Новости за 04.04.2021

“We requested the governor to return the bills for thorough discussion in the assembly. It is totally undemocratic to pass the bill without hearing the opinion of the opposition MLAs,” said Leader of the Opposition Pradipta Naik.

Apprehending the influx of Maoists to Odisha, the SPs of Naxal-affected Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Bargarh and Sundargarh districts, which share boundaries with Chhattisgarh, have been asked to step up the vigil.

Expressing regret over entering politics very late, Kamal said he had decided to spend the rest of his life for the public.

With mercury levels soaring day by day, there is a scarcity of drinking water. The water scarcity has badly affected the blackbuck sanctuary at Ranebennur. Blackbucks and birds are facing severe water scarcity for the last month.

The prolonged closure of bars and prohibition on sales of alcoholic beverages in the immediate aftermath of the outbreak of Covid-19 in the beginning of the 2020-21 financial year had raised fears among officials in the excise department over their revenue targets being met.

Assam education minister and BJP legislator from Gauhati East, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, has promised to provide improved access to drinking water, better infrastructure and land rights if he is re-elected.

The chief minister B S Yediyurappa deferring implementation of guidelines reducing seat occupancy to 50% in theaters to facilitate Puneeth Rajkumar starrer Kannada movie Yuvaratna earn sufficient revenue has now drawn sharp reactions from various quarters.

Deputy commissioner (Cachar) Keerthi Jalli said the Election Commission will decide on the possibility of re-poll in Sonai constituency.

Holi revelry left behind a load of 11,005 new cases and 60 deaths in UP the week after the festival of colours, according to an assessment of data from the state health department.

Assam MLAs have become richer over the last five years. Assam Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms have found that the average worth of assets of 90 sitting MLAs, who are re-contesting this time, is Rs 4.44 crore — a 76% jump over the 2016 figure of Rs 2.52 crore.

A 12-year-old boy was found dead about 500 metres from his house near KC Road in the Ullal police station limits on Sunday. The deceased identified as Mohammed Akif, son of Hanif, a lorry driver is suspected to be a victim of video gaming. He left home at around 8.45pm on Saturday.

PM Narendra Modi, while attending his last campaign rally in Assam on Saturday, hit back at those “insulting Assam’s identity” by saying that people of the state will not tolerate them.

Leading citizens and organizations of Assam on Saturday condemned Badruddin Ajmal’s son Abdur Rahim Ajmal for his dadhi, topi and lungiwalla statement, saying that the AIUDF would polarize voters and this would directly benefit the BJP.

Assam Congress on Saturday staged protests here against alleged electoral manipulation by BJP.

Romen Chandra Borthakur isn’t a new name in the political circles in Assam. He started as the Dibrugarh district general secretary of All Assam Students’ Union, and later served as a leader of Asom Gana Parishad until 2001.

The prolonged closure of bars and prohibition on sales of alcoholic beverages in the immediate aftermath of the outbreak of Covid-19 in the beginning of the 2020-21 financial year had raised fears among the officials in the excise department over their revenue targets being met.

The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday reduced the duration of ban on campaigning against Himanta Biswa Sarma from 48 to 24 hours after the minister pleaded for relaxation with an “unconditional apology and undertaking” to abide by the rules in future and that he was a candidate in a constituency going to the polls on April 6.

Morigaon Police have summoned Assam minister Pijush Hazarika for allegedly threatening two journalists with dire consequences over a phone call. Police said a case has been registered and statements of both the parties are being recorded.

A month after taking their second vaccine dose, nine health staffers in Hassan have tested positive for Covid-19. Two of them, a nurse and a programme coordinator, have contracted the infection for the second time in five months.

Odisha speaker Surya Narayan Patro on Saturday suspended three BJP MLAs — Jayanarayan Mishra, Bishnu Charan Sethi and Mohan Majhi — till the end of the budget session after shoes, earphone and a pen were hurled at him during proceedings of the house earlier in the day.