Новости за 17.06.2021

Although, getting promoted as an assistant sub-inspector is a significant milestone in the career of 55-year-old Shambhulingayya Hiremath (Hirehal), he chose not to celebrate it with his friends and family. Instead, he celebrated the achievement by helping and feeding a mentally challenged person during the pandemic-induced lockdown.

Terming the hike in petroleum price as ‘tax terrorism,’ former Karnataka minister U T Khader said the BJP government at the Centre has been attacking common man.

State government employees, who have been fully vaccinated, will now attend office mandatorily even as various administrative departments and sub-ordinate offices in Odisha will now function with 50% staff strength till June-end.

"Two persons, including a wanted woman drug dealer, were arrested and heroin worth Rs 7 crore was seized from their possession in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Thursday," police said.

" One of the prime accused in Assam's recent double rape-murder case was grievously injured after being fired upon by policemen during his escape attempt in Kokrajhar district on Thursday," police said. "One constable was also injured after being attacked by the accused during his bid to flee," a senior officer said.

The process to stop operating the 750-bed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) temporary hospital - Pandit Rajan Mishra Covid Hospital - for Covid patients was started on Wednesday with the shifting of 12 patients to the super-speciality wing of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) SSL hospital. The temporary DRDO hospital was set up by the Army at the Amphitheatre ground of BHU in April.

Twelve police personnel suffered injuries after a group of villagers pelted stones on them in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district on Wednesday. The villagers were protesting against the killing of two motorcycle riders in an accident.

Deficit rainfall in the pre-monsoon season - April and May - has had a devastating impact on the cultivation of cotton, which is one of the primary commercial crops in Mysuru, in the district.

Against the backdrop of the alarming surge in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases that were reported in Dakshina Kannada's rural pockets, the district administration launched 'Vaidyara Nade Halli Kade (To the villages shall the doctors go)' a few weeks ago.

A day after a car allegedly mowed down two motorcyclists to death, their family members and locals clashed with police on Wednesday as the latter tried to stop them from blocking Kanpur-Shuklaganj road near Akrampur in Magarwara area of Unnao. They were protesting with the bodies of the deceased persons against alleged police inaction and delay in releasing compensation to the kin of the deceased. At least 18 policemen were injured in the clash.

A 19-year-old man was stabbed to death and two injured when they were attacked at Uttaramukhi Street under Bada Bazar police station limits in Berhampur on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Chandan Pradhan, a daily labourer.

Police here have booked an Uttar Pradesh-based doctor couple on the charge of kidnapping a newborn boy from a Karnal woman in September last year. The matter came to light on Wednesday when Karnal police registered an FIR at Kunjpura police station after Karnal SP intervened. They are yet to rescue the baby or make any arrests.

Every monsoon, peacocks can be seen dancing on the Pakidi hills and roaming freely in the nearby areas due to the protection and care offered to them by the local villagers.

Many farmers of this district’s Patran town protested on Wednesday against the disruption of power supply to their fields because storm-damaged transformers remain unreplaced.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday switched to Koo, the latest Indian micro-blogging and social networking service that has crossed 6.5 million users in a span of one year since its launch.