Новости за 01.01.2022

With a new variant of coronavirus - Omicron and newer varieties of vaccines in the market - the year ahead is all set to be a mix of challenge and hope, a lot depending on the efficiency of management and governance.

Fire department officials said that at around 6.30pm they got information about the fire in the district court complex, after which they rushed a fire tender, with two fire men, to douse off the blaze. By the time they reached the spot, the fire had already stopped.

The New Year's Eve in Assam passed off without witnessing a single road mishap as a result of a clampdown by state police, district administrations, transport and excise departments on rash and drunken driving.

Assam cabinet started the New Year on Saturday with some key decisions involving the chief minister, which include downsizing the chief minister’s motorcade by 50% and discontinuation of providing government house and security cover to all prospective ex-CMs from now onwards.

The rumours doing the rounds in the city that cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu is going to leave Congress and join BJP soon were finally put to rest by the minister himself on Friday in Chandigarh. During the interaction with mediapersons he cleared that he has no intention of joining any other party at all and these rumours are being spread by some elements to create misconceptions as Congress is heading towards a landslide win.

The members of a right wing outfit assaulted and robbed a Dalit family including three women over allegations of conversion at Tukkanatt in Mudalagi. The district police have booked seven under SC/ST (prevention of atrocities) Act and other sections.

A suspected drug peddler was injured after police opened fire while he was allegedly trying to escape from custody in Assam's Jorhat district on Friday, a senior police officer said. He was admitted to the state run Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH), where his condition is stated to be stable.\ Jorhat superintendent of police Ankur Jain said the incident took place when the accused was being brought to Jorhat from Dhubri.

Khanna police have suspended senior constable Kamaljeet Kaur, who was closely associated with the prime accused of Ludhiana bomb blast Gagandeep Singh. According to the officials, a disciplinary action has been taken against her as she remained in constant touch with Gagandeep despite the fact that he was suspended in a drugs case. Importantly, Gagandeep and Kamaljeet Kaur had spent four hours together in a hotel in Khanna on December 21.

Protests are nothing new for Sukhbir Khalifa, the 52-year-old farmer who had been leading the sit-in demonstration outside the Noida Authority’s office for the past 120 days.

The millennia old city Kashi will welcome the New Year with a grand Shankh Naad at the newly inaugurated Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor), which will witness the unique conch blowing programme by 1001 conch blowers on Saturday morning.

The city witnessed a surge in Covid infection with eight new cases reported on Thursday, increasing the number of active cases to 16.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, said that Tele-medicine technology is going to be the main pillar of

Increasing fears of local transmission of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, a woman from Vadodara city with no history of foreign travel or contact with an infected patient was found infected with the new variant. This is the second such case that has come to light in as many days.

Consistent rise in Covid-19 cases continued in the city and district with 41 new cases being reported on Friday. The west zone of the city remained the worst affected with 15 new cases being reported there.