Новости за 20.12.2020

BJP workers led by their leaders launched a 5-day 'padyatra' from Lingaraj temple here on Sunday demanding the arrest of the culprits behind the alleged murder of Nayagarh minor girl and CBI probe into the matter.

The special investigation team (SIT) blew the lid off the mystery, surrounding the death of a minor girl in Nayagarh district in July, and arrested a Plus-3 student on Sunday for allegedly killing the 5-year-old after subjecting her to sexual assault.

Work on the upcoming Noida International Airport is progressing as scheduled and the first flight is expected to take off by December 2023 or January 2024, a senior government executive said on Sunday.

Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna is a "dynamic and progressive" thinker who will make a positive contribution to public affairs in the US and leave an indelible impact on American politics, according to his family members. Khanna represents the Silicon Valley in the US House of Representatives.

All eyes will be on BJD president and chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s political move as the party’s newly constituted executive committee meets on Sunday to chart out its future roadmap. The meeting assumes significance in the backdrop of Naveen batting for regional parties in Odisha against that of national parties. Party sources said Naveen will virtually attend the executive committee, the apex decision-making body of the BJD, and address the gathering. As many as 10 proposals are likely to be passed in the executive committee meeting.

Odisha police this year have seized highest quantity of 1,292 quintals of ganja. It is more than double the seizure made last year (618 quintals).

The process to hand over the SCB Medical Public School, Cuttack, to the DAV management has begun.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has earmarked 14 vacant spaces in the city provided by the General Administration (GA) department to put up 778 stalls, which are to be temporarily allotted to the small vendors.

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 move came amid speculations that the MLA from Golaghat constituency may join the BJP when Amit Shah visits the state next week.

A few days before the start of Shaheedi Sabha in Fatehgarh Sahib, the district administration has made Covid test mandatory for organisers of ‘langar’ (community kitchen). Langar will be organised at more than 300 places during the three-day Shaheedi Sabha.

The animal exchange programme of the Pilikula Biological Park, that came to a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic, is expected to resume soon. The 150 acre Pilikula Biological Park is one of the major attractions of the Dr Shivarama Karantha Pilikula Nisargadhama. In accordance with prevailing laws, the Central Zoo Authority of India has recognized the park as a major zoo, and the animals are kept in spacious enclosures, which closely resemble their natural habitat.

Panic spread among the passengers of a New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express after they noticed smoke coming out of a coach near Fakiragram in lower Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Saturday.

Since time immemorial, they have been celebrating the midnight mass on Christmas eve by gathering at the church and offering prayers. But amid the pandemic, the Christian community in Gujarat will celebrate the midnight mass virtually. The community members have taken the decision in the wake of night curfew imposed by the government.

A day after the Gauhati High Court ordered “status quo” on the formation of the new executive council of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) after hearing a challenge petition filed by former chief executive member (CEM) and BPF leader Hagrama Mohilary, the party on Saturday announced that it has decided to sit in the opposition.

The Chief Justice of India, Sharad Arvind Bobde, in his address at an orientation programme on “Protection of Wildlife” here on Saturday, said the history of civilisation is one of people’s association with animals, but animals are being ignored since the former’s dependence on them went down due to mechanization.

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the Northeast will emerge as an economic power with the support of its huge natural and human skill resources.