Новости за 21.07.2021

Over 358 micro-containment zones, identified as 'high case areas', are contributing to over 90% of the daily cases in Assam, senior health department officials said on Wednesday.

Despite a reduction in the daily Covid-19 cases being reported in Dakshina Kannada, the department of health and family welfare is continuing to monitor the situation, especially in rural areas.

The Udupi police have arrested an alleged contract killer in connection with the Vishala Ganiga murder case reported in the Bramhavar police station limits on July 12.

The role of the officer-in-charge (OIC) of Gajapati district’s Gurandi PS in the mysterious death of the assistant conservator of forests, Saumya Ranjan Mohapatra, in Paralakhemundi recently, has come under the scanner.

Farmers on Wednesday blocked a national highway here at three different points to demand the release of five protesters who were arrested last week following an attack on Haryana Assembly Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa's car.

A team of doctors is monitoring the health condition of former Union Minister Oscar Fernandes MP, Congress leader and former minister M B Patil said on Wednesday after visiting the hospital where the 80-year-old leader is undergoing treatment after he suffered a fall. Patil said a expert doctors from Udupi and Manipal are monitoring his health.

A student of Visavadar town in Junagadh district, Gujarat was cheated of Rs 1.09 lakh by cyber criminals.

The BJD on Tuesday mounted pressure on the NDA government over issues like delayed release of food (paddy procurement) subsidy, non-lifting of surplus rice and short supply of gunny bags to the state.

The Crime Branch on Tuesday joined the Gajapati police in probing the mysterious death of forest officer Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra (32).

Almost two years after signing the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Indian Railways and the state government for redevelopment of Bhubaneswar railway station, there is almost no progress in the project. Even the tender has not been floated.

Devotees will once again be deprived of watching from a close distance the opulence of Lords Jagannath, Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra in Suna Besha (dressed in golden finery) in Puri, on Wednesday.

Higher education minister Arun Kumar Sahoo on Tuesday inaugurated the Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) building at the Utkal University here. The educational institution will use this centre to conduct faculty development and other training programmes.

The deities of the Jagannath Temple in Puri ended their week-long stay at their birthplace — the Gundicha Temple — and started their homeward journey towards the 12th century shrine on a rainy Tuesday, marking Bahuda Yatra.

The Pegasus spyware scandal is aimed at maligning India's image just when the government has managed to control the second wave of Covid-19, said Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday.

The Itanagar Bench of the Gauhati high court on Monday held that the classification between vaccinated and unvaccinated persons for issuance of temporary permits for developmental works in both public and private sector in Arunachal Pradesh violates Articles 14, 19(1)(d) and 21 of the Indian Constitution.

Excise department officials in upper Assam's Golaghat district have conducted a massive drive after the administration found that illegal liquor dens were responsible for the rapid surge of Covid cases in the district.

Seven high-tech cameras have been installed along the animal corridors on National Highway 37 in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on Tuesday to control the speed of the vehicles and to monitor the movements of animals crossing the highway.

With people of Chandrapur up in arms against dumping of garbage, a resident has moved Gauhati High Court contending that Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) proceeded to set up a dumping ground without any scientific study of environmental damage to the verdant eco-sensitive area.

The Assam government on Tuesday suspended a deputy inspector general of police (DIGP) for his "numerous foreign visits since 2011 without obtaining prior permission from the government".

The condition of former union minister and Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes continues to be critical on the second day, Wednesday. He was critically injured after he accidentally fell while doing his regular exercise on Monday.

It is often claimed that tourism potentials of the state are underutilized by successive governments, resulting in huge revenue and employment loss to the state. In fact, many times, the neighbouring states have gained from Karnataka’s loss.

After meeting most of the party MLAs and ministers in the last two days, with the reception he has received from party workers and local leaders on his way to Amritsar, newly-appointed Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu has managed to consolidate his position among party cadres.

Two cousin sisters belonging to two villages in Ludhiana district tied the nuptial knot at a temple in an undisclosed area. While family of a girl from Swaddi Kalan village has decided to disown her, the other girl’s family, based in Swaddi Paschim village, has accepted the marriage.

In line with the assurance given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to utilize cutting-edge technology to minimize risks in the disaster-prone northeast, the IIT-Guwahati (IIT-G) has launched the Centre for Disaster Management and Research (CDMR).