Новости за 16.09.2015

UP minister for urban development and minority affairs Azam Khan dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce ban on cow slaughter and ‘Pink Revolution’ in the country during his proposed visit to the city on September 18.

Three water ATMs would be formally inaugurated at Assi Ghat, Hanuman Ghat and Harishchandra Ghat on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on September 17. The launching of ATMs was held at Assi Ghat on Tuesday.

An NGO is promoting the idea of eco-friendly Ganesha festival through a short film with a green message.

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu forest officials on Tuesday launched a joint investigation into the killing of two tuskers in MM Hills forest in Karnataka on the fringes of Tamil Nadu.

Two persons, including a woman, from Kerala ended their lives by hanging at a city hotel on Monday.

In a move to provide a platform for law students to express their views with regard to international problems, city-based JSS Law College organized a Model United National (MUN) conference to discuss 'Organ trafficking -- Problems and possible solutions' in its premises on Tuesday.

A K Sinha, director of Ali Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, has said that the Union government is providing subsidy for hearing disorder surgeries.

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The CPM state committee will meet this weekend to review the party's preparedness for the local body elections.The state committee will meet on Friday and Saturday to discuss the progress of preparatory works.

The crime squad team of city police on Tuesday busted the attempt of a six-member gang to sell two red sand boa snakes and arrested them.

The election commission of India has recommended appointing Edwin Kulbhushan Majhi as the new chief electoral officer of the state.

The father of a four-day-old refugee has said he does not know how much longer he and his family can cope after they found themselves stranded at the Serbia-Hungary border.

Even after expending Rs 19 lakh and removing 30,000 cu m (cubic metre) of slurry in 40 days, Karimadom flood balancing tank, the central point of old Travancore drainage scheme, is still far from being clean.

The state government on Tuesday named Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) as the consultant for the Light Metro project for Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode.

Just like humans, trees too now have identity cards in a Kolkata suburb.

A 30-year-old man who was employed as an engineer at Vedanta's Jharsuguda plant allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his room in Vedanta Township, police said on Tuesday.

The state government on Tuesday emphasized early completion of development projects in the Left-wing extremism (LWE)-affected districts.

Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday arrested assistant executive engineer, road and building (R&B), Paralakhemundi division in Gajapati district, and wife of a daily labour roll (DLR) peon at Chikiti-Balarampur motor vehicle department check-gate, Ganjam, in connection with disproportionate assets.

With a possible drought-like situation staring farmers in the face, the BJP farmers' wing national president Vijay Pal Singh Tomar on Tuesday started a two-day tour of the state.

Raghurajpur, known for its master pattachitra paintings, will be developed as an ideal crafts village by November 15.

Lawyers and members of Bhubaneswar bar association blocked the Cuttack-Puri road in front of the district and sessions court here on Tuesday in protest against the state government's decision to abolish Odisha Administrative Tribunal (OAT).

The wildlife wing of the forest department on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to Biju Patnaik International Airport authorities to catch birds from the operational zone.

With all the rivers in Koraput district overflowing due to incessant rain since Monday night, Nandapur block in the district remained cut off from the headquarters town on Tuesday.

Three days after the death of a seven-year-old boy in New Delhi due to dengue, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday urged the Delhi government to take stringent action against the persons and hospitals responsible for the incident.

Three youths - one from Tamil Nadu and two from Bihar - were arrested at Jatni here on Tuesday during a banking examination.