Новости за 08.01.2021

The economic offences wing (EOW) of the state crime branch arrested a contractor on Friday for allegedly cloning a cheque to fraudulently withdraw Rs 2.87 crore from the Bank of India’s Rourkela branch in November last year.

Gujarat on Friday recorded its first confirmed cases of bird flu infection after samples of two dead birds from Junagadh district tested positive, an official said.

The average air quality plunged to 'very poor' levels in Ghaziabad and Greater Noida, 'poor' in Noida and Faridabad while stayed 'moderate' in Gurugram, according to a 24-hour data issued by a government agency on Thursday.

Doctors, nurses and other staff including drivers in the health sector were "administered" vaccine shots during the mock exercise at nine centres including Government Wenlock District Hospital in the city ensuring district's preparedness for the upcoming Covid vaccination drive.

A medley cultural treat awaits connoisseurs of fine arts – music and dance included in the 7-day cultural festival that Paryaya Sri Adamaru mutt has organised as part of Saptotsava getting underway at Udupi Sri Krishna Temple from January 9.

Three suspected cow slaughterers were arrested in Greater Noida early on Friday, following a gunfight with police in which two suspects got injured, officials said.

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) chief Akhil Gogoi after it found monetary transactions between CPI (Maoist) and the peasants’ leader. Gogoi has been in jail since December 2019 over alleged Maoist links.

Even as the district administration moved ahead with a smoothly coordinated dry run for the Covid-19 vaccination programme in eight health centres across the district, it signalled its intent to cover the frontline Covid-19 warriors under this programme by end of January.

The state government has asked Odisha Police to assess Naveen Patnaik’s security and step up arrangements (if needed) at Naveen Niwas, the residence of the chief minister, following an anonymous letter which talks about a conspiracy to kill him.

The higher education department on Thursday issued guidelines and timeline for spot admission into PG courses in colleges and universities in the state for the academic session 2020-21, which will end in August owing to Covid.

The state has been witnessing a rising trend in night temperatures for the past two days. The IMD forecast on Thursday said the trend will continue in the state for the next 3-4 days and minimum temperatures would remain 3-4 degrees above normal. Besides, shallow to moderate fog will be seen at isolated places in select districts, the forecast said.

If they can march shoulder to shoulder, they can be behind the wheel too. From 76-year-old dadis to college-going teens, around 500 women from various districts of Haryana are gearing up to steer the tractor rally on January 26. They will drive the vehicles on their own and lead from the front. Saroj is among the hundreds who will participate in the Kisan Andolan rally on R-Day.

The district has started taking precautionary measures to check bird flu incidents following avian influenza reported from 12 epicentres in four states. Even though no incident of bird flu has been reported from the district so far, the Surajpur wetland has been closed for visitors as a precautionary measure. However, there are no restrictions on the sale of poultry products as of now.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath may visit Noida on the occasion of UP Diwas, which will be celebrated on January 25 at Shilp Haat in Sector 33A, official said on Thursday. While the Noida Authority plans to have projects worth Rs 415 crore inaugurated on the occasion once the visit is confirmed, speculation is rife that Adityanath could announce some big-ticket state projects with eyes on next year’s assembly elections.