Odisha Afternoon News (November 2, 2018)
ONI Bureau: —– CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates two-day Ekamra Sports Literary Festival in Bhubaneswar today.
—– Remarks against MLAs: Abhijit Iyer Mitra appears before Odisha Assembly House Committee for the second time today; to re-appear before the Committee at 11am tomorrow: Committee chairman Narasingha Mishra.
—– Engineering student killed, another critical in bike accident at Budhibila village in Deogarh.
—– 3 workers injured in wall collapse at a bakery in Paikanagar of Bhubaneswar; admitted to Capital Hospital.
—– CM Naveen reiterates the demand for Special Category State status to Odisha at ‘Jan Sampark Padyatra’ in Bhubaneswar; says Centre is not listening to State’s demands.
—– Central funds of Rs 3 lakh crore has been already provided to the State, says Basant Panda over Patnaik’s special category tag remark.
—– BJD Malkangiri district general secretary Prabhakar Pradhan & adviser Rajendra Panda expelled for alleged involvement in anti-party activities.
—– Local women block Nuapada-Dharamabandha road demanding relocation of liquor shops at Patora in Nuapada dist.
—– Rourkela: Two staff suspended after carcass of an elephant found buried in Sonakhan Putulia village under Rajgangpur Forest Range.
—– Poacher, wild boar die after falling into electrical trap at Purbapada village in Kendrapara.
—– Elderly man dies, wife rescued after they jumps into village pond while trying to attempt suicide over crop loss at Tuna village in Koksara block of Kalahandi dist.
—– Ranji Trophy – Odisha Vs Haryana: Odisha scores 324 all out against Haryana in first innings.