Новости за 27.12.2016

The Nandankanan zoo has introduced a system through which tickets can be booked online, a move that will cut down on the amount of time visitors have to spend standing in long queues to buy entry tickets.

The memory of Kanan, the wild tigress who strayed into the Nandankanan zoo in 1976, will be kept alive with a statue that will be unveiled on the premises of the famous zoo on Thursday.

The Congress resorted to a two-hour road blockade from 10am to 12noon in front of the collectorates in Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur and Rayagada districts on Monday. The party is demanding compensation of Rs 12 lakh for families of the each children, who died to Japanese encephalitis (JE) in Malkangiri district.

The Berhampur Municipal Corporation on Monday issued work orders to 433 of the poor in the city for construction of houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).

Setting the tone for the upcoming panchayat election, chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik here on Monday attacked the Centre for its 'anti-Odisha' stand on Mahanadi and Polavaram.

Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema said that people must take full advantage of new technologies to promote their mother tongue across the world. He emphasised that the initiative will prove useful for NRI Punjabis to teach their children their mother tongue.

DGP K B Singh confirmed Mahima was allegedly played a role in a series of offences, including murder, abduction and attempt to murder, in Paradip and other places.This was the first time Mahima was arrested.

The Khallikote Autonomous College, the lead institution of the Khallikote Cluster University, has sought Rs 13 crore from the state government to preserve its oldest building as a heritage one.

The state government on Monday created another post of special secretary from among the medical services cadre. So far there was only one special secretary from among the medical professionals.

Cargo handling work in the Paradip port of Jagatsinghpur district has been the bone of contention between Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL) and Hyderabad-based Seaways Shipping & Logistics Ltd (SSLL) since last year.

In a grand tradition, pairs of mating Olive Ridley sea turtles have been seen on the water near the Rishikuklya river mouth.

Surat district police registered a total of 101 cases of bootlegging and arrested 76 people in the last three days after promulgation of prohibition ordinance recently by the state government. Police said women made up 50% of the arrested accused.

NRG-rich Dharmaj is gearing up to host Dharmaj Day celebrations on January 12 to coincide with Swami Vivekananda Jayanti.

The local crime branch of Rajkot city police seized 1,300 fake notes in denominations of Rs 2,000 each and arrested two persons living in Ahmedabad.

The Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) Forum, Karnataka, is all set to honour NRIs who have made a name for themselves and contributed to India’s growth.

Even as Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary described the move by Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) to hike property tax under self-assessment scheme (SAS) by 15% from April 1, 2017, as “breach of trust”, the mayor downplayed it by saying it was mandated in the 109A of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976.

Though job opportunities in the private sector are aplenty, government jobs are still a big draw among youths.

It’s another feather in the cap of Belagavi. The actuators for fin control actuation (for navigation and guidance) used in Agni-V missile has been designed in Belagavi-based Servocontrols.

The Belagavi City Corporation (BCC) razed nearly 100 shops and business establishments which had encroached upon the road at Khade Bazar and Samadevi Galli here on Monday.

With an aim to increase accountability and serving citizens properly, the Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) introduced Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system for all its employees, including outsourced civic workers, on Saturday.

Seeking remunerative price for sugarcane this crushing season, cane farmers under the banner of State Sugarcane Farmers Association staged a protest in front of sugar minister H S Mahadeva Prasad’s house in Kuvempunagar on Monday.

Two elephants housed at Suttur mutt at the foothills of the Chamundi Hills, were handed over to Mysuru Zoo on Monday.

The EMMRC attached to University of Mysore has produced three documentaries and they have been selected for National Nature Documentaries’ Festival to be held in Chandigarh from December 28 to December 30.