Новости за 10.12.2020

A case under the Dowry Act and domestic violence was lodged against the dismissed vice-chancellor of Manipur University Professor Adya Prasad Pandey, his wife and former Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Veena Pandey, and their two sons on the complaint of his daughter-in-law on Thursday.

The Gurugram police have arrested three youth for allegedly robbing an Ola cab driver at knifepoint on December 6 in the Farrukhnagar area of the district, the police said on Thursday.

The district on Thursday reported 51 fresh coronanvirus cases, taking its Covid-19 tally to 10,901, including 469 active patients, civil surgeon Dr Kuldeep Singh said.

Hinting at attempting new socio-political engineering, BJP’s Punjab unit organising secretary Dinesh Kumar has said mainly Jat Sikhs had been dominating politically in the state till now and what happened in Haryana politics could be replicated here.

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) organised a stakeholder meeting on Wednesday to promote their VGD-1 rice variety.​

The Karnataka government on Thursday once again reiterated that it will not implement the K Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats which determine that 1,533 villages in the state fall under the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ).

A court here on Thursday allowed the state Crime Branch to take Akash Pathak, son of suspended Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Abhay Kant Pathak, on 5-day police remand from Friday in connection with the high profile job scam in the name of Tata Motors.

The Ludhiana administration has set up a 16-member District Task Force (DTF) for the Covid-19 vaccination committee headed by deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma.

Three people, including a teenager, died after their car fell into a drain in Uttar Pradesh's Noida early on Thursday, police said.

The higher education department is planning to tie up with top universities like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to conduct online refresher training programmes for state college teachers.

After the scorching summer and the monsoon rains, morning walkers have always looked forward to winter to take in the fresh air. However, the fear of catching a cold or Covid-19, people’s general discomfort with wearing masks while walking and, more recently, the mist hanging in the air has deterred many from stepping out. Those who don’t wish to break their regimen, have found a simple solution — changing the timing of their walk or exercise.

A BTech student from Bhanjanagar in Ganjam district was allegedly duped of around Rs 4.25 lakh by job racketeers, who had promised to provide him employment in a reputed company. The matter came to light when the 22-year-old lodged an FIR in this regard on Tuesday. “We have registered a case and started investigation into the matter,” Sudeepta Kumar Sahoo, inspector-in charge, Bhanjanagar police station, said. Police, however, did not disclose the name of the victim on his request.

In a major infrastructure push, the cabinet headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday approved two mega drinking water projects in Bargarh district with a combined cost of Rs 723 crore. These two projects would benefit nearly 7.5 lakh people in six blocks.

The commissionerate police on Wednesday said a standard operating procedure (SOP) is being chalked out for a crackdown on pillion riders. Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Saumya Mishra on Wednesday discussed the SOP with traffic staff of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

The development of Kempkeri, one of the prime water bodies of the city located on Karwar Road, as a picnic spot may take some more time as things are moving at a slow pace.

Gujjarakere Thirtha Samrakshana Vedike fighting for the revival of Gujjarakere for more than a decade has expressed fears over sewage water continuing to flow into the lake. “Rejuvenation of Gujjarakere is under progress and dredging work has been completed. “Water samples were tested recently and according to the report it is not of potable quality. We fear that sewage is continuing to flow into the lake, “ said P Nemu Kottary, secretary, Gujjarakere Thirtha Samrakshana Vedike.