Новости за 08.05.2022

Despite the IMD forecast that cyclone Asani is likely to spare Odisha coast, the state government is planning to evacuate people from low-lying areas as a precautionary measure. Like Odisha, Asani is likely to spare Bengal as well. The coastal districts of East Midnapore, South and North 24 Parganas are predicted to receive rain till Thursday.

In a bid to encourage drivers to comply with traffic rules and to prevent road accidents, Odisha Police has proposed to the state government to introduce a higher motor insurance premium for violators.

Sixty-four students living in two hostels in Odisha's Raygada district were found to be Covid-positive as the state reported 71 new cases on Sunday, officials said.

Noted writer, columnist and a popular radio and TV commentator and Padma Shri awardee Rajat Kar passed away at the age of 88 here on Sunday.

Leader of opposition in the Karnataka assembly Siddaramaiah on Sunday hit out at chief minister Basavaraj Bommai alleging that he is not an elected CM, and was appointed to the coveted post in exchange for money. The allegation comes days after senior BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal's claims that he was approached by some people, offering the state chief minister's position, in exchange for Rs 2,500 crore.

Till date 35,27,501 suspects have been tested for Covid-19 in Ludhiana district, said health department.

Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik on Sunday said the playing of Hanuman Chalisa or Suprabhata or Omkara or devotional songs will commence at over 1,000 temples in Karnataka at 5am from May 9, as he accused the state government of having failed to take action against loudspeakers installed at mosques.

In a sudden spurt in Covid cases, 64 school students residing in two hostels in Rayagada district tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. Officials said 44 students residing in a hostel called Anwesha at Kotlaguda area of Rayagada and 20 students of Hatamuniguda Government High School hostel in Bisamkatak block of the same district tested positive for Covid.

Reminding the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) that the issue of rejuvenation of the river has been discussed at length by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has asked it to submit Vishwamitri rejuvenation action plan within a fortnight.

A 49-year-old man was murdered and his body burnt over suspicion of having an affair allegedly by his live-in partner in Maruti Nagar of Kothariya road in Rajkot on Friday evening.

The CBI on Saturday carried out raids on the premises of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator from Amargarh constituency Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra in an alleged Rs 40. 9 crore bank loan fraud case and recovered around Rs 16. 5 crore in cash and some documents. The AAP MLA alleged that he was being targeted by the central government.

BJP state unit vice-president BY Vijayendra said on Saturdaythat communal tension in Karnataka has risenever since his father, BS Yediyurappa, resigned as chief minister. "There was peace andcommunal harmony whenmy father was chief minister. But things have changed after Basavaraj Bommai took over the reins of the state," he told reporters. However, he immediately defended Bommai by blaming opposition parties for the heightened communal tension.

Seven members of a Noida-based family were killed and two others critically injured in an accident on the Yamuna expressway on Saturday morning. Their car, a Maruti Wagon R, was hit by an unidentified vehicle near milestone 68 in Mathura's Naujheel area around 4 am. Those who died included a six-year-old and a newlywed couple.

An assistant professor at Sharda University was suspended on Friday for an "objectionable" question in a mid-term political science paper for undergraduate students.

The survey and videography of the Gyanvapi premises, which began on Friday amid tight security, was stalled on Saturday, as the advocate commissioner and the team of lawyers were not allowed entry and protests continued on the second day.

The lawyer of respondent Anjuman Intezamia Masajid (AIM) on Saturday requested the court to change the advocate commissioner for the survey and videography of the Gyanvapi mosque premises in the case related to the daily worship of Goddess Shringar Gauri.

A senior judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, has asked young law graduates to become law professionals who should be free, fearless and away from prejudices.