Новости за 06.08.2021

Amid the scorching heat and drought-like situation in many areas, north-east India is set to witness enhanced rainfall this weekend, as heavy monsoon showers have been forecast by India Meteorological Department (IMD) across the region on August 7-8.

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday paid rich tributes to the first chief minister of the state, Bharat Ratna Gopinath Bordoloi, on his 71st death anniversary here saying that Assam would be ever-grateful and indebted to Bordoloi for saving its identity which was about

The state virtual police station, whose mandate was to register only motor vehicle (MV) theft cases online, has expanded its services and can now lodge e-FIRs, relating to all types of thefts occurring in public places.

Residents of Chandrapur on the outskirts of the city, who have been staging protests since June 26 against shifting the dumping site to Chandrapur from West Boragaon, may expect a positive outcome as the Kamrup (Metro) administration is searching for an alternate location to dump

The district witnessed a sudden surge in the number of active cases of Covid-19 with five persons confirmed as infected on Thursday. However, no fatality due to the virus was reported in the district in the last 24 hours.

After adopting receding trend on Wednesday, the Ganga showed an alarming rise in water level again in Varanasi on Thursday.

The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) will not accept any structural safety certificates from Jamia Milia Islamia for the next three months for buildings in its areas, CEO Narendra Bhooshan said on Thursday.

The Mysuru district administration has launched an aggressive vaccination drive in villages bordering Kerala. The idea is to protect villagers, mostly those who belong to tribal families, from getting infected as Kerala is witnessing a spike in cases.

The city has recorded a rise in the number of vehicle registrations during the pandemic year, which may be attributed to the irregular public transport service.

People coming to the twin cities from neighbouring Maharasthra and Kerala will have to furnish the result of a RT-PCR test confirming they are negative for the novel coronavirus.

With the threat of third wave of Covid-19 looming large, North-West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation’s Hubballi division has prohibited spitting in its bus terminals. Any violation of this ban can attract a penalty of Rs 100 to 200.

People have paid a heavy price for being negligent towards maintaining Covid-19 protocol during the second wave. Dharwad district had recorded 25,281 cases in May and 266 deaths.

With Basavaraj Bommai taking over as chief minister, people in north Karnataka are hopeful that he would give a push for the long-pending Kalasa-Banduri project.

While the Pachanady garbage sliding tragedy that destroyed more than 25 houses and several properties completes two years on Friday, a demand to restore the house of renowned writer Mandara Keshava Bhat continues to fall on deaf ears.

Of the urban and rural areas in the state worsthit by Covid-19, a big majority are in Dakshina Kannada district, an analysis of weekwise data from the state Covid-19 War Room shows.

At least 21 students from Kerala enrolled in a private nursing college in Hassan city in neighbouring Karnataka, tested positive for Covid-19. The students, who arrived a fortnight ago from their hometowns in Kerala, were staying in a paying guest facility.

"All my three sons have won," Indian hockey captain Manpreet Singh’s mother, Manjit Kaur, told him when he called minutes after beating Germany to capture the Olympic bronze. She summed up the emotions of the entire Mithapur village, which had sent three players to Tokyo.

The districts have intensified testing and surveillance drives to keep tabs on travellers coming in from states with high case load, like Kerala and Maharashtra.