Новости за 04.07.2021

Following government’s unlock guidelines, Kukke Sri Subrahmanya temple in Dakshina Kannada district will open for devotees only for Darshan and Mangalarati seve.

Director general of police Abhay, along with some other senior police officers, visited Puri on Sunday to take stock of the security arrangements for the nine-day Rath Yatra from July 12.

Though the land for the proposed international airport in Puri has not been finalised yet, the state government on Sunday said the ambitious project is likely to be commissioned in the next two years.

Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) authorities on Sunday claimed that there was a sudden disruption in power supply on June 30 and July 1 in the state due to sudden failure of second unit of Talwandi Sabo power plant, Ropar thermal plant and low level of power generation from Bhakra Hydro project.

Amidst sustained peak power demand levels, due to continuous efforts of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) Ludhiana industry will start operations from Sunday afternoon.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the director general of police (DGP) and the chief secretary of Odisha to look into the case of compensation to a rape survivor from Malkangiri district and detailed steps taken by the state to check, control and prevent the spread of crime against women within six weeks.

An elderly tribal woman has been beheaded allegedly over suspicion of practicing witchcraft in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, police said on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as 62-year-old Jamuna Hansdah, a resident of Balibhol village, Karanjia Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sudarshan Gangoi said.

While in countries like the US, Canada, Australia and the UK, films like Quiet Place II and Fast And Furious 9 have brought people back to theatres, none of these flicks are scheduled to release in India any time soon.

Assam may get some relief from the ‘severe vaccine shortage’ only after July 12. State health secretary Anurag Goel told TOI on Saturday that the shortage is likely to continue for about a week. “After July 12, vaccine supply to Assam is expected to improve,” he said.

Several student organisations in the state are up in arms against the evaluation strategy for board exams, even as education minister Ranoj Pegu on Saturday offered to talk with them.

Making inroads into the Muslim-majority belt of lower and western Assam, burdened with the tag of “illegal immigrants”, was always going to be a difficult proposition for a right-wing organization like the RSS.

A day after the Centre deputed multi-disciplinary teams to five states, which includes three NE states of Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Manipur that are reporting increased number of Covid-19 cases, DoNER minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said there was progressive decline in the number of cases in the NE states, except Meghalaya.

While showers induced by the south-west monsoon is causing floods in several rivers in north-eastern parts of India, the monsoon has become weak in Odisha. Since the onset of monsoon in the state on June 10, Odisha has received 16% deficit rain this season so far.

An ASHA worker in Kendrapada district succumbed to Covid on Friday night even though she had taken both doses of Covishield vaccine.

Seven persons were arrested on Saturday in connection with a mob attack on a team from Kakrigumma police station following the death of a biker in an accident near Baiguda railway station.

Tightening the noose around the flourishing illegal ganja trade, a team from Jeypore Sadar police station seized 1,243 kg of the contraband worth Rs 1.2 crore and arrested two persons with a pistol on charges of smuggling the banned drug on Friday night.

The capital city, where daily Covid count is still hovering around 300, is hoping that it could be spared a possible third wave given that it has administered at least one dose of vaccine to the entire eligible population of 8.50 lakh. Besides, more than 50% of its targeted population have received the second dose.

Going by the pace of drop in the daily infection count in Odisha, it is expected to go down below 800 by July 15, IIT Kanpur has projected.

The Gauhati high court has granted bail to a woman who had been booked under criminal conspiracy and sedition charges for allegedly having lunch on a dining table with a table cloth resembling the national flag.