Новости за 20.08.2023

Three bike-borne miscreants allegedly beat up an elderly woman and looted gold ornaments and cash from her house at Malerkotla road in Ludhiana’s Khanna on Sunday.

Additional SP Mahesh Singh Atri said that the assailant has been identified as Monu Yadav and teams had been engaged for his arrest.

Police on Saturday detained a man for allegedly throwing ink on 5T secretary V K Pandian in Satyabadi area of Puri district.

Nagajan Karavadavra can toil in the farm and paint on the canvas with equal ease. So much so that this native of Kavalka village in Saurashtra is better known as a 'farmer painter'.

In what is said to be the biggest seizure of stolen sandalwood in Gujarat, the Bharuch forest department and the special operations group (SOG) seized 1,000kg of sandalwood in various forms and arrested the masterminds of the racket - a disabled man and his wife.

Conservation of water is not new; human beings have been conserving water since the beginning of civilization as it is the source of life. We need to follow two simple rules for this — using water wisely and stopping unnecessary wastage.

Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced a bonanza for women during the state-level Teej programme in Panipat on Saturday, where over 50,000 women from across the state participated. The CM also honoured 101 women for their work in various fields.

Tomato prices in city markets have skidded drastically in the past one week, giving much needed respite to people, specially homemakers, whose kitchen budget had turned sour for the past couple of months due to the unprecedented hike. About two weeks ago, good quality of tomatoes hovered around Rs 200/kg in retail markets. The price range has now come down to Rs 40-55/kg in wholesale mandis and Rs 60-65/kg in retail markets.

Arun Vir Singh, CEO of Yamuna Expressway In - dustrial Development Authority who also heads NIAL, the state government’s SPV for the Noida airport, says efforts are on to run a bus service for the aiport’s catchment area. Excerpts

Christoph Schellmann, CEO of Yamuna International Airport Pvt Ltd (YIAPL), the Zurich AG subsidiary which is building the Noida airport, says the company is working closely with the UP government for rail and road connectivity.

The replicas of the wheel and sculptures of dancing women at the Konark Sun Temple are all set to greet delegates to the G20 leaders' summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10.