Новости за 18.04.2022

The Guwahati Smart City Limited (GSCL) has begun the process of installing streetlights, which is a demand of city residents, under the second phase of the “Project Jyoti” scheme ahead of the GMC polls to be held on April 22. The budget for the second phase of the project is Rs 14.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday hit the campaign trail for the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to be held on April 22 with a host of promises, including Rs 600 crore for construction of roads across the 60 GMC wards in the next two years and round-the-clock

In yet another blow to the Congress party, former Assam PCC president Ripun Bora joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata, hours after sending his resignation letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

BJD on Sunday observed the 25th death anniversary of party ideologue and former chief minister, the legendary Biju Patnaik, with CM Naveen Patnaik paying floral tributes to his father’s statue on the assembly premises.

Tension gripped Matikhal in Ganjam after the death of a contractual woman labourer on the premises of Odisha Sands Complex (OSCOM), a unit of PSU Indian Rare Earths Limited, there on Sunday. Matikhal is about 30km from here.

Children showcased their creativity, artistic skills and love for the city during a sit-and-draw competition at Netaji Subhas Enclave, in Gadakana area of the city, on Sunday.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to install conveyor belts at material recovery facilities (MRF) to help sanitation workers handle segregation of waste more comfortably.

State public universities are working on a strategy to complete courses on time and hold examinations as per the July 31 deadline set by the higher education department.

Experts have expressed serious concern over the state government’s decision to promote students of Classes I to VIII in government schools without exams for the third year in a row.

With chief minister Naveen Patnaik having begun the exercise to reshuffle his council of ministers before the completion of the third year of his fifth successive term, all eyes are on the fate of those who either earned a bad name for the government or landed in controversy.

A heatwave-like condition continued in the interior and western parts of the state for over a week, as the mercury hovered over 40-43 degrees Celsius at many places. On Sunday, at least 12 towns recorded day temperatures of 40°C and above. Sonepur at 43.

Tourism minister M Mathiventhan on Sunday inaugurated a photo gallery at the Coimbatore International Airport to promote tourist destinations in Tamil Nadu.The initiative will create awareness and attract visitors from foreign countries and other states to the places, the minister said.

A group of youths has started plogging (picking up garbage while jogging) at different places of the state and sensitising people about the harmful impact of plastic on the environment.

Applications for admissions under the Right to Information (RTE) Act in private schools will be available from April 20, according to the education department. Admissions are open for entry level classes such as LKG and Class I.Applications are available at rte.tnschools.gov.in.

A 72-year-old devotee from Chhattisgarh died inside the Puri Jagannath temple on Sunday morning soon after a darshan of the deities.

The forest department has begun treatment for a 72-year-old female elephant named 'Vijayalakshmi' at the Kozhikamuthi elephant camp near Topslip in Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). The elephant has been suffering from digestive ailments for over 10 days and eye defects.

In a special joint drive against drink driving launched by the transport and police departments, 251 drivers were caught driving by consuming alcohol out of 2,600 who underwent breath analyser tests across the state on Saturday night.

The elephant mortality report of two experts shows 90% elephant deaths that happened in 2021 in the state were of natural causes.

The rural police seized 2.2kg of ganja from two peddlers at Ajanur Pirivu on Saturday.The arrested people were identified as P Saravanan, 38, a PN Pudur-based car driver and S Surya, 22, of Ramanathapuram, a realtor.

Chief minister M K Stalin and opposition leaders paid tribute to freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai on his 266th birth anniversary on Sunday. Stalin garlanded a portrait of the freedom fighter at Guindy in Chennai.

With the long weekend coming to an end, there was a scramble for tickets in private buses to Chennai on Sunday.Private bus operators jacked up fares sensing an opportunity, much to the chagrin of commuters. Semi-sleeper seat fares went up from the usual 600 to 4,000.

Moti Nagar police on Sunday arrested two for robbing a 25-year-old man of cash, jewellery and mobile phone after assaulting him.

The residents and activists are continuing with their multi-pronged protests against illegal garbage dump at Kamla Lotia College.

The Samrala police on Sunday afternoon booked a man and his accomplices for the murder of his stepfather in Manupur village. The accused have been identified as Amrik Singh, stepson of deceased Avtar Singh, 65, Avtar’s son Jaspreet Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib, and two others.

The police, on Saturday, arrested a man for abducting and sexually harassing an 11-year-old girl.Manpreet Singh of Dugri, Phase 1, was nabbed after the girl identified him in a market.