Новости за 09.05.2019

The election commission on Thursday launched a mobile phone application for voters with disabilities for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

From Saturday, passenger buses will not be allowed to halt beyond 15 minutes behind gate number 4 of Botanical Garden metro station. Overstaying vehicles will be fined Rs 5,000, the Noida Authority said on Wednesday. The move — though on a trial basis — is aimed at decongesting the Botanical Garden metro station area.

Tribals and people in villages in and around Anaikatti have appealed to the forest department to maintain the water tanks built by them inside the forests well.

A 22-year-old woman lost her eyesight on Thursday after an acid attack on her in Greater Noida for which she blamed her two brothers, police said.

Southern Railway on Thursday invited vendors who can supply signalling cables. It invited people who are interested or can manufacture the product to register as a vendor and meet them for further details.

Noida (UP), May 9 () Five employees of a mobile phone manufacturing company here were arrested for allegedly stealing over 300 battery chargers worth Rs 2 lakh to sell them in the open market, police said Thursday.

Individuals and people from different organisations have been helping people in distress in cyclone-affected areas of Puri and Bhubaneswar. Khalsa Aid, Odisha State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OSPHWC) and several individuals have distributed food and water among the affected people.

A historical school of the Ittigegudu in the heart of the city become history on Thursday with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) taking up the demolition works. The MUDA is planning to construct a commercial complex at an estimated cost of Rs 2 crores and 80 lakhs.

A traffic awareness drive was conducted by students of Pragyan School, Greater Noida. The drive was conducted in partnership with Traffic Police and Rotary Club. Commuters who were driving wrong side, not wearing seat belt, not wearing helmet and using mobile phone while driving were stopped and informed about traffic rules and the dangers of not following them.

With Dharwad district recording temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius during summer and droughts in recent years, the zilla panchayat has embarked on a mission to plant 1 lakh saplings to increase green cover.

Body of deceased Mohit of Khatik Mandi in Ambala Cantonment was cremated here around 6pm, two days after his death. The body was handed over to the family members on Tuesday, but they did not take it from the Ambala Cantonment Civil Hospital.

The Berhampur University on Wednesday decided to hold its second and final semester examinations for its various postgraduate courses as per its earlier scheduled date from May 11.

A 48-year-old man was on Wednesday sentenced to life by a special Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court for raping his minor daughter two years ago.

Family of a man murdered in Ghagon Rordanwali village near Garhshankar on the night of April 30 has decided to take out a protest march in Garhshankar on Friday alleging failure of police to arrested the accused named in the FIR.

The CBI has prayed for permission from the Gauhati high court to lodge a formal FIR against Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) cash-for-job scam prime accused Rakesh Paul.

Refuting charges of former legislator Rasul Hoque Bahadur that Muslims are being constantly targeted for their religion since BJP came to power in Assam, the saffron party on Wednesday said there has been no instance of harassment on minorities, including Muslims, after the party came to power in Assam.

Chhattisgarh has sought at least five female wild buffaloes from Assam to help revive the bovine population in the central Indian state that has seen a drastic fall in the number of species in the last few years.

The Golaghat Engineering College, Assam's sixth engineering college, has been denied approval by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for failing to meet 17 points of eligibility to function as a full-fledged engineering institute.

Haryana health minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anil Vij purportedly hurdled abuses at a group of protesters who were shouting slogans against him and his party on Tuesday, according to a video in circulation on social media.