Новости за 01.03.2020

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Sonbhadra (UP), Mar 1 () The death toll in the stone quarry accident in the Billi Markundi mining area here has risen to 5, police said on Sunday.

It's a special day for some people in Hubballi-Dharwad, who get to celebrate their birthday, something they do only in every four years. This included some prominent personalities and this quadrennial event, was celebrated with a bang on Saturday. While some feel they are lucky to be born on Feb 29, very few are disappointed as they don’t get to celebrate their birthday every year.

Langpih on the Assam-Meghalaya border is now at the centre of another boundary dispute between the two neighbouring states. This time, the bone of contention is Assam Police's alleged attempt to set up a border outpost in Umwali village, which has created resentment among the area's Khasis.

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the sole purpose of redrawing the boundaries of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the state should be to protect the political rights of the native Assamese people by creating more seats in which majority of voters would be from indigenous groups.

A Silchar teacher was arrested on Friday night for posting a status on social media in which he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a "mass murderer" and blamed BJP for "inciting communal violence" which led to the recent Delhi riots. Souradeep Sengupta was produced in a chief judicial magistrate's court in Silchar on Saturday and sent to 14 days of judicial custody, Silchar Police Station OC Ditumoni Goswami said.

Farmers, who grew vegetables in abundance in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar, have suffered a setback due to lack of demand from Kerala and falling prices. Unable to bear the cost of labourers, transportation and middlemen's charges, they are forced to let their produce rot in the farms of these two districts. They are now demanding that the government provide minimum support price for their produce especially tomato, beans, brinjal and beetroot.

Operations at the Hosur Regional Bus Terminal in Hubballi are all set to commence from Sunday, with Dharwad district in-charge minister Jagadish Shettar flagging off services from the new terminal.

A police constable of Umra police station was caught red-handed by sleuths of anti-corruption bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe of Rs50,000 here on Saturday.

Canada's New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh has accused PM Narendra Modi and BJP of allowing "anti-Muslim mobs to flame the fire of hate" and division with impunity in New Delhi.

About 100 km from the seat of the Delhi riots, Mewat's 'Shaheen Bagh' is feeling the heat.

Residents of Sector 15 on Saturday have written to the district administration to install CCTV camera at Jharsa bundh for the security of walkers on this route. They also demanded the broken boundary wall of the bundh be repaired as it is providing easy access to miscreants. Several cases of theft were recorded here in the past.