Новости за 16.03.2021

Ludhiana commissioner of police Rakesh Aggarwal on Tuesday dismissed five cops including two assistant sub-inspectors and three constables.

A man who had raped a four-year-old girl in Badhpura police station area of Etawah district of UP in January was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by court on Tuesday, in a record time of 57 days since the crime.

A committee has suggested the state government to drop Chhattisgarh from lists of five states--others being Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh—from where returnees are being monitored to check Covid infections. It has suggested to add Karnataka and Gujarat to the list.

The rural police in Ludhiana district of Punjab have arrested three people after recovering 4kg heroin and Rs 37 lakh cash from their possession.

The two accused in the MBBS seat scam, who had surrendered in Mahoba and Kanpur in February this year, were produced in Surajpur court on Monday.

A youth possibly aged about 27 years, has been found murdered after possibly being attacked with a stone.

As part of the government’s 5T (transparency, teamwork, technology, timeframe and transformation) initiative, the Odisha police introduced a faster police verification of passport applicants. ​​​Tablets with a customized mobile application—mPolice—have been distributed in 100 police stations in the state in the first phase.

KPR Mills’ education programme that provides coaching, admissions and time for their employees to study up to post-graduation and attempt the civil services exams has extended this facility to their migrant workers too.

As the only English-speaking country in the European Union after Brexit, Ireland is now attracting larger numbers of Indian students as well. The Ambassador of Ireland to India, Brendan Ward, spoke to TIMESOFINDIA.com’s Ishani Duttagupta about the advantages that Ireland offers for Indian professionals and students.

To contain the surge in Covid-19 cases, the Gujarat government on Tuesday decided to increase the night curfew timings in four major cities of the state by two hours. The curfew will now remain in force in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot from 10pm to 6am, an official statement said.

Local health department officials have hit on the old public address system of drummers going around villages, passing on important information, to draw awareness to Covid-19 vaccine and get senior citizens to come forward to take the jab.

A team of experts from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Mysuru visited the Technology wing campus of the College of Fisheries at Hoige Bazar and conducted an estampage on the two inscriptions on Monday.

The commissionerate police issued a WhatsApp number—7077798111—for citizens to report street crimes, including snatching, harassment and eve-teasing in the capital city. Police have also urged the citizens to share credible information, photo and video on street crimes and criminals on the WhatsApp number.

The influential students’ body, All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu), will issue directives to its members at the state executive meeting on March 21, to indirectly campaign in favour of the two new regional parties, the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and Raijor Dal, for the upcoming assembly election in the state.

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday took a break from public rally in Assam and instead addressed a town hall meeting under the title “Agragami Asom” (Advanced Assam) on Monday where he said BJP will bank on five pillars to fight the assembly polls — ‘suraksha aur samman’ (protection and dignity), ‘samriddhi aur judao’ (prosperity and connection), ‘sanskriti aur sabhyata’ (culture and civilisation), ‘shanti aur samvad’ (peace and dialogue) and ‘swanirbharta aur atmanirbharta’ (self-reliance).

A research scholar of IIT Guwahati has been suspended for “defaming the institution” after he questioned the credibility of the joint entrance examinations or JEE on social media.

Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala’s aide and JJP functionary Jagdish Sihag had to leave the party office in Uchana near here as BKU activists reached the spot with black flags on Monday.

Mamun Haque (65) has been living at Hatigaon since the 1980s. But for the first in nearly four decades, he has had to buy drinking water as both his wells — both over 60 feet deep — have gone dry.

When the anti-CAA agitation hit the state 15 months ago, upper Assam’s Chabua town in Dibrugarh district witnessed the most violent reaction with angry protestors razing down the local railway station, a post office, a private bank and several public properties. Angry locals even set on fire the private residence of sitting BJP legislator Binod Hazarika.

The district administration of Golaghat has turned two loved fictional characters created by noted litterateur Lakshminath Bezbaruah into poll mascots to encourage people to vote.

In a bid to fight misinformation ahead of the assembly elections in Assam and other poll-bound states, Twitter on Monday launched an information search prompt, which will be active in Assamese language, with the Election Commission of India and state election commissions.

Milon Das, a 30-year-old research scholar from Assam University, is the youngest candidate to get a ticket to fight the election this time.

The Congress in Assam launched its first election video on Monday by zooming in on the state’s ancient Bhaona tradition, the Vaishnavite spiritual drama culture popularized by Saint Srimanta Sankardeva and his disciples in the 16-17th centuries.

There is a new threat to the safety of road users in Gadag: Overloaded tractors. These utility vehicles laden with hay and other items are proving fatal to motorists and pedestrians in Gadag, with 10 people having died, while 17 others have sustained injuries in 11 accidents involving tractors in 2021.