Новости за 03.01.2022

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday rolled out the second phase of the Assam Micro Finance Institutions Relief (AMFIR) scheme at Biswanath, with a clarion call to the women borrowers to use the money judiciously to get more loans in the future.

A man was trampled to death by a wild elephant at Balijan Nepali Gaon in Digboi in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Sunday.The deceased person has been identified as Nirmal Singh Chetry (71). The incident took place when he went to cut grass for feeding his goats in the morning.

The price of commercial LPG cylinders (19 kg) has been reduced by Rs 102.50, thereby offering some relief to owners of hotels and restaurants in Guwahati. The price of a commercial LPG cylinder now stood at Rs 2,127.50, which was being sold at Rs 2,230 in December last year.

The Assam government has set up nearly 20 Covid vaccination centres in each district of the state to jab those in the 15 to 18-year age group as the state faces a Herculean task to cover about three lakh children everyday to fulfill the target of vaccinating all eligible teens by January

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will inaugurate the second edition of the superintendents of police conference at Duliajan on Monday. Over 120 top officers of Assam police will participate in the two-day conference to be held at Zaloni Club.

Poaching of migratory birds in Chilika continues unabated as wildlife personnel on Sunday arrested two persons for killing winged guests in two different places in the lake, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country.

In the biggest jump so far, Odisha on Sunday reported 23 Omicron cases out of 39 samples that were sent for genome sequencing, raising the total number of such cases in the state to 37.

The state government on Sunday postponed the resumption of offline classes for students of I to V from Monday in view of the increase in Covid-19 cases.

In view of rising Covid cases and spread of the Omicron variant in the capital, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday sealed four bars in the north zone and shut down operations on Khao Gali (a street known for eateries) in the heart of the city, for an indefinite

Expertise of the Crime Branch in investigating cyber offences has come under the scanner as the investigators have failed to solve several such complex cases in the recent past.

Expertise of the Crime Branch in investigating cyber offences has come under the scanner as the investigators have failed to solve several such complex cases in the recent past.

The state government on Sunday carried out a major reshuffle in the IAS cadre. Bishnupada Sethi, who was the revenue and disaster management department secretary, will be the new principal secretary of the school and mass education department.

The special task force (STF) of the Crime Branch has urged the state police to explore the feasibility of opening a special unit to conduct forensic examination of wildlife parts.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has invited applications from eligible candidates for the National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD) for 2021-22 selection year. The fellowship will be opened for MPhil and PhD scholars.

The Saibaba Colony police on Saturday booked a 41-year-old man for stabbing his friend.The victim, N Rajkumar,45, a resident of Vinayakar Kovil Street in Velandipalayam and an electrician, had visited his friend M Saravanakumar, 41, also a resident of the street, on Saturday.

Eminent littérateur and former bureaucrat Ramakanta Rath received the Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja National Award for literature presented by Berhampur University at its 56th foundation day on SundayThe award carries Rs 1 lakh prize money and a citation.

Hardship faced by commuters using the pothole-riddled Food Corporation India (FCI) Road will end soon as it will be laid afresh at a cost of 3.6 crore.The 1.3km road, which belongs to FCI, connects Peelamedu and Sathyamangalam Road at Ganapathy through Gandhima Nagar.

Over 70,000 people were vaccinated on Sunday at the end of the 17th mass vaccination drive in the district.As many as 604 vaccination camps were set up across the district, including 156 in city corporation limits.

A 47-year-old head constable attached to the Peelamedu police station was killed in a road accident on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as R Ganesan, a resident of Kalapatti.

Electricity minister V Senthil Balaji on Sunday clarified that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) wasn’t levied on the electricity consumption charges and it was applicable only on application fees and some other services.

At least 80 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the district on Sunday, when the cases slightly increased from 75 on Saturday, even as 90 patients were discharged from various treatment centres, bringing the number of active cases down to 880.

Tension prevailed in Thadagam Valley on Sunday when brick kiln owners, former employees and the villagers gheraoed a group of activists, who visited the area to check the status of the units that were closed by the district administration a year ago based on the Madras high court

As many as 1.61 lakh school students in the 15-18 age group will be vaccinated against Covid -19 in the district from Monday.The vaccination drive will be carried out by health officials in 671 schools across Coimbatore in coordination with the school education staff.

National vice-president of Shiv Sena (Punjab) Amit Arora has allegedly received threatening calls from Pakistan numbers, asking him not to give his statement as a witness in the targeted killings being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

After a 31-year-old woman committed suicide at her house in Prem Nagar, Civil Lines, on Saturday, the Division 8 police booked her husband and in-laws on the charges of dowry death and criminal conspiracy. Later, her husband and his father were arrested.