Новости за 17.03.2022

The Odisha crime branch has arrested a data management professional in Mumbai for allegedly cheating lakhs of people in different states on the pretext of updating their KYC details with banks.

"We have identified the killers. They will be caught soon. Raids are being conducted at different places," Puri SP, Kanwar Vishal Singh said. He, however, did not divulge their identities.

Many trains have been cancelled or rescheduled in view of Southern Railway undertaking infrastructure upgradation works for commissioning of double line between Padil - Kulashekara section March 17 to 21.

Most of the Muslim pockets in Thokkottu, Ullal, Surathkal, Bantwal, Puttur, Vittal, Sullia, Moodbidri, Belthangady and other interior parts of Dakshina Kannada were also affected due to the bandh call.

​​​​All the superintendents and inspectors from offices of department in Ludhiana, Chandigarh and other cities and towns in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir are participating in this agitation.

Police on Tuesday evening arrested the branch manager and a security guard of Utkal Grameen Bank (UGB)'s Hatiotta branch in Ganjam district for their alleged involvement in a scam worth over Rs 50 crore.

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday launched the inoculation drive against Covid-19 for 12-14-year-olds as part of the nationwide drive and asserted that the Corbevax vaccine is safe and has no side effects. About 13.46 lakh children are expected to get vaccinated in the state.

An elephant protection squad member died after an injured tusker attacked him in Gahamakhunti village under Dhenkanal Sadar range on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as Biswaranajn Panigrahi, 44, a resident of the village. The tusker attacked Panigrahi when he, along with other forest staff, had gone to treat the injured animal.

Armed with courage - born out of suffering - and driven by the desire to change the course of their lives, women in rural Odisha are fighting a lone battle against liquor dens in their villages. Mocked by their husbands and jeered by society, all that they have is each other's support as government help continues to elude them.

The Mizoram government allowed schools and colleges to reopen, easing the Covid-related restrictions as cases in the Northeastern state continued to decline on Thursday. In a new set of guidelines, the government said schools and hostels will be re-opened for all classes from the new academic session, commencing on April 5.

State government employees will get half-day leave if they watch the film, "The Kashmir Files", running in theatres here now, announced chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.