Новости за 27.08.2021

The death of Nandita Saikia, a meritorious student from the Moridhal College in Dhemaji in a machete attack, has thrown up the question of women’s security in the state with the Congress blaming the BJP-led government of allegedly failing to ‘maintain law and order’.

Assam transport minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on Thursday said inter-district bus fares will not be allowed to increase from September 1, as decided by All Assam Motor Transport Association (Aamta), citing the Covid-19 pandemic affect.

Assam transport and industries minister Chandra Mohan Patowary has stirred up a controversy by openly criticizing the World Health Organization (WHO) in a government programme for its alleged failure to invent a medicine to treat Covid-19.

East Sikkim district has been marked as the best performer and Nagaland's Kiphire district as the poorest in meeting the sustainable development goals in Niti Aayog’s first edition of North Eastern Region (NER) District SDG Index Report, which was released on Thursday.

Former CBI director Uma Shankar Mishra (77), who was an Odisha cadre IPS officer of the 1968 batch, died due to old-age ailments at a private hospital in New Delhi on Thursday. Mishra headed the CBI for from December 6, 2003 to December 6, 2005.

Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) on Thursday rescinded its decision to close outlets near Ramalingeswar Park, barring 30 in front of the park, during the visit of ministers and MLAs, but decided to keep the park out of bounds for the public till Monday, drawing protest from

In a major push under the Act East Policy, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) on Thursday signed an agreement with Hooghly Cochin Shipyard Ltd to build the first slipway or ship repairing facility on the banks of Brahmaputra river, the national waterway-2, at Pandu here. The agreement was inked in presence of Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and Asam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.

As many as 4,945 wanted criminals, including some who were on the run for decades, have been arrested during a 10-day special drive to execute non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against them. The drive, which started on August 16 across the state, ended on Wednesday.

The Assam cabinet on Thursday approved a phase-wise process for re-opening of educational institutions from the first week of September 1, which will start with final year classes for higher secondary, degree and post-graduate courses, but with a compulsory vaccination rider.

Carcasses of 25 fruit bats were recovered while they were being transported in a four-wheeler in Tumakuru district on Wednesday night.

With 1,559 new cases reported in TN, the fall in fresh cases continued on Thursday, though 17 districts reported an increase compared to the Wednesday tally. The sharpest increase was seen in Coimbatore district, which shares borders with Kerala, with new cases rising from 181 on Wednesday to 216 on Thursday.

After committing the theft, Nanthakumaran Lokanathan fled to Malaysia and was arrested only two years later, reported TODAY newspaper. He was sentenced on Thursday. Court documents did not state how he stole the heavy construction equipment, which was worth about 31,000 Singaporean dollars, according to the report.

In separate incidents, a total of nine people, including three women, were caught trying to enter Mangaluru from Kerala with fake RT-PCR test reports over the past two days. While the women were allowed to return after they pleaded ignorance, the others were arrested.

Though three years have passed since experts inspected the damages to the Ratna Bhandar in the Jagannath Temple, its repair is yet to start.

Nearly two years after the state government announced to set up the Adarsh Gurukul, a school for the children of servitors of Jagannath Temple at Puri, the shrine administration has planned to make the institute functional from the next academic year.

Five years ago, the parents of 10-year-old Mamali of Bhatalumarda in Ganjam district, came to know that she had a hole in the heart (congenital heart disease in medical parlance).

Three robbers were arrested on Thursday after an encounter in Sector 58. The accused were wanted in connection with a robbery case.