Новости за 03.02.2023

Sanjib Talukdar, a former student leader, scored 71% in his open university Sociology PG exam. The 29-year-old was awarded the gold medal by Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi, also the chancellor of the varsity, at a convocation on Thursday, reports Prabin Kalita.

Assam's biggest ever crackdown on child marriage yielded 2,044 arrests in 24 hours that included grooms, their family members, priests and qazis allegedly complicit in what CM Himanta Biswa Sarma termed “an unpardonable and heinous crime”. “Statewide arrests are presently underway against those violating provisions of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act...I have asked @assampolice to act with a spirit of zero tolerance,” Sarma tweeted Friday.

Balasore collector Dattatraya Bhausaheb Shinde said the sand mafias pelted stones at the sub-collector’s vehicle. He has sustained minor injuries. His driver’s head was injured which required two stiches by the doctors. His condition is also stable.

A 25-year-old labourer died after a major fire broke out in a pan masala factory located in city's Panki Industrial Area site number 1, on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police said.

Police have registered over 4,000 cases of child marriage in Assam under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, as well as POCSO Act in the last nine days

A major fire incident was reported in a spinning mill in Jandiali at Chandigarh Road early on Friday morning.

Lack of oxygen due to pollution is the main reason behind the death of a large number of fish in Bata river and other water bodies in the port town of Paradip recently, said Puskar Behera, the regional officer of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB).

Recently, Dr. N. Kalaiselvi, director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research was in the city. TOI's Sandip Mishra speaks to her about her vision as the head of the organisation

Local Congress MLA Santosh Singh Saluja's son Amit Singh Saluja, 32, and five others were arrested by Kantabanji police on Thursday for allegedly creating ruckus and threatening the owner of a movie theatre at Kantabanji in Balangir district.

It was a normal day at Coimbatore Railway Junction on Wednesday, but a historic day for rail enthusiasts, as it marked the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the station.

The Government Mental Hospital- only centre treating criminals with mental ailments on being referred from the jails of all UP districts has to send its patients to the DDU district hospital for pathology and other diagnostic tests due to lack of lab technicians. The hospital is also facing difficulties in arranging necessary medicines.

A 35-year-old man died after falling off Fatehgunj flyover in the city while riding his motorbike on Wednesday night. Harsh Limbachiya died during treatment while Deval Solanki, 19, who was riding pillion, is in a serious condition.

Four accused in a fake currency racket and bogus marksheet scam were convicted by the additional sessions and district judge P H Sharma on Thursday. While prime accused Shahnawaz Pathan was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, the other three were awarded five-year sentences.

Commuters using the approach to the Vadodara railway station from Alkapuri side or using the road there may have to face traffic woes with the road width being halved. The road was built without compensating the land owners and giving them assurances to resolve the issue later.