Новости за 13.10.2016

On the last day of Durga Puja, the Bengali communityliving here bade farewell to the deity with the traditional 'sindur khela" amid festive fervour.

Residents of the city on Wednesday bade adieu to Goddess Durga with much fanfare.

The Muharram festival passed off peacefully on Wednesday amid tight police deployment across the state.Muslims in large numbers joined the colourful Tazia procession, fasted and held special prayers.

With about 300 Durga idols ready for immersion after the 10-day festivity, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack commissionerate police had made elaborate security arrangements by deploying more than 76 platoons of force in the twin city.

Bhubaneswar/ Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday launched the national seismic programme at Taranga village in Balasore's Soro block.

Police on Wednesday busted a fake note racket in Balangir's Khaprakhol and arrested the mastermind, Bapi Kuttar.Police seized two printing machines used for making the currency.

A group of girl students of a karate training centre here thrashed five youths for allegedly making lewd passes at them near the Nayapalli Durga Puja pandal on Tuesday night.

The dwindling population of adult male elephants, who are in the breeding age group, is yet another challenge for the wildlife wing of the forest department.

The Gajapati district administration will soon launch a drive to check sickle-cell anaemia, a disease arising out of blood disorder, among schoolchildren.

Bijoy Mahapatra on Wednesday lashed out at the state government for failing to control the Japanese Encephalitis situation in Malkangiri district.

The blackbuck treatment dispensary-cum-rescue centre opened by the government at Charimaili, near Aska, on August 27 last year does not have a veterinary doctor.

The city police have seized as much as 2.61 lakh kg of rotten jaggery worth Rs 61.18 lakh, the main ingredient to brew country liquor, in a massive crackdown launched in the last fortnight.

Diverse cultures from the northeast hogged the limelight at FATHOM - a cultural festival celebrating the region - which was recently held at Pondicherry University.

A 31-year-old employee of a leading jewellery showroom was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly cheating his employer of Rs 9.11 lakh.The accused stole cash from the showroom without the knowledge of his employer.

Three hundred young science enthusiasts from across the state will showcase their talent at the 24th state-level National Children's Science Congress which will get under way at Dibrugarh University from Thursday.

Dashami was quite the international affair in Karimganj district as hundreds of idols, from both India and Bangladesh, were immersed in the Kushiyara at Kalibari Ghat on Tuesday and Wednesday.

A team of schoolgirls - collectively known as Green Police - helped the 123-year-old Nagaon Bengali Sanmilan Puja Committee getting the district administration's award for most eco-friendly puja on Wednesday.

"The Centre has ignored the sentiments of the people of the northeast.People of the region were not taken into confidence while trying to amend the citizenship act," Gogoi said.

Two men were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly selling fake season passes of popular garba venue in city to earn money.

Each day scores of vehicles zoom past the glistening flyovers in the Diamond City, also known as the 'City of Flyovers'.

"Headquarter IG Assam Rifles (East) is conducting the expedition covering Mizoram, Assam, Tripura and parts of Manipur," said Lt Col Suneet Newton, PRO defence (Guwahati).

There are still four days for the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's visit and a poster war has broken out in the city.

The Diamond City observed Muharram on Wednesday.

There are household methods of checking quality of mava.By simply dissolving it in water, pure mava will get fully dissolved whereas ones mixed with suji or rava will not.