Новости за 22.12.2020

Senior Congress leader and All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) president Sushmita Dev on Tuesday said the All India Congress Committee (AICC) is in the process of conducting a survey to understand the acceptability of the Congress-AIUDF alliance ahead of the 2021 Assam elections.

NRC excludees, whose cases were not subjudice in the foreigners tribunals (FTs) prior to publication of the final citizenship register on August 31, 2019 and are free from the ‘D’ (doubtful) voter tag, will be able to vote in the 2021 Assam election, election authorities said.

Jaunpur SP Rajkaran Nayyar said the accused Mumtaz alias Sonu of Bhadi Khas village under Shahganj police station in Jaunpur was arrested and sent to jail and all the injured were admitted to the district hospital, where their condition is stable.

Emphasizing on credit linkage to the vulnerable sections of our society and economy –farmers, women and MSMEs, to tide over the pandemic, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday asked banks to wholeheartedly support those dependent on bank credit.

Three men were arrested in Azamgarh on Monday allegedly for trying to convert a family to Christianity after a neighbour of this family refused their similar offer and raised objection. Villagers caught the trio when they were trying to flee and police were called.

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Tuesday said his party will field candidates in the upcoming panchyat polls in Uttar Pradesh.

The Uttar Pradesh authorities have cut over 1.89 trees for the construction of the Bundelkhand expressway, an RTI query has revealed.

Hope, light and joy are terms associated with the holiday season, and star hotels in the city are symbolising them through their Christmas tree displays. Many have gone the extra mile with environment friendly and charitable themes to spread positivity amid the pandemic.

The two-year BEd programme offered by universities in the state mandates a two-month internship in schools (from kindergarten to class 10) for third semester students, but with schools closed those taking the course are in a quandary. The internship provides handson experience and training.

Nearly 60% of Christian weddings planned during the winter vacation have either been cancelled or postponed due to the pandemic. December-January is the season for weddings as people working abroad travel home for Christmas. This normally is also the time to finalise dates and venues for weddings to be held next year.

More than a year after a part of it collapsed, the 122-year-old heritage structure that houses Saraswathipuram Fire Station, is still in ruins.

With the holiday season kickstarting with Christmas and New Year celebrations falling on weekends, tourism hotspots in the state will attract a lot of footfalls. But the state forest department seems uninterested in cashing in on this holiday season.

People visiting Debjharan, which is famous for its waterfall and is a prominent picnic spot of the region, will be able to enjoy a boat ride at the beautiful spot soon

A day after arresting a Plus-3 student for the alleged rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in Nayagarh in July, the SIT on Monday subjected the accused to bone ossification test, which revealed that he is above 18 years of age.

A 30-year-old man was arrested on Monday for burning alive his wife (24) in Gahirapada village under Naugaon police station limits in Jagatsinghpur district.

The Puri administration on Monday said servitors of the Jagannath Temple, their family members and residents of the town need not show Covid-negative reports to enter the shrine for darshan.

At least 6,000 trucks laden with goods have been stuck on the Delhi-Jaipur highway for the past seven days because of the farmers’ protest at Jaisinghpur Khera. Since most of these heavy vehicles are 16-wheelers, they can’t take alternative routes cutting through villages because they are too narrow.

After simultaneously stoking the fire of regionalism and raising the banner of Odia pride, chief minister Naveen Patnaik has now turned his attention towards transparency in governance by proposing to put the annual property statements of people’s representatives,

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik’s recent statement giving precedence to Odia over Hindi has sparked a debate on Odia identity and pride. Sociologists, language experts and the state’s cultural exponents believe that while identity is very important, it must not be at the cost of modernity and development.