Afternoon News Headlines (April 26, 2017)

* Special CBI Court frames charges against BJP MLA Dilip Ray in Brahmadihi Coal Block allotment case of 1999. Ray calls it political conspiracy.

* West Bengal: 3 people dead, several missing after jetty submerged under water due to high tide in Hoogly’s Bhadreswar.

* Former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot appointed General Secretary of Gujarat Congress.

* 2 trainee pilots dead as training Aircraft crashes in Maharashtra.

* Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe meets PM Narendra Modi in Delhi.

* Bill Gates lauds PM Narendra Modi for ‘success’ of Swachh Bharat initiative.

* Indian businessman’s food processing plant in Britain wins prestigious Queen’s Enterprise Award 2017.

* Kin of ‘world’s heaviest woman’ claims Eman critical after surgery, doctors deny.

* PV Sindhu advances, Saina Nehwal loses in Asian Badminton Championship.