Новости за 05.02.2021

The Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on Friday started public hearing via online mode on the pleas of power companies on electricity tariff revision for the year of 2021-22.

People from Shamli and nearby districts started reaching Shamli's Bhainswal village on tractors, two- and four-wheelers and on foot for a 'kisan panchayat' being held there by the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

The BJP government has been insulting farmers by addressing them as ‘Maoists’, ‘terrorists’ and labelling them as ‘Khalistanis’, said former minister B Ramanath Rai.

Cancer cases in the northeast are projected to rise by a steep 13.5% by 2025, a research by the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR) under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed on Thursday.

Assam Pradesh Congress president Ripun Bora on Thursday said their grand alliance with the All India United Democratic Front and four other parties is going to form the next government in the state.

Voters above 80 years, Divyangs, Covid-19 suspects or affected persons who are in home or institutional quarantine will have the option of voting through postal ballots as absentee voters

The All Assam Students’ Union-backed Assam Jatiya Parishad and Akhil Gogoi-led Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti’s political wing — Raijor Dal — finalised their poll alliance for the upcoming elections on Thursday.

In view of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhekiajuli in Assam on February 7, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday visited the area to take stock of the elaborate preparations that are being put in place for the high-profile programme.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Assam Police on Thursday filed chargesheet against 32 people, including four headmasters and eight CSP owners, in connection with the minority scholarship scam in the state.

The Centre has allocated Rs 6995.5 crore for the development of the rail sector in Odisha, up from Rs 4,373 crore last year. The state had asked for around Rs 7,200 crore.

The Gauhati High Court, after hearing a petition pertaining to corruption in four leading universities of the state, has asked the petitioner first to approach the chancellor of the universities concerned with detailed representations as the court expecting the chancellors to take a decision on those representations.

The registrar and deputy registrar (finance & accounts) of Dibrugarh University (DU) were suspended on Thursday amid allegations of financial irregularities against the institute’s vice chancellor Dr Ranjit Tamuli and other key officials.

An unidentified woman was found murdered in Dasapur in the state capital on Thursday. Her headless body was found lying on a desolate stretch of the Bharatpur-Chandaka road in the early hours of the morning. A blood-stained knife, surgical gloves, syringes and an empty liquor bottle were found near the body.

The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is struggling with twin problems — rise in daily waste output and a severe manpower crunch.

The menacing Brahmani and its tributary Kani are set to consume the riverside villages of Sanamanga, Panchanapada and Arjunpur under Sanamanga gram panchayat.

After Kalahandi, the state’s ruling dispensation is planning to hold another mega show in Sundargarh tentatively on February 16. It is likely to be attended by chief minister Naveen Patnaik and many senior ministers and MLAs.

Anil Vij, Haryana’s home and health minister, urged protesting farmers on Thursday to call off the February 6 chakka jam and said the door was open for amicable discussions.

Ahead of the nation-wide chakka-jam announced by farmer outfits on February 6, the Noida police has placed spiked barricades at both sides of the Chilla border and the DND Flyway.