Новости за 25.08.2021

Lalremsiami, the lone Olympian from the state and part of the national women’s hockey team in the Tokyo Games which lost out on a medal but won numerous hearts, was accorded a grand welcome in Mizoram on Wednesday.

A day after Navjot Singh Sidhu supported a group of Congress leaders caused huge embarrassment to the Congress party by conducting a meeting at Chandigarh against chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and even indirectly demanding replacement of CM, the Congress leaders of Ludhiana barring a few have come out in open support of the CM and deposed their faith in him.

A man allegedly set his wife and mother-in-law on fire before setting himself ablaze in Noida on Wednesday in a suspected domestic dispute case, police officials said. All three were rushed to a local hospital with critical burn injuries before being referred to Delhi for further treatment, the officials said.

Deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said on Wednesday that the construction Eastend Club on main Ludhiana-Chandigarh road would begin in September, this year.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received a shot in the arm when for the first time its corporator Sunanda Palanethra became mayor of the city following the collapse of the ruling Congress and the JD(S) alliance on Wednesday.

Assam may face a critical time if a third wave of Covid-19 hits the state in the next few months.

A 22-year-old student from a north Indian state was allegedly gang-raped by five youths at a secluded place on a hillock in east Mysuru late on Tuesday. The survivor is hospitalised and her condition is stable.

The 02346 Guwahati-Howrah Special Express derailed near Chaygaon in Assam’s Kamrup district on Wednesday about an hour after leaving Guwahati station.

Overpowered by emotions, an elderly man jumped into the burning pyre of his wife and was instantly charred to death in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said on Wednesday.

An elderly man died after he jumped into the burning pyre of his wife in Odisha's Kalahandi district, police said on Wednesday.

A major fire broke out on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday in two battery cabinet manufacturing factories located at Dada Nagar Industrial Area Site number 5 of Govind Nagar police station area in Kanpur.

While Chamarajanagar district garnered all the attention on the issue of Covid-19 deaths due to lack of medical oxygen during the peak of the deadly second wave, a death audit report submitted by an expert committee suggests Haveri district may had more deaths due to lack of liquid medical oxygen.

After Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh announced a Rs 50 per quintal hike in the state assured price (SAP) of sugarcane for the 2021-22 season, the cane growers on Tuesday called off their ongoing agitation. Punjab cane farmers would now get an SAP of Rs 360 per quintal, which is Rs 2 higher than that in the neighbouring state of Haryana.

Odisha has decided to keep at least 3,000 paediatric beds ready over fear of a possible third wave affecting children more while also planning to set aside 15% of general, ICU and HDU beds in each Covid hospital in case required.

A 13-year-old girl died of injuries she suffered allegedly after being assaulted by five persons, including a teenager with whom her family suspected her of having an affair, a week ago.

The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) on Tuesday carried out a demolition drive in the 900-metre restricted area around the ammunition depot, in which eight unauthorised structures were demolished.

Covid-19 cases which has been on a decline in the state since August 12 continued to follow the trend on Tuesday with Tamil Nafu recording 1,585 new cases, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 26.04 lakh.