Новости за 04.08.2021

Former MP and KPCC spokesperson VS Ugrappa on Tuesday said the state government is not focused on tackling Covid third wave. Speaking to reporters, he said legislators are focused on power and have neglected public health.

A dargah and a temple, which had encroached upon a road in Heggeri, were demolished by the HDMC on Wednesday. HDMC commissioner Suresh Itnal said that as per the Supreme Court’s order, the high court is monitoring the removal of religious structures from public roads.

In the race for a ministerial berth, Navalgund MLA Shankar Patil Munenakoppa has emerged victorious as the BJP high command inducted him into the cabinet on Wednesday.

The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in Puri on Wednesday announced to reopen the 12th century shrine for devotees on August 16. Devotees must show final dose vaccination certificate or RT-PCR negative report for the temple entry.

Anil Dhir, conservationist and historian, has expressed concern over the rotting of a heritage railway steam engine PL-692 kept in front of the BNR Hotel at Puri. He urged the Railways to give a coat to the century-old engine to check further rusting.

The Draft Ward Committees' list published by the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Monday has been assailed by the Dakshina Kannada District Congress which has accused the corporation commissioner of submitting to the will of the ruling BJP.

Monsoons, no doubt, bring joy for the majority, but for some villagers in the DK District it is nothing short of a nightmare.

A BSF jawan on Wednesday allegedly died by suicide using his service rifle in Khowai district of Tripura, a day after two personnel of the paramilitary force were killed in the state in an ambush by the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT), a police officer said.

Kutch police arrested two persons for duping people in various parts of Gujarat by promising them to help in getting government jobs in various departments.

Life is limping back to normal in most of the low-lying areas near Subarnarekha and Kharkai rivers in Jamshedpur. Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) brass is keeping a close vigil on these areas and has instructed the staff to start sprinkling bleaching powder as soon as water completely recedes from the areas to prevent any outbreak of disease.

Even as public and private schools have begun preparations to implement the state government directive to start classes for students of 9-12 grades from August 16 in two batches under Covid protocols, parents are an unhappy lot.

Following University Grants Commission's (UGC) declaration that 24 "self-styled" educational institutes are fake and most of them are in UP, including one from Noida, the regional higher education officer (RHEO) has said a legal notice might be sent to the institution.

A home guard was shot dead while his friend has suffered a serious head injury when the duo accompanied the Bishada accused Hariom to Chanchali village of Jewar area late Tuesday night.

A 28-year-old woman died within two-and-a-half hours of a surgery, the last in a string of three unsuccessful operations, at a nursing home in Greater Noida’s Rabupura, triggering protests by locals and her family members, who alleged the surgeries were performed by two quacks.

On the run for the last eight years, Bikramjit Bhowmik (51), who was the regional manager of dubious Rose Valley chit fund company in Odisha, has been arrested by the economic offences wing (EOW) of the state Crime Branch from East Midnapore district on Monday.

The All Bodoland Territorial Council Minority Students' Union (ABMSU) on Wednesday demanded that the state government find and arrest the mastermind in the murder of the union’s former president and an influential student leader, Lafiqul Islam, in 2017.

Maoist, who have recently surrendered in the state, are being engaged by Odisha police in carrying out anti-Naxal operations in different districts. The ploy has paid off with the arrest of some top cadres and zero casualty among the security forces so far this year.

As many as 51,867 city people got first dose of anti-Covid vaccine during the mega vaccination drive held on Tuesday. The target was fixed to vaccinate over 60,000 people.

Two more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in Varanasi district on Tuesday. No fatality due to coronavirus infection was reported in the district in the last 24 hours.

Seva Bharathi, Belthangady, through the ‘Seva Dhama’ initiative, is trying to provide solar-operated air medical beds to poor patients suffering from spinal cord injuries, and who are bedridden with severe sores.

Personnel of the special police forest mobile squad of Puttur seized deer pelt and arrested an accused at Dharmasthala on Tuesday. The accused is Hanumantha,35, from Belagavi.

To prevent tipplers from Kasaragod district of Kerala visiting bars and wine shops in border areas of Dakshina Kannada, deputy commissioner K V Rajendra has ordered the closure of all liquor outlets and toddy shops located close to the border with the neighbouring

Mangalore University has postponed its degree examinations that commenced on Monday, based on the directions of the district administration. University registrar (evaluation) P L Dharma said that there will be no examination for undergraduate students from Wednesday.

A day after Dakshina Kannada recorded a low Covid-19 test positivity rate (TPR) of 3.6%, the district showed an increase in the number of daily cases on Tuesday. The district, which reported 219 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Monday, recorded 307 fresh cases on Tuesday.

With hundreds of people from Kasaragod and other northern districts of Kerala denied entry into Dakshina Kannada without RT-PCR negative report, the Kasaragod district administration has come forward with a solution to support inter-state commuters.