Новости за 11.06.2016

A dreaded sharpshooter of the erstwhile Sunder Bhati gang, wanted in Noida BJP member Vijay Pandit's murder case, was arrested by the police after a brief shootout near Samrat Gujjar Chowk in Greater Noida (west)'s Milak Lachi village area on Saturday.

The Union government has sanctioned Rs 72.71 crore for electrification of all villages in Gautam Budh Nagar district.

In an effort to reduce traffic snarls outside DLF Mall of India in Sector 18, especially on weekends, the traffic police have come up with a new congestion management plan. The plan was implemented on a trial basis on Saturday.

Ludhiana boys lifted the overall trophy in under-12 category in the 31st Punjab State Junior Swimming Championship at Mohali.

Showing a dream of providing state-of-the-art infrastructure to sportspersons for the past around 12 years, the construction work of the indoor stadium at Pakhowal Road has jumped yet another deadline of May 31, with the work still remaining incomplete.

In a bid to curb the whitefly infestation on cotton crop this year, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) vice-chancellor Dr BS Dhillon informed that the Punjab government had mobilized 500 scouts who would survey 1,000 villages for the said purpose.

Around 2,500 students form Ludhiana appeared for Punjab Pre Medical Entrance Test 2016 conducted on Saturday at various examination centres.

A meeting of Sewing Machine Dealers and Assemblers Association (SMDA) was organised at Lakkar Bazar to discuss the problems faced by the industry.

Taking in view of concern over depleting water levels, the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has released paddy varieties PR-121, PR-122, and PR-124 that mature about 15 to 20 days before PUS-44, and require lesser water too.

The standoff between city industrialists and officials of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) on the matter of issuing industrial connections to factories located in residential areas took another twist on Friday when the businessmen gatecrashed the meeting of PSPCL's chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) K D Chaudhary with his officers and gave an ultimatum to the department till Wednesday to start issuing connections to the applicants and start accepting new files.

Noida, June 11 (IANS) Indian boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav hammered Nickson Abaka of Kenya in their AIBA Pro Boxing bout here on Saturday to take a a decisive step towards a professional career.

Guwahati, Jun 11 () Assam government today announced free education for students with family income less than Rs one lakh per annum who are taking admissions in higher secondary, three-year degree and polytechnic diploma courses from this year.

Bhubaneswar, June 11 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated a 100-bed super specialty eye care hospital in Ganjam district.