Новости за 31.10.2021

Assam, which is under the Centre’s radar for low testing and detection of fresh Covid-19 cases, is finding reluctance of beneficiaries to take the second dose as the biggest hurdle.

The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) chief executive officer (CEO) on Friday greenlighted the plan drawn up by the project department for a permanent solution to the waterlogging problem near Kulesara on DSC road and at Sector Ecotech 3.

Six more persons, this time all civilians, on Sunday have tested positive for the Zika virus in the Chakeri area of Kanpur, thereby taking the overall infection tally to 10 in the state.​

The Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti (SHSS) has announced it will perform Govardhan Puja in Sector 12, Gurugram on November 5 to oppose the Friday prayers in open areas in the city.

Motivational speaker and life coach Saif Sultan, who had the opportunity to meet Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar thrice in the last two years, recollects how the actor was always humble, down to earth and loved Mangalurean cuisine. Saif regrets that he could not give him biryani prepared by his mom, because he left too early.

Overriding an order the Allahabad high court which rejected the police’s contention to send an accused in the gangster act to jail, the Bisrakh police arrested another member of the Anil Dujana gang booked in the same case and produced him before the court.

Permission has been denied to the Gurjar community's mahapanchayat (meeting) to discuss their demands for an apology from the Uttar Pradesh government over the Samrat Mihir Bhoj controversy and naming of the Jewar airport after the ninth-century ruler.

A major fire broke out in a yarn factory Modern Acrylics private limited at Kakka Road in Ludhiana on Sunday morning.

The Jatiya Vidyalaya School at Chabua in Dibrugarh district has been shut down for a week by the district administration after four teachers and 2 students were found Covid-positive.

The police on Saturday claimed to come out with the charge sheet in the Kalahandi school principal, Mamita Meher's, murder case within 45 days from the date of arrest of the prime accused, Gobinda Sahu, on October 19.

The state Pollution Control Board (PCB) on Saturday reiterated that its order banning the use and sale of polluting firecrackers remains.

A Foreigners' Tribunal (FT) in lower Assam's Bongaigaon district has summoned a 60-year-old woman to prove her citizenship all over again within a little over two years.

Tension at the Mizoram-Assam border escalated again after Assam Police personnel "arrested" a Mizoram IR constable on Friday night and took the latter inside Hailakandi district of Assam.

The water of Kameng river in the frontier district of East Kameng in western Arunachal Pradesh, which had turned black with high levels of turbidity on Thursday, is gradually returning to its characteristic clear form.

The economic offences wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on Saturday arrested two persons for allegedly posing as an IAS officer and assistant engineer of public works department (PWD) and duping one Mukesh Jain, proprietor of Rashtriya Stainless Steel of Rs 1.17 crore

Over 73% of nearly eight lakh voters in five assembly constituencies of Assam where bypolls were held on Saturday turned out at polling stations for the second time in six months amid the pandemic situation to cast their votes.

There is good news for those who were dithering over buying battery-operated or electric vehicles (EVs). The state has decided to exempt them from paying motor vehicles tax and registration fees if they make the purchase within December 31, 2025.

The garbage issue triggered a ruckus in the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) council meeting chaired by mayor Premanand Shetty on Saturday.

Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra, who has been in the eye of the storm following his son’s arrest over Lakhimpur Kheri violence, faced the ire of Congress during his visit to Odisha on Sunday.

With 31 cases, the state again breached 30-plus barrier in daily Covid-19 positive cases after three days. The active cases reached 208 as patient discharge was recorded at 14.

The much-awaited musical fountain at Mahatma Gandhi Park here will be opened for the public soon.

The slew of awareness programmes undertaken by child helpline activists has yielded results, with the helpline number ‘1098’ registering a spurt in calls during the pandemic.

Two fans in Belagavi died after hearing the news that Puneeth Rajkumar had passed away. While one fan suffered a cardiac arrest, another committed suicide on Friday.

The upcoming Noida International Airport (NIA) won’t see too many transit passengers with Delhi’s IGI. The company in charge of building and operating the airport expects most of NIA’s footfall from its densely populated catchment area and domestic flyers to have a 90% share in passenger traffic in the initial phase.

A 42-year-old Somalian national was killed after his head was allegedly banged against a wall during an altercation with his friends at his house in Sector 50, police said on Saturday. One of his friends has been arrested while six others have been booked on charges of murder, police said, adding that all the accused are also Somalian nationals.