Police raid sarcpanch house, recovers liquor
Gwalior: The Morar police raided the house of a BJP leader and former sarpanch Narendra Singh Kirar in Tikonia area and recovered 80 crates of liquor on Tuesday.
Following a tip-off that Kirar had received a massive consignment of liquor, the Morar police raided his house and recovered the consignment. The police have a case against Kirar under the Excise Act and seized the liquor consignment. In another incident, the Madhoganj police raided the house of Pradeep Parihar in Sat Bhai Ki Goth in lakkad Khana and recovered 12 crates of liquor. The raid was led by CSP lashkar and ASI Tomar.
Sarpanch shoots down one, injures two
Gwalior: Following a dispute on Tuesday, sarpanch of Bandholi village and his son opened indiscriminate fire killing a youth and injuring two others. According to information, sarpanch Ram Autar Jatav had a heated exchange of words with Dalveer Balmik following which Jatav opened fire killing Dalveer on the spot. Dalveer's brother and sister were injured in the firing and hospitalised.When the police reached the village, it found the accused absconding.
Medical teachers to go on mass leave
Gwalior: Teachers in GR medical College have decided to go on mass leave on April 3 in support of their 5-point demand. The decision was taken at a meeting of the general council on Monday. President of Gwalior branch of MTA, Dr Avinash Chandra said the teachers had been struggling with their demands for the last four years. He said the teachers would abstain from teaching and general work on April 3. They would be available only for emergency services.Dr Chandra said their demands included time-bound promotions, revision of pay scales retrospectively from January 1, 2006, non practising allowance to non-practising medical teachers from January 1, 2006, contributory pension scheme and group insurance scheme. MTA secretary Dr Sunil Agrawal and other office-bearers were present at the meeting.
Another swine flu case REGISTERED
Bhopal: One more patient from state capital confirmed of swine flu on Tuesday. This has increased the number of swine flu positive patients to 21. Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Pankaj Shukla said that four swab samples were sent to the Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals (RMRCT) laboratory in Jabalpur on Monday. Out of the four samples, one has been confirmed of swine flu and rests of three were tested negative. The swine flu confirmed patient is admitted in the Chirayu hospital of the state capital and the patient is in critical condition. It is worth mentioning that total two patients from the state capital have succumbed to the disease in last three months.
IRMS inaugurates 'Majang'
Bhopal: The Indira Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is inaugurating youth dormitory called 'Majang' in its premises on March 28. Felicitating young people to come and to live together, this dormitory is built by a team of 15 members of Juang tribe of Odisha at the Manav Sangrahalaya. Traditionally, Majang was a dormitory for the bachelors who stay and sleep at night. It served as the meeting hall for village council and also acts as the centre for social activities for the unmarried males of the village.
Welfare center celebrates annual festival
Bhopal: Annual festival of Welfare Centre, BHEl ladies Club was celebrated the other day at welfare centre premises. Rita Dhar, Secretary Welfare Centre in the beginning welcomed Usha Rani Gupta President BHEl ladies Club and Neelima Prasad newly crowned President of the club with floral bouquets. On this occasion certificates & mementos were jointly presented to the girls undergoing sewing training by Gupta and Prasad. later, traditional songs were presented by the working women and children. Dhar and Bharati Naskar proposed the vote of thanks.
CM insists centre to roll back its decision
Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has urged the Union Government to roll back its decision to cut down interest rates by 0.1 per cent on various small scale savings instruments for the financial year 2013-14. Chouhan has written a letter to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram in this regard. He said that this decision of the Union Government for year 2013-14 is not in the interest of common people. Chouhan said that it may be financially judicious to cut down interest rates on small savings instruments to cut down costs of government funds. However, in view of persistent high inflation rates, to ensure common man's interests, the decision to cut down interest rates on small scale savings instruments should be rolled back. He said that in the present volatile and depressed market conditions, government backed savings instruments are the only way for the common man to protect his money in real terms.
Urdu Academy to give financial assistance
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy will publish 3 books and give financial assistance on 14 books. This was decided at a meeting of financial assistance committee of the Academy here on Tuesday. Akademi Chairman Saleem Qureshi chaired the meeting, where Vice-Chairman Jafar Beg was also present. It was decided at the meeting that the litterateurs getting financial assistance will have to publish their books within 6 months. Urdu Academy will extend assistance only after it. The Academy extends financial assistance worth Rs 10,000 for publication of books. Committee members including Kausar Siddiqui, Obaid-ur-Rahman Wafa Siddigui, Saifi Sironji and Academy Secretary Nusrat Mehdi were present on the occasion.