Новости за 14.07.2021

The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) CEO on Wednesday attended the branch office which is set up at Balak Inter College at sector Knowledge Park-V to address issues of residents of Greater Noida West.

Though rains have subsided to an extent in Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, torrential rains in the Western Ghats saw the Kumaradhara ghat at Kukke Subrahmanya temple getting submerged on Wednesday.

The capital city has reported 16 new cases of dengue till Wednesday. With this, the total number of dengue cases touched 107 in the city this season. The health department has intensified awareness drives to prevent further spread of the disease.

BJP on Wednesday launched its seven-day stir in the state protesting power tariff hike and load shedding. The party workers led by their leaders will stage protests outside electricity offices in the state till July 20.

NER divisional railway manager (Varanasi) Vijay Kumar Panjiar said, “We received the final approval of the Railway Board for renaming of Mandiadih as Banaras railway station on Wednesday. Soon after, the replacement of signboards started. The new code of Banaras railway station will be BSBS. The new sign boards have the name of the station in Hindi, English, Urdu and also Sanskrit.”

Assam has lost about 4.27 lakh hectares of land due to the erosion caused by the Brahmaputra river, greatly impacting the overall development of the state, the assembly was informed on Wednesday.

A man has been arrested in Noida in Uttar Pradesh after he was found illegally donning a police uniform in public place, officials said on Wednesday.

In order to augment the non-fare box revenues, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Wednesday said it has decided to rent out unused or unutilised parking space to food trucks at nine of its metro stations.

Having given support to various employees' unions of different departments against implementation of the Sixth PayCommission, the Municipal Employees' Sangharsh Committee in Ludhiana has announced a pen down strike on Thursday for three hours starting 9am.

Police here have registered a case against four men for allegedly raping a Dalit woman over nine days after holding her captive while a man alleged that he was thrashed by some people for helping the victim file a complaint.

Leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal on Wednesday staged a protest outside office of Punjab cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in Ludhiana demanding arrest of Lok Insaaf Party MLA Simarjit Singh Bains who is facing rape charges.

Sam Pitroda, chairman of Indian Overseas Congress department of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has named Komal Kumar Javarappa as the Country president of the Finland unit for two years.

The state government on Tuesday sought application from higher secondary schools which are keen to increase seats for the 2021-22 academic session. The move is seen as a response to the record pass percentage in Class X board exam this year, which is likely to create a shortage of around 14,000 seats in higher secondary schools.

Youth Congress state president Raksha Ramaiah on Tuesday put to rest rumours regarding differences between him and Mohammed Haris Nalapad, who will take charge of the Youth Congress after January.

BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday met MLAs and senior leaders of various constituencies to review the party’s organizational matter. The exercise, started recently, will continue for some days. On Tuesday, Naveen met leaders and MLAs of various assembly constituencies of Puri, Cuttack and Khurda districts. The chief minister is expected to meet MLAs of all districts in a phased manner.

Against the backdrop of the Covid testing fiasco at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar and scenes of mismanagement during some festivals in other states in the middle of the unprecedented health crisis, all eyes were on the Odisha government and its conduct of the Rath Yatra, which was celebrated in Puri on Monday.

As part of the Covid death audit, the state on Tuesday reported 68 fatalities, the highest so far, with Khurda district reporting 17 followed by seven in Ganjam and five in Sundargarh. In July so far, the government has confirmed 720 Covid deaths. The state’s Covid toll reached 4,730 with Khurda accounting for 786.

Farmers, women included, staged a high-voltage protest outside former BJP minister Manish Grover’s house here on Tuesday to make him say sorry for an alleged vulgar gesture at the women protesters in Hisar on July 10.

A 23-year-old woman’s disparate attempt to continue her extra-marital affair with her 25-year-old lover by threatening to kill him like her former lover has brought an eleven-month-old murder to light and landed three members of a family in police net.

Despite warnings from the government, doctors, public health experts, "revenge tourism" is gaining momentum as various states ease lockdown restrictions. Mangalureans are heading to Kashmir, the northeast and closer home, to Goa - some hitting the road as soon as their second shot is done, others keen to make a dash before a possibe third wave.

Although the government has permitted restaurants to open in its recent unlock order, some of the city's restaurants and eateries will open fully only in August due to severe staff crunch. The restaurant owners who spoke to TOI said most of their staff are from other states and they are unable to return due to travel restrictions and non-availability of transport.

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Tuesday allowed conducting recruitment examinations in various government departments and entrance examinations for higher education in offline mode across the state adhering to Covid-19 protocols.