Новости за 28.03.2021

The district on Sunday reported 486 new coronavirus cases and pushing its Covid-19 tally to 38,686 and toll to 1,118, deputy commissioner Varinder Kuma Sharma said.

Bommai, who was in Mangaluru on a private visit, told reporters that stringent action will be taken against those who take law into their hands. Reacting to the reports of BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi’s supporters hurling chappals at KPCC president’s car, Bommai said they must have hurled it to the convoy vehicle.

Union minister of state (MoS) for jal shakti Rattan Lal Kataria and Ambala mayor Shakti Rani Sharma have tested positive for Covid-19.

​​​Sarbeswar Behuria was admitted to Dharmasala CHC for treatment after the attack on Saturday night near Imam Nagar, but later shifted to SCB College and Hospital in Cuttack as his condition deteriorated, they said.

The urge to acquire knowledge did not stop this 37-year-old government primary school teacher and mother of two children to complete her BA course by securing the ninth rank from Mangalore University.

A 63-year-old man was duped of Rs 15 lakh by fraudsters. The victim Channaveeraya Harakunimath, was told that he had won a lottery of Rs 25 lakh in the Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) programme, but had to first pay charges like income tax, late fee to claim his prize.

Jiya Shetty, 14, whose roots can be traced to the Amparu village in Kundapur, has won the fourth annual Columbia Missourian Regional Spelling Bee. Jiya, an eighth-grader from Smithton Middle School, won against her sister, Aanya,10, from Mary Paxton Keeley Elementary School. Aanya stood second.

Panic gripped residents of Ganjam on Saturday as migrant workers started returning to the district from Covid hotspots like Surat in Gujarat. Around 500 migrant workers arrived here on Friday in the Okha-Puri Express.

The Jharsuguda district administration on Saturday started contact tracing of 21 people, including eight students and 13 staff of Jharsuguda Engineering School, after they tested positive for Covid-19.

Electricity is said to be costlier from April 4 with the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) on Saturday approving a revised tariff for the year 2021-22, the second time it has done in the last six months. The average increase of 30 paise per unit translates into a 5.6% rise in overall retail supply tariff.

A day after BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced the name of the candidate for Pipili byelection, senior party leaders on Saturday met here to discuss the strategy to retain the seat.

As BJP is gearing up to lock horns with the ruling BJD in the latter’s bastion — Pipili — on April 17, Congress is scrambling to restore its relevance in state politics.

The Supreme Court has ordered the release of a man, who has been at a detention centre in Assam since May 15, 2019, after the top court found that the Foreigner’s Tribunal declared him an illegal migrant without following the principles of natural justice.

The Clinical Haematology department at SCB Medical College and Hospital on Saturday successfully completed the first Allogenic Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) in a state government-run hospital.

With the government asking people to cut down on guests for marriage functions from 500 to 200 in view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases, the families of brides and grooms are asking many invitees apologetically not to attend the function. At the same time, the guests are being told that they will be informed about the new date exclusively for the feast.

In the culturally vibrant town of Jamuguri, a raucous brand of ethno-nationalism seems to be trumping other issues like price rise and unemployment. It is here that BJP’s polarising rhetoric is finding many takers.

With the state government imposing restrictions on public celebrations of Holi following a spurt in Covid-19 cases here and elsewhere, shopkeepers selling Holi items such as gulal, colours and water guns have reported huge losses. The low-key celebration of the festival has also caused a significant drop in the sale of sweets, retailers said.

The fresh Covid cases touched 50 in the capital city for the first time after more than four months, as the state breached the 200-mark for the third straight day on Saturday.

Just 10 days away from voting in the second phase polling and the narrative in the capital has once again shifted to the issues of women’s safety.

Breast augmentation surgery, gaining popularity in metros and big cities, is also slowly catching up in tier-2 states like Odisha.

The ruling BJP and its allies are confident of winning 42 out of the 47 seats in the first phase, saying the voter percentage indicates pro-incumbency mandate.

Polling stations in upper and central Assam had voters lined up even before polling began at 7am on Saturday. But as the day progressed and it became hotter and sunnier, it became difficult to observe physical distancing mandated by the Covid protocol.

A part of an under-construction flyover on Dwarka Expressway collapsed near Daultabad, Sector 106 on Sunday morning. Around seven to eights workers were present at the site at the time of the incident. ​​Three of them sustained injuries and were rushed to a nearby private hospital.