Новости за 19.12.2020

A major fire broke out after at least 20 LPG cylinders exploded one after another burning down nearly 66 shanties in Guwahati on Saturday, police said.

The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has removed its MLA, Ajanta Neog, from the Golaghat district president’s post over alleged 'anti-party activities'.

The ruling BJP has won 16 seats out of 36 seats of the Tiwa Autonomous Council while its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) is leading in one constituency in the ongoing counting of ballot papers for the autonomous body on Saturday.

Close on the heels of an attack on a head constable in Car Street, four police personnel including an assistant sub-inspector were injured after they were manhandled by four inebriated engineering college students in the wee hours of Saturday.

Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency got its fair share of the Rs 10,904-crore pie expended by the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) in laying the foundation stone and dedication to nation of 33 national highway projects across Karnataka on Saturday.

The 42-year-old Randhir Singh Dhira was a successful agriculture and dairy farmer and he also did farming on a land belonging to a college after taking it on contract. The deceased had a stock of cattle as well.

Most Rev Gerald Isaac Lobo, bishop of Udupi diocese exhorted his fellow Christians to celebrate Christmas and New Year in a simple manner.

A local court has sentenced an uncle-in-law of a woman to 10 years in prison for raping her. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on the convict.

With farmers staying rock solid with their protest and demand seeking repeal of three farm laws, non-resident Indians (NRIs) and common villagers have proved to be of big help in sustaining their agitation.

The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee has removed its MLA Ajanta Neog from an important post of the party's organisation, two days after she met Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and North-East Democratic Alliance convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma. The move came amid speculations that the four-time MLA from Golaghat constituency and former state minister may join the BJP.

Fourteen people were hospitalised with injuries after a dumper truck collided head-on with a Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, police said on Saturday.

The spurt in incidents of violence against children has raised serious concerns about their safety in the state.

The higher secondary schools, colleges and universities in the state are preparing to welcome students once they reopen in January. They have started sanitising their hostels, classrooms and other office premises before the students and staff start trickling in. This despite the state government not yet announcing the date of the reopening of the educational institutions.

The commissionerate police will embark on a unique mission to decongest road and flyovers in the city by removing abandoned vehicles parked at the busy squares for days and months from Saturday.

As the state government gears up to reopen the Puri Jagannath Temple for devotees from December 23, the district administration on Friday said only the servitors of the 12th century shrine and their family members would be allowed to have a darshan of the deities on the first two or three days.