Новости за 01.04.2021

Khanna Police in Punjab's Ludhiana district has arrested National Pracharak of Punjab Shiv Sena for alleged criminal conspiracy in an attempt to murder case.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday clarified that the salary earned by Indian workers in Gulf countries would continue to be exempt from income tax in India. Reacting to a tweet by TMC MP Mahua Moitra, the finance minister emphasised that recent amendments in the Finance Act, 2021 will not put any additional or new tax burden on non-resident Indians in the Gulf.

The Gujarat government on Thursday said it has shut down two testing laboratories located in Surat city of the state for issuing fake Covid-19 negative certificates.

It has been nearly a decade since a proposal to develop a dedicated protest zone in the twin cities, along the lines of Freedom Park in Bengaluru, was submitted to the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC), but it is no closer to being realised in 2021 than it was in 2012. It was the pressing need to prevent assemblies and demonstrations at Kittur Chennamma (KC) Circle at the heart of Hubballi that impelled the authorities to contemplate the creation of a dedicated zone for protests.

Amid rising cases of Covid-19, Odisha is all set to celebrate 85th statehood day, Utkal Divas, on Thursday following Covid protocols. Since the special relief commissioner (SRC) has restricted large gatherings and cultural programmes, the celebrations will be a low-key affair.

Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) got major relief on Wednesday evening with the Delhi high court allowing the party to use its old reserved symbol ‘bucket’ for this election, scheduled to be held on April 25.

Battlelines are drawn for the by-election to central Mizoram’s Serchhip assembly seat to be held on April 17. Six candidates are in the fray after scrutiny of nomination papers was done on Wednesday.

Starting Thursday, Covid-19 vaccination for all people above the age of 45 years will be opened up in Assam. One could just walk into a vaccination centre without any prior registration or paperwork.

About 250 home guard personnel turned violent on Wednesday and damaged chairs at the police reserve ground in Mangaldai in protest against the district administration not releasing the full payment they were assured for being on poll duty.

The Election Commission has seized some unusual “poll freebies” — black pepper, areca nut, TMT bars, jarda packets and even wild animals.

Actor-turned-politician and Union minister Smriti Irani’s uncle and BJP candidate from the minority stronghold Dhubri, Dr Debamoy Sanyal, is playing the harmony card for the Hindus and Muslims to win the politically important seat, which is one of the most challenging turfs for the BJP in Assam. Irani is the granddaughter of Debamoy’s aunt Chabi Bagchi.

If you travel by public transport in the capital, chances are that you might catch potential voters talking about their real issues.

With the political focus now shifting to Lower Assam, Central Assam and the Barak Valley, the opposition grand alliance is confident of doing well in the second and the third phases of the assembly elections, even as BJP and its ally AGP are reaching to voters in the region.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who missed the campaign rallies in the state on Tuesday owing to bad weather, tore into Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of being untruthful, and adding that those who protested against the Citizenship (Amendment) Actwere “killed by BJP and RSS”.

Amid Covid scare and forecast of heavy rain, Assam on Thursday will go to the second phase of assembly polls in 39 constituencies spread over 13 districts in the Barak Valley, hill areas, central Assam and parts of north bank of the Brahmaputra inhabited by a mixed population with varied faiths, language and ethnicity.