Новости за 16.01.2022

Scores of passengers of Delhi-bound Mumbai-Hazrat Nizamuddin August Kranti Rajdhani Express had a narrow escape as an attempt to derail the train failed near Atul railway station in Valsad district on Friday late evening.

With as many as 74 supporting medical staff and 27 doctors at New Civil Hospital (NCH) testing positive for Covid-19, the authorities there have requested 3,500 additional staff from the government to handle the rising number of patients in all the three dedicated Covid buildings on NCH

A drop of over 700 Covid-19 positive cases was recorded in last 24 hours ending on Saturday evening in the city. Health officials, however, suspect that the drop may be due to holidays and that the numbers may shoot up once again after commercial activities resume from Monday.

Amid a surge in the number of people being infected with the Omicron strain of the novel coronavirus, the absence of a genomic sequencing laboratory in Mysuru is being keenly felt.

After facing severe abuse and torture from their son for years, a senior citizen couple from Mysuru were lucky enough to receive help from the national helpline for senior citizens, also called the Elder Line, which rescued them.

The Mysuru district police have arrested two youths on charges of committing a dacoity in January, near Bilikere on Friday. Based on the complaint filed by a truck driver, a team of police led by Bilikere Ravikumar, arrested the two youths.

The forest department has initiated a drive to remove lantana weeds that have invaded over 20,000 hectares of land in B R Hills Temple Tiger Reserve.

Foresters on patrol in Gundre range in Bandipur tiger reserve in HD Kote taluk have found a carcass of a tiger, which is believed to be eight years old. The big cat was found dead at Naynanahalla beat. It is suspected to have been injured during infighting and succumbed to injuries.

As Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has taken up quarterly maintenance works at 66/11 Bannimantap Power Distribution Centre’s 11 KV Siddalingapura / Naganahalli feeder line; power supply will be disrupted from 10am to 5.30pm on Monday.

The state government has released funds for the developmental of 143 government schools that have completed 100 years in a boost to upgrade existing infrastructure.In Mysuru district, three iconic schools are expected to get funding.

Mysuru zoo celebrated the birthday of gorilla Demba, who turned nine years on Friday, by serving him food in style in his enclosure. This is his first birthday celebration in India. He was brought to Mysuru Zoo along with his brother Thabo, 14, from Germany in August 2021.

Jamshedpur (East) MLA Saryu Rai has urged the government to bring down the rates that are being charged at the private labs for RT-PCR tests.

As the Covid cases rise sharply in the state in the past 20 days, the Jharkhand State Legal Service Authority (Jhalsa) which was involved in providing relief to the affected people in the first two waves have reactivated its units.

A Pocso court sentenced one Kaushal Singh to 10 years in jail under Section 376 (2) (n) (repetitive rape) of the Indian Penal Code for raping a 17-year-old girl in 2017.

A nine-year-old boy’s body was found in Bada Talab under Kotwali police station area, two days after his mother’s body was found at the same spot. Police said the boy has been identified as Rishi Banerjee. The boy lived with his mother Tana Banerjee in a rented house in Devi Mandap road.

Police have identified the woman who sold a baby boy for Rs 22,000 to one Nikhat Parveen and are going to record her statement, sources said on Saturday.

At a time when Congress has declared that it would reserve 40% of its tickets in the ensuing UP election for women, a Jharkhand MLA, Irfan Ansari from the grand old party, has courted controversy with his remarks on actor Kangana Ranaut.

A resident of the state’s Chatra district, who was working in an oxygen plant in Delhi, died in a freak accident there on Thursday. The deceased was identified by police as 45-year-old Ajay Saw. He belonged to Pitiz village in Itkhori block of Chatra.

The red brick industry, which is accused of polluting the environment, has appealed to policy-makers to weigh the pros and cons before making norms that “are tough to follow”.

The Omicron variant of the Covid virus had reached Jharkhand as early as January 1, results of the samples that arrived from Bhubaneshwar on Saturday showed.

Tension prevailed in Parsauni village of Itkhori block on Saturday after two communities clashed over a piece of land.Villagers of two communities pelted stones against each other over the disputed land where a graveyard and a cricket ground served as the boundary.

The Hemant Soren government on Saturday extended the partial “lockdown” imposed in the state till January 15 to January 31 considering the surge in Covid cases in Jharkhand.

With the third wave of the pandemic triggering fear and uncertainty looming large over the new variant, the rich and affluent in the tech capital are desperately seeking the expensive monoclonal antibodies cocktail, despite it being non-effective against the Omicron variant.

With a spike in Covid cases, there has been a gradual rise in fatalities too in the state. In the past fortnight, there have been 83 deaths. Between January 8 and 14, there were 49 deaths, compared to 27 between January 1 and 7. On Saturday, the state reported seven fatalities.

While a formal announcement is likely only on Sunday, the Samajwadi Party-RLD alliance has finalised its candidates from the Noida and Dadri seats.