Новости за 26.01.2021

Cyber experts have cautioned WhatsApp users not to get lured by certain messages received from different phone numbers, that have been circulating on the platform, promising part-time jobs, that claim that a person can earn money from home.

A 22-year-old man was arrested here on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl, making obscene videos of her and attempting to pressure the minor into religious conversion for marriage, police said.

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday virtually kicked off a slew of development projects worth Rs 213.37 crore on the 72nd Republic Day.

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to accept the farmers' demands, saying the new farm laws were 'completely wrong'.

The state government has decided to send a team of officers to Kerala and Uttarakhand to study the functioning of the vehicle location tracking systems in their public transport vehicles. Centre has been providing assistance from Nirbhaya fund to states to implement the project in public transport vehicles for the safety of women commuters.

Minister for ports, fisheries and inland water transport S Angara had a simple piece of advice for his ministerial colleagues still bickering over portfolios allocated to them by the CM BS Yediyurappa.

A draft mission plan 2021-31 for the comprehensive development of all tourism sites in Udupi district is being readied, tourism minister S Angara said on Tuesday.

Minister for youth empowerment and sports KC Narayana Gowda said he’ll continue as Mandya district minister as he’s from there. His assertion came following reports that minor irrigation minister CP Yogeshwara would handle Mandya. “Why will he come to Mandya? He is not a native .

The sixth victim in the blast that occurred at a quarry in Hunasodu of Shivamogga district was a worker at the mine, said inspector-general of police (eastern range) S Ravi on Monday. “We think he was from Bhadravathi,” he said.

In the wake of chief minister BS Yediyurappa’s directive to conduct an audit of mining activities across the state, the district administration in Hassan has decided to verify the licences of all 101 quarries in the district.

Even as the vaccination drive is on in full swing, the number of Covid tests being conducted in some northeastern states now is below the national average.

A day after Amit Shah said only the BJP can keep Assam free of infiltrators, the All India United Democratic Front took a dig at the saffron party, asking why it has brought the Citizenship Amendment Act that grants citizenship to “foreigners”.

On Republic Day, the movement of all heavy commercial goods carrying vehicles coming towards Guwahati through National Highways 31 and 37 will be regulated as and when necessary at Khetri, Sonapur, Byrnihat, Jorabat, Jalukbari, Amingaon and Bongara.

Assam police have sounded an alert across the state and stepped up vigil along the borders to prevent “extremist elements for entering” in view of Republic Day celebrations.

In major relief for health officials of the state, none of the 300 security personnel and members of the march-past groups, who will be taking part in Tuesday’s Republic Day parade, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

On the eve of 72nd Republic Day, Violet Baruah, the first deputy inspector general of police, Bodoland Territorial Region, has been conferred this year’s President’s police medal for distinguished service along with 13 other police officers of different ranks for meritorious service.

Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) MLA from Naharkatia assembly constituency in Dibrugarh district, Naren Sonowal, is the richest legislator among sitting MLAs in the Assam assembly with total assets of Rs 33 crore as per an analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

Five people were killed after an ambulance hit a stationary truck in Gopiganj area here amid reduced visibility due to dense fog on Tuesday, police said.

A total of 64 per cent of 6.46 lakh youths, who turned 18 this year, have been enrolled in the final electoral rolls in Assam. Office of the Assam chief electoral officer (CEO) has given a commitment to the Election Commission that cent percent of the young voters will be enrolled in the electoral rolls before the upcoming assembly polls.

Assam Congress on Monday said the pre-poll alliance and subsequent seat sharing arrangements with All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the Left parites and other regional units for the upcoming Assam assembly elections will be strictly based on a “common minimum programme”.

Assam’s longest-serving chief minister, late Tarun Gogoi, was on Monday named among the 10 Padma Bhushan awardees from across the country.