Новости за 11.01.2021

The Noida Police has arrested two officials of a consumer goods import-export company accused of duping billions of rupees from thousands of people across the country by tricking suppliers, officials said on Monday.

Union minister Shripad Naik's wife and his close aide died in a road accident when the SUV they were travelling in met with an accident near Hillur-Hosakambi village in Ankola taluk on Monday. The condition of Union minister Naik is said to be stable and he was shifted to Goa Medical College after preliminary treatment in Ankola.

Leader of Congress legislature party in Assam, Debabrata Saikia, has moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the eviction of indigenous people belonging to the ST and OBC communities in the Tinsukia and Nagaon districts by the state government.

The LGBI airport here will be the nodal point for the distribution of the novel coronavirus vaccine to the entire northeast region, sources at the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said on Monday. The cargo wing of AAI will receive the first consignment from Pune.

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded 18 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday that pushed the district's infection tally to 25,211, while the recovery rate reached 98.55 per cent, official data showed.

The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has carried 150.86 million tonne (MT) of freight traffic up to January 10 of the current financial year and became the first zonal railway to reach 150MT freight loading in the current fiscal, claimed the ECoR.

The district reported eight fresh coronavirus cases on Monday, taking its infection tally to 11,695, including 112 active cases, civil surgeon Dr Kuldeep Singh said.

The Gurugram Police on Monday arrested 8 people, including a spa manager and 7 women, for allegedly operating a sex racket from a spa and massage centre in Gurugram.

“Two gram panchayats (GP) of Dakshina Kannada are under anti-nationals. Though there are people who shout ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ in our country, the Congress is not ready to condemn. If you utter Pakistan Zindabad again, your tongue will have to be ripped," Eshwarappa said.

The air quality was recorded in the 'poor' category in Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad while it was in the 'moderate' zone in Gurugram, a 24-hour data issued by a government agency said on Monday.

In a glimmer of hope for the businessmen of the city facing problems from different departments, Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh will chair a state-level meeting of the businessmen on Tuesday in Ludhiana to listen to their grievances.

Shooting of Babushaan Mohanty and Sivani Sangita starrer Odia film Bidyaran to resume soon.

To mark the Hindu monk and philosopher Swami Vivekananda’s birthday on January 12, four first-year students from Tirupur-based NIFT-TEA created a portrait of the freedom fighter using pointillism.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) gets two-day custody of Haron Paul, 29, of Achipatti in connection with the Pollachi sexual assault case.

The commissionerate police has launched a drive against rash biking in Cuttack on Sunday. At least 43 people were caught and Rs 17,500 was collected from them as fine.

The first-of-its-kind novel initiative by the Odisha Fire Service, a Fire Park, that was opened recently, has been a hit among visitors and educating them about fire safety.

Flyovers along NH 66 in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have proved to be bugbear for respective members of parliament – Nalin Kumar Kateel and Shobha Karandlaje. If his detractors trolled state BJP chief Nalin for the delay in construction of flyover at Pump well, Shobha has taken her share of criticism for the delay on part of the concessionaire – Navayuga Udupi Tollway Private Ltd (NUTPL) – to finish the flyover at Shastri Circle.

The state government on Sunday said devotees will no longer be required to carry a Covid negative report for entering the Puri Jagannath Temple. Besides, it will be kept shut every Sunday for disinfection of the temple’s premises.

Degree colleges, universities, technical and professional institutions in the state will be reopened from Monday for final year UG, PG and diploma programmes for academic year 2020-21.

As schools reopen for classes X and XII students across the state, the government has not listed Sunday as a holiday in the 100-day routine set for completing the courses.

Shooting skills of police officers in Bhubaneswar have improved. The ongoing firing practice, which is under way at Sidheswar police firing range at Naraj in Cuttack district, showed at least 35% of around 1,000 personnel, who participated in the practice session, managed to hit the bull’s eye in the last three days. The figure was only around 15% in 2019, police sources said.

The Punjab government has temporarily suspended the Covid-19 testing facility at the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (RDDL), Jalandhar, of the animal husbandry department in view of the need to increase surveillance and tests for avian influenza, or bird flu.

BJP workers faced a counter-protest from farmers when the party was holding a rally here on Sunday to protest against what it described as “deteriorating law and order” in Punjab. Activists of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Rajewal) managed to cross a barricade, but they were stopped at some distance from the BJP event. A few of them managed to reach closer, but were stopped.