Новости за 25.12.2021

A day after a team of Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Ahmedabad, recovered unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs 177 crore from the residence of Kanpur businessman, Piyush Jain, the sleuths detained him for questioning on Saturday.

Amid Omicron threat, Assam government has imposed night curfew from 11:30pm to 6am everyday from Sunday. Curfew will be relaxed on December 31st night.

Home minister Araga Jnanendra said politicians need to think about the Karnataka Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, commonly referred to as the anti-conversion bill, with an open mind.

A group of men allegedly disrupted prayers at a church in Gurugram's Pataudi on the eve of Christmas. The group, claiming to be right-wing activists, barged into the premises of the church and disrupted the proceedings.

On the eve of the Christmas, international sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik has created a huge sand sculpture of Santa Claus at Puri beach with about 5,400 roses.

Mizoram reported 173 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, said the state Department of Information and Public Relations on Saturday.

The Crime Branch has unravelled the mystery surrounding the alleged murder of Chittaranjan Palei, the personal assistant (PA) of State Planning Board deputy chairman Sanjay Dasburma, by arresting two persons on Friday. The accused were identified as Jagannath Sarangi and Ashok Upadhyay.

A Congress MLC made a shocking revelation by claiming that he and some other members spent crores of rupees to get elected to the legislative council.

Karnataka reported a marginal rise in fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday. The state saw 405 new infections.

Night temperature would see a gradual rise by two to three degrees Celsius in the next two days bringing relief from the cold wave in the state, the India Meteorological Department said on Friday.

Though the rule prescribes immediate suspension of the driving licence (DL) of the violators of traffic rules, its implementation has been abysmally poor in the state. Statistics of the transport department said the DLs of only 5% to 22% of the total violators were suspended this year.

With the state recording four Omicron cases so far, the government has planned to modify its existing health infrastructure to segregate patients infected by the Delta and Omicron strains of Covid-19.

The state cabinet cleared an ordinance to amend two municipal Acts governing urban local body elections to comply with the Supreme Court's December 17 direction of 'triple test' as a precondition for quota for backward class citizens (BCC).

The state government on Friday banned all types of celebrations, except marriages, on December 25 and from December 31 to January 2 to check the possible spread of Omicron during Christmas and New Year.

Deputy inspector general (northern range) Lalbiakthanga Khiangte told ToI that 24-hour police patrolling had been in place since Tuesday while picketing has been put up in all the important junctions in the capital city.

The park, set up by Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) at a cost of over Rs 8 crore and covering an area of 8 bighas of land, has a meditation hall, open air gym, a playground for children, murals with a dais besides an amphitheatre with capacity to hold 250 people.

Police in Dharwad city have said that patrol rounds of joggers' parks and public gardens have been increased after three reports of chain snatchings on Tuesday.

The Hubballi sub-jail has a new activity for its 120 inmates --- yoga lessons from world record holder Arjun Yogi.

Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya addressed the Jan Vishwas Yatra at Salempur in Deoria district through phone on Friday. The deputy CM had to visit the district to address the rally, but the programme was cancelled at the last moment.

A day after the blast in Ludhiana district courts complex, police officers on Friday hinted at a link between Thursday’s explosion and the Jalalabad cycle blast which had led to the arrest of many accused by Jagraon cops about one and half months ago. There is also a possibility that these accused may be brought on a production warrant for investigation in this case.

In the aftermath of the older Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes being withdrawn from circulation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had issued an order wherein banks were asked to ensure that notes that were either smudged or were scribbled upon were not dispensed both at the counters and the ATM kiosks.

Khajuraho Kurukshetra Express (Train no. 11841) was halted for around two hours on Thursday night at Lalitpur station after an alarm was raised by senior BJP leader Uma Bharti who was travelling in it suspecting bomb scare. The train was thoroughly checked before it was allowed to proceed further.

Friday prayers passed off peacefully for the first time since protests and disruptions began in October, but were restricted to just six open sites, heavily truncated from the 37 places that would usually see namaz congregations.