Новости за 11.11.2020

The district on Wednesday reported 33 fresh cases of Covid-19 taking the coronavirus tally to 9,287, including 149 active cases, said civil surgeon Dr Kuldeep Singh.

The daily tally of Covid-19 in Ludhiana district crossed 100-mark on Wednesday with addition of 107 new patients.

The DC said for the four-lane concretization works between Addahole-Bantwal involving 17 villages, 35 acres of land belonging to 680 people have been acquired. He asked officials to coordinate and complete the award (compensation) under Section 3G within 10 days.

A local court here sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping a Dalit woman on the pretext of performing exorcism, and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

Despite the obstacles owing to Covid-19, the state government has recorded a 2.27% growth in overall revenue collection by October-end compared to the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.

With a sudden dip in temperature, outpatient departments (OPD) in city hospitals are witnessing a rise in footfall with complaints of common cold, influenza, cough and sore throat.

All the MLAs will undergo Covid-19 test before the beginning of the winter session of the assembly from November 20. Only those who test negative will be allowed to attend the session.

The BJD overcame factionalism within the party to put up a winning show in the Balasore assembly segment, where byelections were held on November 3.

Congress state president Niranjan Patnaik described the twin defeats of the party in Balasore and Tirtol assembly bypolls as a big setback.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday distributed safety kits among safai karmacharis, who are on the frontline in the fight against Covid, to encourage them to work more sincerely. The safety kits contained soap, face mask, face shield, gloves and sanitisers.

The commissionerate police will soon send a team to Faridabad to interrogate senior functionaries of a private company there in connection with the death of two persons in an explosion at a fuel station near Raj Bhawan Square here on October 7.

Continuing its dominance in regional politics, the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD snatched the Balasore constituency from the BJP while retaining its hold on Tirtol in the byelections, the results of which were announced on Tuesday.

Raj Srinivas Jena, a native of Bhadrak and a student of College of Engineering and Technology (CET), Bhubaneswar, has made it to the East Zone regional finals of the Fact Quiz 2020 Championship.