Новости за 27.10.2021

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state Congress president Bhupen Borah and AIUDF supremo Badruddin Ajmal led the charge on the last day of campaigning for Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Mariani and Thowra, the five seats which go to the polls on October 30. Campaigning ended at 5 pm.

In what may bring cheer to differently-abled devotees, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in Puri has decided to make the 12th century shrine more accessible to them.

The district on Wednesday witnessed the highest single-day tally of new dengue cases at 122 surpassing its previous day's count of 77.

The Dasara festivities are over, people across the country are gearing up for the upcoming festival of lights, Deepavali.

"Before the rally was finalised for the formal announcement of the alliance between SP and SBSP for 2022 elections, political analysts estimated the number of seats that would be won by different parties in the elections. But, after finalisation of our alliance, all the calculations have failed as they all knew that victory of this alliance is definite," said Akhilesh, claiming that people will ensure the victory of the alliance on 400 seats.

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday termed the Punjab Investors’ Summit 2021 a flop show saying that investors were not coming up with any concrete investment proposals due to the anti-industry policies of the Congress government.

On October 22, the Bhadrak police had arrested three persons, including two women and seized around 316 grams of brown sugar from them. In the latest case, the accused—Srikant Pradhan (35) and Arjun Sethi (32)—were arrested with the narcotics substance during an enforcement of the motor vehicles (MV) rules against traffic violators.

Notably, this decision has been taken in light of the consensus emerged in the all party meeting held at Chandigarh on October 25, where it was unanimously decided to convene a special session of Vidhan Sabha in this regard. This decision was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi at Ludhiana Circuit House this morning.

Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav sealed pre-poll pact with former minister Om Prakash Rajbhar led Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) by addressing its 19th anniversary of foundation at Haldharpur ground in Mau on Wednesday giving a slogan `UP me Khadeda hobe’ (ousting BJP from power in UP) on the lines of West Bengal’s `Khela Hobe’.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday said child-friendly police stations will be set up in each of the 34 police districts in the state. The move aims at making minors feel more comfortable when they lodge complaints with police and record their statements.

To increase the second dose coverage of Covid vaccine, which has been very slow in the state, the health department has prepared a list of recipients who are due to receive the final jab. The list has been prepared at micro-level in villages.

Family members of Mamita Meher on Tuesday alleged that from the beginning prime accused Gobinda Sahu (54) had tried to influence the police to evade arrest in the murder case.

The Centre has requested the state government to expedite the land acquisition process as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to award tenders for some of the crucial highway projects in the state within the next one year.

The BJP and the Congress have decided to send central leaders to the state to ascertain facts relating to the alleged murder of teacher Mamita Meher in Kalahandi district by school founder Gobinda Sahu. The two national parties have been pressing for the resignation of minister of state for home, Dibya Shankar Mishra, for his close ties with Sahu and have been staging protests since October 18, when the crime came to light.

The attack on minority Hindus in Bangladesh, celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and promoting Swadeshi themes are among the issues that will be discussed at the three-day Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's 'Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal Baithak' (ABKM) to be held from Thursday at Rashtrotthana Vidya Kendra in Madhav Nagar on Garag on the outskirts of Dharwad.

The government has slashed the price of a Covid RT-PCR test, capping it at Rs 500 per test in private labs, down from Rs 800. This revision comes after the state cut RT-PCR costs from Rs 1,200 to 800 in December last year. The new costs are on par with states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Kerala, while Andhra Pradesh charges the lowest at Rs 475 per test.

An ayurvedic medicine shop owner was arrested on Tuesday in Khallikote, Ganjam, for supplying opium to the drug peddler, Rajanikant Patnaik.

Matches of the forthcoming FIH Men's Junior World Cup will be held without spectators at Kalinga Stadium in view of the prevailing pandemic situation. The Hockey India on Tuesday announced that the marquee quadrennial meet, scheduled to be held from November 24 to December 5, will be a telecast-only event.

The Centre and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed a US dollar 4.5-million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to support project preparation and design activities to improve urban mobility in Aizawl.

The ban on sale and bursting of firecrackers except the green ones during Diwali, which was imposed by the state's Pollution Control Board (PCB) by an order on October 22, has been put on hold as it is being reviewed by the state government afresh "keeping people's sentiments in mind".

The state government has reduced curfew timings to six hours (from 11 pm to 5 am), as the daily Covid positivity rate dropped to 0.65% post Durga Puja celebrations.

Sanghamitra Swain had lost all hope of getting her mobile phone back that was stolen near Kalinga Stadium around two years ago. But much to her surprise, Saheed Nagar police contacted her on Monday and handed over her phone after recovering it from a thief.

The Election Commission of India late on Monday night issued a notice to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma seeking an explanation for violating the model code of conduct while campaigning for the upcoming by-elections in five assembly constituencies in the state.