Новости за 12.02.2021

Amid farmers’ agitation across the country, the Naveen Patnaik government on Friday transferred over Rs 1,272 crore to the accounts of around 53 lakh farmers under the KALIA scheme in an apparent move to maintain a pro-farmer image.

It appears Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, the central government’s flagship scheme for the girl child, is merely a slogan for the state government, say Renuka, Kamalakshi, Zeenath, Akkamahadevi, Sharanamma and other students of a Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) in Gadag district.

​​​Addressing a party programme in Pipra Kala village under Phephna area here on Thursday, he alleged that the law and order situation in the state was deteriorating because of the "patronage given to criminal elements by the ruling BJP".

The feedback from more than 75% of the participants in an online opinion poll, showed that people wanted the toll gate on the national highway near NITK, Surathkal, to be removed.

The death of a man allegedly in police custody in the Buxa area in Jaunpur district triggered protests by locals who indulged in stone pelting, leading to injuries to several policemen on Friday. ​​Three policemen including Buxa station officer (SO) have been suspended, and a magisterial probe into the matter has been ordered.

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday announced that the additional cost of Rs 5 per litre each imposed on petrol and diesel and 25% excise duty on liquor during Covid-19 pandemic peak have been withdrawn while seeking the vote on accounts in the assembly ahead of the assembly election.

Senior BJP minister KS Eshwarappa on Thursday said opposition leader Siddaramaiah is losing his hold over the Kuruba community and is rattled by the community’s agitation seeking ST status.

She may have been elected the president of the Dadadapura gram panchayat in Malavalli taluk, Mandya district but Muttamma is not allowing her success in politics get to her head. Belonging to a community historically engaged in rearing of pigs, Muttamma, in addition to following the traditional profession, supplements her income by weaving baskets, and she intends to continue with both these jobs.

Temples in Dakshina Kannada district, which receive thousands of devotees from across the country every day, have been forced to modify the manner in which they administer their ‘Anna Santarpane’ (mass feeding) programmes due to the pandemic.

on Friday reported just one new Covid-19 case, which took the state's tally to 4,391, an official said. An 11-year-old girl in Lunglei district tested positive for the infection, he said, adding the fresh case was detected during contact tracing.

Adeciduous tree in the Aravalis, which treasures numerous species that contribute to the environment in their unique ways, may hold the answer to the city’s groundwater problem. In 2018, the average groundwater table in Gurgaon was at 33.23m, which dipped to 35.85m in 2019, and further declined to 36.21m last year. Bistendu, also known as diospyros cordifolia, can help in recharging the water table.

The Indian javelin team consisting of national record holder Neeraj Chopra along with Shivpal Singh, Rajinder Singh, Rohit Yadav and the women’s national record holder, Annu Rani, have been practising at the high performance centre in Kalinga Stadium for around two months now.

In a bid to introduce a significant reform in policing, the commissionerate police has proposed to the state government to separate law and order duties from crime investigation in Bhubaneswar. Police commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi sent the proposal to the government through the state director general of police (DGP) on Tuesday.

Odisha has the second highest vacancies of 72 in Indian Police Service (IPS) posts after Jammu and Kashmir’s 76 among Indian states and UTs, minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh told Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

The department of town and country planning (DTCP), on the directions of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and after multiple complaints received from residents on several platforms, on Thursday recommended the cancellation of licence granted to Sare Homes in Sector 92.

The fourth anniversary of the Maur blast, in which seven persons, including four children, were killed, passed off without even a mention in the political discourse. Former Congress MLA Harminder Jassi, at whose election rally the blast took place on January 31, 2017, just four days before the assembly polls, says truth should be brought out and the culprits arrested.

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal will a face stiff challenge if he steps out of his Majuli constituency, AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi said.

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