Новости за 19.01.2022

Chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Tuesday directed secretaries of various departments to make use of the latest provisions of forest laws for expeditious implementation of the critical infrastructure and development projects.

Two officials, including one senior police officer, on Tuesday were suspended by the State Election Commission for violation of model code of conduct and Covid-19 guidelines.

As many as 2,228 new Covid cases and five deaths were reported in the district on Tuesday, even as 786 people were discharged from the hospital. A total of 11, 594 people are under treatment in the district.

With the absence of a Covid care centre in Annur and surrounding areas, those test positive and in need of institutional treatment are forced to isolate themselves at their houses, thereby risking lives of other members of the household.

A manhole has been overflowing on Trichy Road for nearly a week now, filling the stretch with sewage water, which gets splashed on two-wheeler riders and pedestrians as vehicles speed on the stretch. The city corporation is, however, yet to take any steps to address the issue.

Two days have lapsed since a guest worker locked a leopard into a godown at BK Pudur near Kuniyamuthur, where it strayed into for food, but the animal is yet to walk into the trap that the forest department has placed at the two main entrances of the facility.

A homeless man was found murdered on a pavement near Saibaba Colony on Coimbatore-Mettupalayam Road here on Tuesday morning. The Saibaba Colony police identified the deceased as K Shanmugam, aged around 50.

City police commissioner Pradip Kumar has detained two Hindu Munnani workers, who were arrested for desecrating the statue of Periyar EV Ramasamy at Vellalore a few days ago, under the Goondas Act.

The Pongal festivities seem to have left behind a considerable amount of garbage on the city streets and the civic body has collected 500 tonnes more waste than usual in the past four days.

More than four decades after the city became a corporation, it is all set to get its first woman mayor in the upcoming urban local body elections.

In a freak incident, a parked car was completely charred when it suddenly caught fire at PAU Road near Kitchlu Nagar on Tuesday. No loss of life was reported in the incident as the driver was not near the vehicle during the incident.

As campaign gathers momentum ahead of February 20 Assembly polls, residents are peeved at the defacement of walls with the posters of candidates.

Acting over the complaint against the “bruta” pruning of four trees in Dugri phase 2, the Municipal Corporation officials have recommended another FIR against accused persons on Tuesday.

The district reported 1,040 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, of which 914 persons who tested positive were from Ludhiana and 126 others from outside the district. Also, the district recorded six deaths due to Covid.

The East constituency had seen very interesting contest among candidates in 2017 assembly polls, where Congress candidate Sanjay Talwar could manage to sail through by defeating Daljit Grewal of AAP with a narrow margin of 1581 votes.

The city’s maximum temperature was recorded at 12.2°C on Tuesday, the third time in the last 52 years where the day-time temperature has been so low on January 18. The maximum temperature was 5.5°C less than the normal on Tusday.

Police have booked four miscreants after they allegedly kidnapped a shopkeeper of Gyaspura area after asking for “hafta” (weekly extortion money).

A man accused of peddling smack, reportedly died of a heart attack at Machhiwara police station here on Monday night. The deceased was identified as 55-year-old Kirpal Singh Karan of Bhama Kalan.

In a worrying sign for health authorities in Ludhiana, there has been a substantial increase in the number of Covid-19 patients on ventilator support in hospitals in the district.

A local court has issued non bailable warrants against Lok Insaf Party (LIP) chief and Atam Nagar MLA Simarjit Singh Bains in a case of alleged violation of Covid norms. The next hearing of the case in the court of additional chief judicial magistrate Harsimranjit Singh is on January 28.

District education officer (secondary) Lakhbir Singh Samra has chargesheeted a physical training instructor who is accused of molesting a Class VII student.The teacher was accused of molesting the student at a government school where he taught.

Ludhiana police have booked at least five persons for allegedly attacking a couple after their dog suddenly went out in the street in Gautam Colony.

Business associations in Ludhiana on Tuesday against hit out at the Punjab government’s decision to allow reinstatement of truck unions.

In view of the third wave of Covid-19, the district administration has asked hospitals to defer elective surgeries till January 28 and reserve ICU facilities for Covid-19 patients.In the latest instructions, the administration said: “The number of cases is rising very fast.

UP Volleyball Association will conduct selection trials for its team to participate in the 78th National Senior (Men & Women) championship to be held from February 7 to February 13.