<p><strong>Breaking News LIVE:</strong> Hello and welcome to the breaking news live blog, please follow this space for all the latest updates and breaking news from India and around the world.</p>
<p><strong>PM Modi To Interact With ‘Team G20’ Today</strong></p>
<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with "Team G20" at Bharat Mandapam on Friday, his office said.</p>
<p>He will also address the gathering on the occasion and the interaction will be followed by dinner, it added. The interaction will see the participation of around 3,000 people, who have contributed to the success of the G20 Summit.</p>
<p>It will especially include those who have worked at the ground level to ensure the smooth conduct of the summit. These include functionaries like cleaners, drivers, waiters and other staff from across various ministries, it said. The interaction will also be attended by ministers and officials of various departments.</p>
<p><strong>Odisha Assembly Session Begins Today</strong></p>
<p>Over 1,000 security personnel including 125 police officers have been deployed under a three-tier security arrangement in and around the Odisha Assembly for the monsoon session beginning Friday, an official said.</p>
<p>Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Sunil Bansal on Thursday reviewed the security arrangements. Police commissioner Soumendra Priyadarsi, ADG (law and order) Sanjay Kumar and director intelligence Sanjeeb Panda briefed the DGP about the security arrangements made for the session.</p>
<p>As it is an important session during which the supplementary budget will be placed, a three-tier security arrangement —internal, campus and peripheral — has been made in and around the Assembly, said the DGP. Bhubaneswar DCP will directly look after the security arrangements under the supervision of the police commissioner, he said.</p>
<p>He informed that 30 platoons (one platoon comprises 30 personnel) of police force along with officers of the commissionorate police have been mobilised for the session. When House proceedings are on, all roads leading towards the Assembly will remain closed for the general public. Alternative arrangements have been made for smooth flow of the traffic, he said.</p>
