Новости за 27.07.2021

The number of districts under round-the-clock curfew has been brought down to two with an improvement in the Covid-19 situation. However, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) in its SOP issued on Tuesday, said the ban on inter-district travel would continue.

Meanwhile, a day earlier Bittu had a spat with former Union minister and Shiromani Akal Dal (SAD) MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Twitter over the issue of farm bills.

The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has given a strict three-month deadline for all bulk solid waste generators in the city to begin wet waste processing in their buildings and construct an on-site waste treatment composting unit by October 31.

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 3,46,983 on Tuesday as 37 more people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said. The coronavirus death toll remained unchanged at 5,124 as no fresh fatality was reported.

In view of the death of six people in the border clash with neighbouring Mizoram, the Assam government on Tuesday declared state mourning for three days.

Three youths lost their lives in a fatal accident at Badarpur in Karimganj district after two bikes coming from opposite directions collided head-on late Sunday night. The three deceased youths were identified as Dipanjan Ghosh, Bishal Nath and Biprajit Ghosh, all residents of Badarpur, a senior police officer said.

The Congress has questioned the effectiveness of the Northeast chief ministers’ meeting in Shillong with Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday, after violence erupted on the tense Assam-Mizoram border soon after his departure to New Delhi.

Health department officials are worried over rising Covid fatalities in Jorhat and Golaghat districts where 10 people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours despite a declining trend in positivity rate over the past few days.

Police on Monday arrested four persons for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl at Khetri. The accused were identified as Bakul Baishya, Bikash Sarkar, Chiranjit Sarkar and Keshab Biswas.

The state health department’s plan to launch a customised Co-Win application on a pilot basis in Mysuru city on Monday was put off. The app was to provide Karnataka-specific features, but users were disappointed as the app was unavailable on Google Play Store. Officials did not say why the app wasn’t available.

With more than 1,500 cases being reported daily on an average, the Assam government may not give major relaxations in the fresh SOP to be announced on Tuesday.

As police forces of Assam and Mizoram along with civilians from both sides clashed near the inter-state border on Monday resulting in the death of six Assam Police personnel in firing, the chief ministers of the two states engaged in a Twitter face-off tagging Union home minister Amit Shah, who immediately asked the two heads of the states to maintain status quo and resolve the issue.

Within minutes of chief minister BS Yediyurappa announcing his resignation on Monday, commercial establishments in Shikaripura of Shivamogga district closed down and observed a bandh in protest.

No new case of Covid-19 was reported, while two patients were declared cured in Varanasi district on Monday. The district reported no fatality due to coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours.

At around 2 O'clock in the night, Anandeshwar Temple in Parmat and its vicinity was echoed with “Har Har Mahadev“ and “Anandeshwar Maharaj ki jai ho” when the gates of the sanctum sanctorum of the temple were opened for devotees on the occasion of the first Monday of the Sharawan month.

Slum dwellers on Monday staged a demonstration in front of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) demanding rehabilitation before eviction. The slum dwellers under the banner of Basti Basindha Surakshya Manch also submitted a memorandum to the BeMC commissioner.

The Debrigarh wildlife sanctuary is all set to introduce cruise from August first week in the Hirakud reservoir that lies close to the sanctuary, to draw more tourists. It will be run at the eco-tourism site involving local community members.

Following in the footsteps of former Congress leaders Ajanta Neog, who is now finance minister and Rupjyoti Kurmi, Congress MLA from Thowra constituency in upper Assam, Sushanta Borgohain, has sealed his deal with BJP and is likely to join the saffron party on August 2 at the state BJP headquarters here.

There was no loss of life or public property or injury to any person owing to the forest fire in Similipal earlier this year, which had attracted wide media attention.

Shiv temples across the state wore a deserted look on the first Monday of the holy month of Shravan as the state government has put restrictions on kanwar yatra amid the pandemic. This is the second year in a row that the yatra has been suspended owing to Covid.

A gang of hooligans, who were armed with swords and daggers, laid siege to the busy Master Canteen Railway Station Road here for about 20 minutes, terrorised people, chased three men and attacked them in full public view around 2pm on Monday.

The state’s 30 districts on Monday reported a test positivity rate (TPR) of below five per cent, while for 11 it was even lesser (below one per cent) with 1,637 fresh infections being recorded on the day.

Amid a decline of fresh Covid-19 cases, schools across Odisha welcomed back students of Classes X and XII on Monday.

Forest department launched an operation to rescue a baby elephant which fell into a small well in Devarapura Bhadragola village in Kodagu district. The village is located on Mysuru-Gonikoppal road.​

Fresh cases of Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu on Monday dropped to 1,785 compared to 1,808 on Sunday. Eleven districts including Tenkasi, Ariyalur, Krishnagiri, Thanjavur and the Nilgiris saw a marginal increase in cases compared to cases reported on Saturday. Deaths also went up to 26 on Monday from 22 on Sunday.