Новости за 16.09.2021

Showing zero tolerance to corruption, Odisha Vigilance last year took action against 93 public servants for possessing disproportionate assets (DA), the highest in the country, revealed the latest data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

The upcoming ten-day Mangaluru Dasara will be a low key event, focussing more on rituals and traditions.

Emphasising the need for more investment, the chief secretary said there is a need for higher investment in rural roads, irrigation, agricultural development, social infrastructure, creation of new livelihood opportunities, agri-business in the post covid scenario.

​​In a startling revelation, the Wagon-R car which was being used for ferrying the Charas was modified for ferrying drugs as a special hidden cavity was created under the bonnet of the car so that drugs can be hidden inside to dodge the authorities.

East Coast Railway (ECoR) sources said the affected train engine was removed from the railway track at 1.50 pm on Thursday.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday virtually inaugurated the expansion of Utkal Alumina International Limited’s alumina refinery from 1.5 MTPA to 2 MTPA at Doraguda, Kashipur in Rayagada district.

The Ludhiana health department on Thursday achieved a landmark feat after administering 2.5 millionth anti-Covid vaccine dose to a beneficiary on Thursday that started on January 16, 2021.

According to the police, the control room received a call at around 5am that four siblings, including two brothers and two sisters, all residents of Badalpur village in Sadopur, had gone for a morning walk.

Time-honoured rituals were seen being followed at the Jayamarthanda gate of Mysuru Palace on Thursday as the majestic elephants made way into the palace with sound of the shehnai and drums setting the tone for Mysuru’s Dasara festivities.

The energy sourced from the plant can either be used by the authority or given to Noida Power Company Limited that supplies power to Greater Noida for an additional power source. The current power demand of Greater Noida is 450MW, which is expected to increase by 100MW by next year.

State education minister Dr Ranoj Pegu said that after a review of the Covid-19 situation in the next 10 days, the government will take a decision on the re-opening of other classes.

The fact that touts are proliferating in the transport department of GB Nagar came out in the open when a group of men led by the district convenor of the Bajrang Dal barged into the ARTO office to get a renewal of a fitness certificate of a vehicle owner and threatened employees when a worker’s work was delayed.

Odisha has earned the infamy of having witnessed the most number of molestation cases in India in 2020, a year that saw the country and states going into lockdown for several months owing to an unprecedented Covid pandemic.

Party hopping has started ahead of the panchayat polls in the state with former Kotpad Congress MLA Chandra Sekhar Majhi joining BJD, along with hundreds of his supporters, on Wednesday.

Ballari district has got the first place in the state for implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme.

The Andhra Mahila Samajam building, which is more than 100 years old, collapsed due to incessant rainfall at Kama Sahi here.

The reproduction or R-value of Covid has come down to 0.7% in the state in September from one per cent a month before, according to the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), which indicates an improvement in the situation.

Overall conviction rate in criminal cases in Odisha hit a new low last year. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics, the conviction rate stood at 11.2%, the second lowest after Assam, whose conviction rate was 5.4%.

The unending woes of the poor that stemmed from Covid-induced joblessness and economic downturn had forced many to fall prey to human traffickers.