army.
— Election Commission of India to announce the 2019 Lok Sabha election schedule in the first week of March, election would be held in 6 to 7 phases.
— Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates 3D laser projection show at Dandi Kutir in Gujarat.
— Pulwama: Terrorists hurled grenade at Kakapora police station which exploded inside the compound. No loss of life or injury reported.
— Punjab: Ludhiana’s GST department seized gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 1.6 crore.
— Government of India sanctions three new Naval Air squadrons of maritime surveillance aircraft in Gujarat & Tamil Nadu.
— 3rd ODI : India record a historic series victory in Australia; wins ODI series against Australia by 2-1.