Новости за 09.09.2021

The Congress on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of hoodwinking the people of Majuli with false promises.

The Pocso Fast Track Court on Wednesday convicted a 26-year-old man to three years of rigorous imprisonment for attempting sexual offence on a seven-year-old girl in 2016. Judge Y Kalpana has ordered the convict to pay Rs 12,500 fine, of which Rs 5,000 will go to the victim.

Praveen Varnakuteera, an arts teacher from Varnakuteera Art School in Puttur, has released his latest collection of miniature Ganeshas on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officer of additional commissioner rank and a superintendent of Customs Department in a bribery case.

Reinstating its earlier decision the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has dismissed the review petition of PSPCL and denied approval to the running Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with five generating stations terming it economically not viable due to high cost of power.

The Assam government on Wednesday launched mobile vaccination vans that will provide inoculation at the doorstep. The Centre had recently pulled up the northeastern states, including Assam, for failing to meet the target of vaccinating the 18+ group.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the state government would form a three-member cabinet committee to discuss and resolve all issues of the tribal people.

A total of 27 employees, including one assistant general manager, of Assam Power Distribution Corporation (APDCL) were suspended on Wednesday for allegedly siphoning off Rs 1.46 crore since 2017 by forging medical referral certificates and reimbursement bills.

Two officials of the panchayat & rural development departments, who were arrested on Sunday for allegedly siphoning off government funds amounting to nearly Rs 53 lakh, were suspended on Wednesday. The funds were allotted for area development in lower Assam’s Dhubri district.

Shortening of the curriculum for Class XII, as is being mulled over by the state government, may cause a lot of damage to medical and engineering students as important chapters may be deleted in a bid to ‘reduce burden on students’. This is the second consecutive year under the pandemic when questions of course reduction are coming up.

The state government plans to unveil a new solar power policy next month and phase out power purchase agreements (PPAs), which have become problematic for Karnataka because of excess production and must-use clauses.

A survey conducted by panchayats and Mangaluru City Corporation has found 567 pupils aged between seven and 18 years dropped out of schools across Dakshina Kannada district in the academic year 2020-21.

One woman died and several others are missing after a private motorized country boat they were travelling in from Majuli island to Nimatighat in Assam’s Jorhat district sank in the Brahmaputra after being hit by a bigger ferry coming from the opposite direction on Wednesday afternoon.

Although salary is low and despite the huge risks it entails given the pandemic situation, the demand for anganwadi worker and helper jobs has soared.

At least eight persons have been detained after a 56-year-old resident of Lotus Boulevard (LB) was assaulted by a group of security guards with sticks following an argument.

Home deliveries, which were stopped by Noida police after 10pm a week ago, can resume, but only after a police verification, not only of delivery agents but also the vehicles they use.

Residents and industries in Greater Noida may soon be able to obtain no dues certificates for their properties online with the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) set to roll out a trial run of a self-service scheme with 400 industrial allotments in Ecotech sectors 10 and 11 on September 10. If successful, the scheme will be first extended to industrial allotments and later to residential, commercial and institutional segments under the ‘end-user category’, GNIDA officials said.