Afternoon News Headlines (15 November, 2017)

Insight Bureau:  — Odisha will soon apply for GI tag to ‘Odishara Rasagolla’, informs MSME secretary L N Gupta.

— Odisha Chief Secretary Aditya Padhi writes to Union Home Secretary, seeks 50% increase in input subsidy for farmers.

— Odisha Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra flags off Bicycle Rally on the occasion of annual children’s festival Surabhi.

— Kharif paddy procurement in Sambalpur begins today.

— Sonipat District Administration issues notification to ‘maintain appropriate distance’ from Haryana CM.

— NGT appoints committee to look into environment protection & infrastructure for pilgrims at Amarnath Shrine.

— 3 explosions heard in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare; Military vehicles block road outside Zimbabwe parliament.