Новости за 20.12.2019

Reuse, recycle and redecorate this Christmas – this was what most sellers had in mind as they displayed their ware at the recently organised Sustainable Living Market in Gurgaon

Three people hailing from Mandya district died in a freak mishap involving an overladen lorry transporting iron pipes and an SUV in Shiradi village under Uppinangady police station limits on Friday. The incident occurred around 5pm.

Indian Railways had introduced a mobile app ‘UTS on Mobile’ in East Coast Railway (ECoR) zone in May last year to help passengers for booking unreserved tickets through their mobile.

Internet services on all the network of all service providers were stopped in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency ahead of Friday Namaz.

The Punjab and Haryana high court has made it clear that it is entirely within the domain of the state government to decide whether any sportsperson is to be released cash incentive on account of having scaled a particular mountain peak. In this case, a person was seeking Rs 5 lakh incentive, prescribed for those climbing Mount Everest, for his achievement of scaling Nepal's Annapurna peak.

The police and administration in Noida and Greater Noida remained on alert on Friday, a day after intense protests unfolded in several parts of the country including adjoining Delhi over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), officials said. The police carried out flag march in parts of the twin cities, distributed pamphlets which had details related to the controversial law to people, at public places, even as social media was being monitored to check rumour mongering, the officials said.

The SGPC on Thursday decided to file a review petition on the stay by the Supreme Court over the Union government's decision to remit the life sentence to Devinderpal Singh Bhullar.

After the arrest of two top PFI leaders of Assam in connection with the arson in the city during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, there is now a demand for banning the organization in the state. In January this year, the Jharkhand government had banned PFI in its state under Section 16 of The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908 for its alleged links with the Islamic State (IS).

The leaders, including district presidents, halqa in-charge, members of the SGPC and circle president from the two districts expressed full confidence in Sukhbir Badal and the present leadership of SAD.

Vice-chancellors (VCs) of leading state and central universities of Assam appealed to their students, who in large numbers are protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, to help bring back normalcy to the campuses. The statement drew sharp criticism from the All Assam Students’ Union (Aasu) which slammed the VCs for supporting the government and “toeing its line” on the contentious legislation.

In the aftermath of the violence that rocked Dibrugarh district during the recent anti-CAA protests, police have arrested 47 persons for indulging in acts of vandalism. Dibrugarh SP Sreejith T said the persons were arrested from various parts of the district on the basis of incriminating video evidence collected from CCTV cameras and mobile video clips. Meanwhile curfew, which is still in force in Dibrugarh district, was relaxed from 6am to 8pm on Thursday. There were anti-CAA protests in Dibrugarh, Lahowal and Tinsukia during the day.

In an effort to create sensitivity towards the rich legacy of ancient wisdom, Blue Bells Public School, Gurgaon organised its Annual Function cum Felicitation ceremony. Theme of the event was ‘Sarang- divine’s tales of India’ for the students of Classes Nursery to II.

The groups say they will forward the photos to the highways department and local administration through joint representations to rectify such roads.

sha Agro Forestry, an initiative of the Isha Foundation, will conduct a one-day seminar -- called “Intercropping between trees; great income” -- in Erode on Sunday.

Warming up to the festive holiday season, a Christmas brunch was organised at Crowne Plaza hotel in Greater Noida.

Pejawar Seer Vishweshateertha is reported to be in a critical condition at KMC Hospital, Manipal.