Новости за 18.06.2015

The state government has decided to put in place a uniform pricing system for transportation agencies from July 1 to stop overcharging by trucks carrying minerals.

Power distributor Southco on Wednesday faced sharp criticism from different organizations at a meeting of Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) with consumers here.

The state government is going to launch the 'Bank on Wheels' to help farmers get loans on the doorstep.

Under flak from all quarters over the mismanagement during the 'Bramha Paribartan' ceremony, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Wednesday convened an emergency meeting to take stock of the situation.

Plus II and Plus III students, securing more than 80% in Odia subject, would get a scholarship, named after noted litterateur Fakir Mohan Senapati, said an official release.

Around 25 goats were sacrificed at the Mahakala temple in the Buddhist site of Udayagiri in Jajpur district on Tuesday shocking many Buddhist scholars.

The students in Ganjam district will not face shortage of teachers this year when the government high schools reopen on Thursday after summer vacation.

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy rose a place to be at No. 12 in the men's singles rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday.

France's Socialist government faces a parliamentary vote of no confidence Thursday over a key package of reforms designed to energise the country's sluggish economy.

A 31-year-old man serving life imprisonment for attempting murder and robbery, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the district jail in Etawah on Wednesday.

The fluctuating weather with humid conditions and scorching sun has increased the cases of fungal infections in the city. People with such infections are flocking the LLR Government Hospital and other health centres in the city. Experts suggest that both elderly and children are prone to skin infections in this weather.

Ajeet Bhagmar will lead Kanpur Municipal Corporation's (KMC's) cricket team in the year 2015-16, informed KMC cricket coach Zafar Alam Khan.

Getting a driving licence is no longer a cakewalk. Licence seekers now have to drive on the 8-shaped track separately constructed for two-wheeler and four-wheeler drivers at the Regional Transport Office (RTO). Owing to this, car driving schools in the city have revised their curriculum and training module.

The Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Wednesday confiscated a bench, table, ‘takhat’ and shanty shop during an anti-encroachment drive conducted between Moti Jheel Crossing and Chunni Ganj via Baqar Mandi and Arya nagar.

The recent rains which last for a few minutes gave marginal relief to the people of the city from the hot weather condition.

Even after 48 hours of the blast in the thickly populated Quli Bazaar area on Monday, the police are yet to identify one Zahid who was using the first floor of the house in which the blast had taken place as a footwear godown. The locals said that Zahid is a native of Jajmau.

China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramzan and ordered restaurants to stay open, official websites showed as the holy month began on Thursday.

MC Mary Kom will be the chief guest for the Yoga event, which is being organised by Indian Consulate in Dubai, on the occasion of first ever International Yoga day on June 21.

Ahead of the 2015-2016 election cycle, the Republican Party has included two Indian-Americans state legislators on a project to recruit, train, and elect Republican candidates from diverse communities on the state level.

A teenaged girl from Ulhasnagar here who was allegedly abducted and sold in Gujarat, managed to escape from clutches of her predators and has been reunited with family, police said today.

Hong Kong's legislature on Thursday vetoed a China-vetted electoral reform package that had been criticized by opposition pro-democracy lawmakers and activists as undemocratic, potentially easing the prospect of fresh mass protests.

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