Новости за 05.12.2020

From now on, the transport department will strictly implement helmet rules for pillion riders too. State transport authority (STA) said on Saturday that driving licence will be suspended if both the rider and pillion do not wear helmets.

The special investigation team (SIT) on Saturday questioned 'prime suspect' of the Nayagarh girl’s murder Babuli Nayak, his son and one of their drivers, Bijay Behera, police sources said.

The Odisha government on Saturday formed a state-level surveillance committee for Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) against Covid-19 and similar panels at the district-level.

The air quality remained "severe" in Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida for the second day, while it stayed in the "very poor" category in Faridabad and Gurugram, according to a government agency data issued on Saturday.

Even though the effectiveness of plasma treatment among severe Covid-19 patients is still being debated, the demand for plasma of Covid-cured patients remained high when the cases were increasing in the initial days of its outbreak.

The Khanna Police on Friday arrested three drug peddlers from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut after it recovered more than 57,000 intoxicant tablets from their possession near Doraha in the city. The accused were identified as Arshad, Mohd Imran and Farman, all resident of Mohalla Dharampura in Sardhana in Meerut.

A teacher of a government school living on Ajwa Road was arrested on Saturday for murdering his wife over suspicion of having extra-marital affair.

BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s action against MLA Pradeep Panigrahy for alleged job fraud has sparked off a political war of words in the state.

The Pejavar mutt seer, Sri Vishwaprasanna Tirtha Swami, said on Friday that the state government should immediately introduce a law against what is described as “love jihad”.

The Ganjam district administration has decided to convert at least two classes of Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya (OAV) into smart classes.

The IIT Bhubaneswar held its 9th convocation on Friday amid the pandemic. Union education minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank graced the occasion as chief guest via video-conference and addressed the students.

Many farmers from the state and, leaders of organisations representing them, have lent their support to the protest against the new farm laws in the national capital. Some of them from western Odisha are planning to join the movement after Saturday. Their main apprehension is that the new laws may spell an end for the minimum support price (MSP) of agricultural produces and weaken the mandi system.

The state Crime Branch has come to know that Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahy and Akash, son of suspended Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Abhay Kant Pathak, had allegedly taken nearly Rs 6 lakh each from around 120 job aspirants on the false promise of giving them employment in Tata Motors.

The family members of four-month-old child, who died and was buried, exhumed the body on Friday after a self-styled godman said their son was still alive. The incident took place at Dharsadhipa of Ekatali under Jharsuguda municipality.

Tata Power on Friday said it has received the letter of intent (LOI) from the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) to take over power distributors, Wesco and Southco, involved in retail power supply in western and southern Odisha. The company won the bids, which were opened on Thursday.

MLC election observer Ajay Singh (48), who was admitted to a private hospital after a massive heart attack during vote counting duty on Friday, passed away on Saturday morning. The district magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said that Singh breathed his last at the hospital at around 9.30am.

Gadag police have taken some pro-Kannada activists into preventive custody who were staging protest by blocking NH-63 near DC office in Gadag city. The activists were staging protest in front of deputy commissioner's office condemning formation of Maratha Development Authority.

‘Road Projects Worth 11,711Cr Approved For State In Last Six Years’

The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has decided to remove all garbage bins located at various locations to make the city clean and for the convenience of public.

Graffiti has become the newest form of protest for people demanding Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti chief Akhil Gogoi’s release. After Guwahati, wall paintings depicting his condition in prison has come up in Udalguri now.